On October 31, the award recipients delivered commemorative lectures at U Thant International Conference Hall at the United Nations University in Tokyo.
In the first section, Dr. Taroh Matsuno presented a lecture on the topic of "Looking back at the research in projecting global warming and climate variance in Japan," which will be followed by a question-and-answer session moderated by Professor Teruyuki Nakajima, Director of Center for Earth System Dynamics, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo.
In the second section, Dr. Daniel Sperling gave a lecture titled "An Innovative Path to Sustainable Transportation," followed by a question-and-answer session moderated by Mr. Takejiro Sueyoshi, Special Advisor to The UNEP Finance Initiative.