'Renewable energy is not the only way to global sustainability'

Name: 'Renewable energy is not the only way to global sustainability'
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31 Jan 2023

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Renewable Energy Energy Efficiency Climate Impact

Tatsuya TerazawaChairman & CEO at Institute for Energy Economics, Japan

Mr. Terazawa was appointed as Chairman and CEO of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) in July 2021.

Before joining IEEJ, he supported the then Minister Yasutoshi NISHIMURA as the Senior Advisor of the Cabinet Office between January and June 2021 to assist the Government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the formulation of the Growth Strategy including the Japanese “Green New Deal”.

Earlier, he served at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan where he held leading positions including the Vice-Minister for International Affairs. In this role, he assisted the then Prime Minister Shinzo ABE, participating in many of the meetings with the leaders of the world. He also played a crucial role in the coordination for the 2019 G20 Osaka Summit. Through June 2011 to December 2012, he served as the Executive Secretary to the then Prime Minister Yoshihiko NODA. During this period, he assisted the Prime Minister on the Government’s multiple challenges to deal with the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

He has been the Senior Specially Appointed Professor at the Tokyo University of Science, teaching international negotiations since January 2020. He is a graduate of the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Law. He also studied at Harvard University in the United States, where he earned MBA in 1990. He was born in January 1961 in Osaka, Japan.

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Renewable energy is often cited as one of the most important factors for a more sustainable future. But moving away from our current reliance on fossil fuels will take time as governments and businesses replace old technologies and old ways of working. So can anything else be done to speed up the path to carbon neutrality? Tatsuya Terazawa, Chairman and CEO of the Institute of Energy Economics in Japan and former advisor to the Japanese government, shares his opinion on alternative steps that can be taken to accelerate the journey to a more sustainable future.

Table Of Contents

Addressing the challenges

Terazawa introduces his talk by proposing efforts to change the mentality that renewable energy is the sole tool in the fight against climate change.

Energy efficiency investment

Energy efficiency can and should play a greater role than renewable energy. See why that can help mitigate costs and achieve sustainability goals.

Using hydrogen to decarbonise

Some sectors will be hard to electrify immediately. See how hydrogen can be the power for decarbonisation.

Emerging and developing economies

Terazawa gives some examples of how the global community can act to balance carbon emissions by exporting technology and financing.

Energy transition demand

Understand why the sustainability of critical minerals must also be addressed.

Political sustainability in the transition

See how steady investment to ensure market price stability is so crucial to start tackling the most urgent issues in sustainability.

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