Kick-off Meeting

Sustainable Recovery:
TIME TO ACT
Overcoming the COVID-19 Crisis and Accelerating Climate Actions for the Future

Climate Action Movement Kick-off Meeting
Date and time：Wednesday,February 17,2001 21:00-22:00(Japan time)

We held an online kick-off meeting of “TIME TO ACT” a movement to speed up climate action from Tokyo. We invited leaders of large cities and experts who are proactively addressing climate change issues to assist us in presenting their views and thoughts on “accelerating climate actions” to achieve the decarbonization of the world from the perspective of a sustainable recovery.

This event has finished. The archived video is available for viewing by clicking the video link below. At the kick-off meeting, our speakers’ commitments on accelerating climate actions were presented as a joint message.

Joint Message for Accelerating Climate Action

Japanese
English

Speakers
(Honorific titles are omitted)

Anies Baswedan

Governor of Jakarta
Michael R. BLOOMBERG

Founder, Bloomberg LP & Bloomberg Philanthropies
108th Mayor of New York City
UN Special Envoy for Climate Ambition and Solutions
Eric GARCETTI

Mayor of Los Angels
Chair of C40 Cities
Anne HIDALGO

Mayor of Paris
Philipp HILDEBRAND

Vice Chairman,
BlackRock
David ROCKEFELLER, Jr.

Director,
Rockefeller Capital Management
Susan ROCKEFELLER

Founder,
Musingsmag.com
Nigel TOPPING

COP26 High-Level Climate Action Champion, UK
ISHII Naoko

Executive Vice President,
The University of Tokyo Professor at Institute for Future Initiatives Director,
Center for Global Commons
KAWAGUCHI Mariko

Specially Appointed Professor,
Rikkyo University Executive Advisor to CEO,
Fuji Oil Holdings Inc.
TAKENAKA Heizo

Professor Emeritus,
Keio University
Former Minister of State
YOSHITAKA Mari

Principal Sustainability Strategist
Deputy General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept.
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd.
KOIKE Yuriko

Governor of Tokyo