reporter Name Affiliation Title Horiaki Sakaguchi International Cooperation Specialist, Global Environment Department summary Date: November 11, 2025 Organized by: Indonesian Ministry of Forestry (Directorate General of Watershed Management and Forest Restoration, Directorate General of Mangrove Restoration) Venue (Pavilion Name)：Indonesia Pavilion speaker Name Affiliation Title Roumat Marzuki Deputy Minister, Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia Dr. Ristianto Privadi…
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COP30 Side Event] Promoting Adaptation Measures and Addressing Climate Risks
reporter Name Affiliation Title Kotaro Taniguchi Counselor and Deputy General Manager, Sustainability Promotion Office, Planning Department summary Date: November 19, 2025 Organized by Mainstreaming Climate in Financial Institutions, African Financial Alliance on Climate Change Name of venue (pavilion name): International Development Finance Club (IDFC) Pavilion speaker Name Affiliation Title Remco Fischer United Nations Environment Programme…
COP30 Side Event] Roundtable Meeting “Addressing the Gap: Barriers and Facilitators to Scaling Up Adaptation Financing for Nature-Based Solutions” ｜ News & PR
reporter Name Affiliation Title Toru Yoshida Planning Department Sustainability Promotion Office Planning Officer summary Date: November 18, 2025 Co-sponsored by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), UNEP-WCMC (United Nations Environment Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Center), IDFC (International Development Finance Club) Name of venue (pavilion name)：IDFC Pavilion speaker Name Affiliation Toru Yoshida Sustainability Promotion Office, Planning Department…
COP30 Side Event] Climate Venture Capital Private Equity: Financing New Solutions in Emerging Markets ｜ News & PR
reporter Name Affiliation Title Ryosuke Takahashi Senior Research Officer, Planning Department summary Date: November 13, 2025 Organized by World Climate Foundation Venue Name(Pavilion Name)：Investment COP Venue speaker Name Affiliation Title Ryosuke Takahashi Senior Researcher, Planning Division, JICA Matt Taylor Kite Insights Head of Services and Products Sectors Gideon Vos Bank Windhoek Head of Investment Banking…
COP30 Side Event] Beyond Recovery: Building Back Better for Climate-Resilient Cities
reporter Name Affiliation Title Miki Kaminishi Senior Research Officer, Environmental Management and Climate Change Group, Global Environment Department summary Date: November 12, 2025 Organized by ILBANK (ILLER BANK) Name of Venue (Pavilion Name)：Turkey Pavilion speaker Name Affiliation Title Ş. Altuğ TAŞDEMİR Head of International Relations Group Teruyuki Ito Director, Global Environment Division, JICA Rachael BARZA…
COP30 Side Event] Passive Cooling Design and Construction Strategy for a Warming Earth
reporter Name Affiliation Title Makoto Kanekawa Counselor and Section Chief, Team 3, Urban and Regional Development Group, Social Infrastructure Department summary Date: November 19, 2025 Organizers: United Nations Environment Programme, Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC), Cool Coalition Name of venue (pavilion name)：Buildings and Cooling Pavilion speaker Name Affiliation Title Chuop Paris Secretary of…
COP30 Side Event] “Focus on Adaptation: Preparing, Responding, and Resilient Recovery” ｜ News & PR
reporter Name Affiliation Title Sayako Kishimoto Global Environment Department summary Date: November 11, 2025 Organized by: Brazilian Ministry of Regional Integration and Development (MIDR) Name of venue (pavilion name)：Brazil Pavilion speaker Name Affiliation Title Teruyuki Ito Director, Global Environment Division Nahuel Arenas Garcia Americas and the Caribbean, Chief, Americas and Caribbean Regional Office, UNDRR Wolnay…
COP30 Side Event] From Neglect to Action: Multilevel Solutions to End Open Waste Burning
reporter Name Affiliation Title Miki Kaminishi Senior Research Officer, Environmental Management and Climate Change Group, Global Environment Department summary Date: November 11, 2025 Co-organized by UN-Habitat, JICA, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Engineering-X, International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) Name of venue (pavilion name): SDG Pavilion speaker Name Affiliation Title Asa Jonason Head, UN-Habitat, Global…
COP30 Indonesia Pavilion] Management and Assessment of Tropical Peatlands
reporter Name Affiliation Title Yuki Ura Climate Change LULUCF Sector Mitigation Project (Indonesia) JICA Long-term Expert (Operations Coordination/Sub-Chief Advisor) summary Date: November 12, 2025 Organized by: Ministry of Environment, Indonesia (JICA Technical Cooperation Project Counterpart Organization) Venue (Pavilion Name)：Indonesia Pavilion speaker Name Affiliation Title Mitta Ratna Jwitta Director, Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Measurement, Reporting and…
Construction of NTT Hibiya Tower, a redevelopment project in Uchisaiwaicho, begins on December 1. 48 floors above ground, Imperial Hotel/hall/commercial facilities/offices, etc.
NTT Urban Development Corporation and Tokyo Electric Power Grid announced that construction of NTT Hibiya Tower (1-1-10 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, etc.) began on December 1. Construction is scheduled to be completed at the end of October 2031. This large-scale complex is being developed in the Naka district of Uchisaiwaicho 1-chome, which consists of the North,…