2021.11.8 MON

13:00-14:30

2021.11.8

Learnings from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Expectations Towards the 2025 Osaka Expo from a Youth Perspective

Climate Youth Japan

Co-organizer

Fridays for Future Japan, JYPS, JYC

Seminar abstract

5min (13:05) - CYJ opening statement
15min (13:15) - CYJ overview of the Tokyo 2020 Games
15min (13:30) - JYPS report on survey results
10min (13:40) - FFFJ opinion about the Tokyo 2020 Games
10min (13:50) - JYC opinion about the Tokyo 2020 Games
1min (13:51) - Summary of the Tokyo 2020 games
1min (13:52) - CYJ intro of the Osaka-Kansai Expo
10min (14:02) - FFFJ opinion about the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo
10min (14:12) - JYC opinion about the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo
5min (14:17) - CYJ opinion about the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo
5min (14:22) - CYJ’s activities for the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo
8min (14:30) - CYJ overall comment about next steps

Speakers

  • • Kizashi Koga Climate Youth Japan COPProject
    • Kohana Ynagisawa Climate Youth Japan COPProject
    • Megumi Takano Climate Youth Japan COPProject
    • Haruhisa Tokito Fridays for Future Japan Organizer
    • Masamichi Kobayashi Fridays for Future Osaka Organizer

    ▼Online speakers
    • Mira Oono JYPS
    • Arisa Kikkawa JYPS
    • Riko Komiyama JYC
    • Aya Hashimoto JYC

Event Materials

Session Summary

At the COP26 Japan Pavilion, as one of the technologies and activities that will contribute to the realization of the theme of a decarbonized society, Climate Youth Japan presented its opinions on how to make the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games sustainable (referred to as the Sustainalympics), as communicated at COP23-25. And this time, we focused on the post-Olympics evaluation from the perspective of youth.

We introduced five positive points of the Tokyo 2020 Games, including the realization of carbon negatives, medals made from urban mines, and the spread of forest certification systems. On the other hand, we explained that three points need improvement, including the lack of information dissemination, overdevelopment of the site periphery, and resource procurement, and proposed concrete solutions.

We then discussed how the multifaceted evaluation of the Tokyo 2020 Games can be passed on as a legacy for the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025 scheduled for 2025. In addition, we presented the Sustainable Ambassadors 1 Million Project as a possible approach from the perspective of youth and its future prospects.

Fridays for Future Japan, Japan Youth Platform for Sustainability, and Japan Youth Council were invited as co-organizers to make proposals based on the characteristics of their respective organizations.
Fridays for Future Japan presented proposals based on the theme of the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025, as well as civil society movements surrounding the Tokyo 2020 Games and prospects for the management of further games. Japan Youth Platform for Sustainability presented an analysis of the results of a survey based on the opinions of youth in Japan and abroad regarding the Tokyo 2020 Games and the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025, and Japan Youth Council presented an examination of the Tokyo 2020 Games and the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025 from the perspective of transportation, roads, and waste.

Message and Results

In recent years, while the will of young people has been strongly communicated to society, we think that the key to building a better future is to create an environment of co-creation, not division. We believe that repeated dialogue between people from different perspectives is the first step and want to actively engage with them on a variety of topics.

Climate Youth Japan COP Project

2021.11.8 MONTimetable

10:30 - 12:00

2021.11.8

15:00 - 16:30

2021.11.8