Associate Professor Akira Mori of the Graduate School of Environmental Information, Yokohama National University is concerned about the situation where internationally important conferences such as the Conference of the Parties to the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Framework Convention have been postponed due to the spread of the new coronavirus, and is online. He advocated proceeding with an international conference.
According to Yokohama National University, various environmental issues such as achieving the goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity for the next 2020 years, formulating solutions to social and environmental problems by the International Conservation Union, and the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Climate Change Framework will be held in 10. An international conference is scheduled and has been called the "superyear" of the United Nations.
However, both were postponed due to the spread of the new corona infection.Environmental problems such as climate change are becoming more serious every day, and it is worried that the longer the international conference is postponed, the farther the solution will be.For this reason, Associate Professor Mori proposed holding the event online.
Online international conferences have many benefits, including time and cost savings and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.On the other hand, there are many issues that need to be considered, such as time differences between countries and regions, the progress of discussions that take diversity and equity into consideration, and consideration for differences in language and communication methods between cultures.
While advancing social change by holding an online international conference, Associate Professor Mori emphasizes the need for more careful proceedings to resolve these issues.
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