Event

Final Programme

Opening (5 min)

Opening Remarks:

Ms. Michiyo NAMBU, -Assistant General Secretary, JTUC-RENGO

• Member of the Central Environmental Council of the Government of Japan

Key Note Speeches by Experts (40min)

Speech I：Climate Change Policy and Sustainable Development (15 min)

Dr. Akio TAKEMOTO

• Director for International Strategy on Climate Change, Global Environment Bureau, Ministry of Environment, JAPAN

Speech II: Social Transformation toward Decarbonized and Sustainable development and Employment

Dr. Yukari TAKAMURA,

• Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University
• Member of the Central Environmental Council of the Government of Japan

Reports from Key players of ‘Green Jobs’ and ‘Just Transition’ (45min)

1. International Labour Organisation(ILO) (15min)
   Lessons from Initial Applications of the ILO Guideline for Just Transition at County Level
• Mr. Moustapha Kamal GUEYE
  (Green Job Programme Coordinator, Enterprise Department, ILO)
2. International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) (15min)
   Expansion of a ‘Just Transition’ and Sustainable Green Economy
• Ms. Sharan BURROW, (General Secretary, ITUC)
3. The Japanese Trade Union Confederation (JTUC-Rengo) (15min)
   Utilization of the Experience in ‘Closure of Coal Mines’ in Japan for a ‘Just transition’
   • Ms. Michiyo NAMBU, (Assistant General Secretary, JTUC-RENGO)
     (Member of the Central Environmental Council, The Government of Japan)

Closing

Mr. Sakae OGUMA

• Director, Social Policy Division, JTUC-RENGO

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Session Summary

In the event, resource persons close to the issue of Just Transition gave lectures and reports, stipulated in a preamble of the Paris Agreement.

In the session of Key Note Speeches in the first half of the event, two experts made lectures. Dr. A.Takemoto, from Japanese Environment Ministry disseminated Japan’s Long-term Low-carbon Vision and a related notion on International development cooperation on Global Warming. A necessity to take measures with considering local situation of livelihood and employment was also stressed in his dissemination.

Following Dr. Takemoto, Professor Y. Takamura from Nagoya University also gave a lecture on SDGs’concept to be incorporated in countermeasures for climate change. Professor stressed an importance to have a long-term strategy of the countermeasures, especially in industrial and employment policy, as a drastic change of industrial structure may be observed in mining and automobile manufacturing sectors, and to prepare to prevent negative impact of the transition.

In the last half, following the key note speeches, three resource persons reported on their activities/good practices on the issue.

Firstly, Mr. M. Kamal Gueye from the ILO disseminated on-going project in line with the ILO’s Guideline for Transition, which established a framework of tripartite dialogue and provides training resources to local labour force in the context of the transition. Importance of tripartite dialogue and of facilitation to have Local stake holders involved in the process of transition was stressed.

Ms. S. Barrow from International Trade Union Confederation explained ITUC’s establishment of Just Transition Centre and its function that provides resources related to the transition, and stressed importance of Social Dialogue by introducing a good practice currently conducted in Australia, that Tripartite Mechanism involving local resident has dialogues over projection and preparation of coal power generation site in the region in the transition of Energy Shift.

Lastly, Ms M. Nambu from JTUC-Rengo presented a Japanese past practice in closure of a coal mine without leaving the dismissed behind in the poverty by each part’s effort in the tripartite cooperation to fulfil each role.

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Key Messages

• It is expected for each stakeholder to play a role to fulfill　Just transition , one of a pillar of ‘Response Measures’stipulated in a preamble of the Paris Agreement.
• Basic concepts of SDGs should be incorporated in the warming measures. Stake holders should respond employment and labour policies with Long-term Strategy, accordingly.
• In order to minimize negative impacts by Warming Measures, it is important for Tripartite Mechanism (Government, Labour and Managemant)to have a social dialogue in advance to actual Shift of Energy, with having local resident concerned to be involved in a dialogue.

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Name and organisation of the person(s) who prepared the summary

Hitoshi SUZUKI, Social Policy Division, The Japanese Trade Union Confederation (JTUC-Rengo)

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