2016 Sydney CLAIR Forum Presentations Now Available

This year’s Japan Local Government Centre CLAIR Forum was entitled ‘Local Government and Sustainability’, and featured presentations from senior staff and researchers from Australian and Japanese local governments, UTS and CLAIR Sydney on how local governments can implement policies and initiatives that effectively address both local and global environmental issues.

 

The Forum was divided into two sessions: ‘Waste management and recycling’, and ‘Global environment and local government’. The speakers were Dr Alice Howe (Sustainability Manager at Lake Macquarie City Council) who talked about how local governments can make an equitable contribution to reducing global emissions and Prof Damien Giurco (Professor of Research Futures at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS) provided insights on waste and sustainability in Australia. The Director of CLAIR Sydney, Mr Katsunori Kamibo, outlined the keys for local governments to tackle global warming, the Deputy Director, Mr Masahisa Yoshimi, presented on waste management in Nagoya city, Assistant Director, Mr Tomohiro Koike, outlined Japan’s response to the Paris Agreement at COP21, and Researcher, Mr Jason Khoh, highlighted the differences between waste management in Japan and Australia from a resident’s perspective.

 

We would like to thank all speakers along with UTS:IPPG and UTS:CLG Director, Associate Professor Roberta Ryan for her role as facilitator on the day.