Realising Green Transformation At 10th Innovation For Cool Earth Forum

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 (Bernama) -- The Government of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan will hold the 10th Annual Meeting of the Innovation for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF2023) from Oct 4 to 5.

Themed "Innovation for Just, Secure and Sustainable Global Green Transformation (GX)", this year's meeting will be held as a hybrid event, with in-person sessions at the Hotel New Otani Tokyo and online sessions via the internet.

ICEF is an international forum where leaders of industry, academia and government worldwide gather in one location for discussions with the aim of encouraging innovation, which is the key to measures to address the challenge of global warming.

According to a statement, this year marks the 10th anniversary of this annual event, and is also part of "Tokyo GX Week", an intensive series of international conferences on energy- and environment-related issues with the aim of realising GX.

Based on a shared recognition that "Diversity is the origin of innovation", ICEF will strive to deepen discussions by various nations and regions, technical experts and other stakeholders.

In addition, on reaching this 10-year milestone, the forum will look back on the accomplishments of ICEF to date, and will discuss anew what should be done going forward.

Plenary Sessions will cover Innovative Policy Making; GX Together; and Summarising Plenary, while Concurrent Sessions include Global Stocktake; Food, Water and Climate Change; Innovative Use of Renewables; and Sustainable Aviation.

More details on the programme available at https://www.icef.go.jp/program/.

-- BERNAMA