Dr.Kimiko Hirata has had a long career in the US and Japan working as an advocate for environmental protection and policy. Watch the video of our talk here.
Kimiko is the Executive Director of the Climate Integrate Non-Profit organization which aims to accelerate sustainable policy and climate solutions in Japan and beyond.Climate Integrate Website: http://en.climateintegrate.org/about
00:00 Welcome
00:35 Goldman Environmental Award
02:30 Non-Profits in Japan Situation
04:00 Reliance on Coal in Japan
05:45 Japan's View of Human Rights & Climate
07:27 Japan's Deep Love of Nature
09:46 Kimiko's Environment Passion Backstory
14:20 KIKO Network Org 1998~
15:10 Climate Integrate Org 2022~
17:45 6/2022 PM Kishida's Climate & Growth Strategy
18:40 Geopolitics & Climate Crisis Solutions
21:40 Carbon Pricing as Key Initiative
23:00 1.5C Target by 2030 - 2050 Graph
28:00 New Coal Investment in Japan
31:00 Defund Japan Bank Fossil Fuel Investments
33:33 Our money causes problems
37:00 Power of the Individual Consumer & Activist
40:00 9/2022 UN Climate COP27 in Egypt
44:30 Insulation Standards & Building Codes
47:00 Housing Industry & Consumers Support
48:00 Non-Fossil Fuel Bill Includes Good & Bad
51:40 Emphasis on Future Tech Solutions
54:45 Multi-pronged approach to creating change
56:30 Kimiko Hirata's Ideal Climate Solution Vision
59:40 2022 Event to Watch - Sept UN Gen Assembly
Profile Dr.Kimiko Hirata
Born in Kumamoto, Kyushu Japan
1996: US NGO work on climate in Washington D.C.
1998-2021: Japan's KIKO network org : https://www.kikonet.org/
Attended COP3 (Kyoto) in 1997
*Aim: Reduce fossil fuel use in Japan, especially coal.
* Action: Launched campaign to reduce use of coal in Japan, resulting in 17 planned coal plants closure.
* Action: Defunding Campaigns: Mizuho in 2020 and MUFJ in 2021.
* Awarded the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize in 2021: https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipien...
* Climate Integrate founded in 2022 with aim of supporting multiple actors’ decarbonization efforts in collaboration with partners in Japan and abroad.
* Visiting Associate Professor at Chiba University of Commerce -home to Japan’s first 100% renewable university initiative.
* Publications: “Climate Change and Politics” in Japanese (2019). She has a Ph.D in social sciences from Waseda University in Tokyo.
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