BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//99999.0.2//EN TZID:Asia/Tokyo X-WR-TIMEZONE:Asia/Tokyo BEGIN:VEVENT UID:13@sccij.jp DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20241009T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20241009T181500 DTSTAMP:20241010T052512Z URL:https://sccij.jp/events/switzerland-japan-economic-forum-2024 SUMMARY:Switzerland - Japan Economic Forum 2024 DESCRIPTION:\nThe Embassy of Switzerland in Japan and the Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan are pleased to announce the 2024 edition of the Switzerland – Japan Economic Forum\, supported by Keidanren (Japan Business Federation).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUnder the title \;“Biodiversity in Crisis: How Can We Drive the Transformation Towards Regenerative Econo mies?”\, \;this year's Economic Forum seeks to enhance awareness and understanding of biodiversity loss\, its impact and the urgent need for a ction to regenerate nature and increase resilience. It brings together bus iness\, academic and government leaders from Switzerland and Japan to disc uss how we can drive the critical transformation to a nature-positive econ omy. The Forum aims to showcase recent initiatives\, demonstrate opportuni ties\, inspire the research of innovative solutions and stimulate action.\ n\n\n\nDate:Wednesday\, October 9\, 2024Time:16:00 - 18:15 (D.O. 15:30)\, followed by a dinner receptionLocation:Tokyo Midtown Hall B \;(Roppong i) \;Language:Japanese and English\, with simultaneous interpretationD etails &\; Registration:Official website\n\n\n\nWith the Generous Suppo rt of:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOutline:\n\n\n\nMore than half of global economic ou tput is dependent upon biodiversity and ecosystem services provided by nat ure. Yet\, human activity and environmental degradation pushes ecosystems towards irreversible tipping points\, posing systemic risks for economies. There is an increasing sense of urgency and a growing momentum to take act ion. Switzerland and Japan were among 196 States adopting the historic Kun ming Montreal Biodiversity Framework in late 2022. Dubbed the "Paris Agree ment for Nature"\, it sets ambitious goals to halt and reverse biodiversit y loss by 2030. Targets include regulatory action to enable companies to m onitor\, assess and disclose their impacts on biodiversity\, reduce relate d risks and promote sustainable consumption and production. For the first time\, governments will review progress at a Conference in Colombia starti ng on 21 October 2024 (COP 16).It makes sense for companies to proactively drive the unavoidable transformation towards a nature-positive economy. T he World Economic Forum\, which identifies ecosystem collapse as one of th e top three global risks of the decade\, argues that transition to nature- positive solutions can unlock annual business opportunities of 10 trillion US Dollars and generate 395 million jobs by 2030.While the business case for action is clear\, there is still a lack of appropriate means for compa nies to accurately measure\, understand and account for risks\, dependenci es and impacts on biodiversity. With a view to facilitating economic trans formation\, the global Task Force on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures TNFD has released recommendations in late 2023. More than 100 companies fr om Switzerland and Japan have committed to start making such disclosures. Meanwhile\, researchers and startups accelerate their efforts to provide n ew and innovative solutions to support companies in their efforts.The Swit zerland-Japan Economic Forum is part of the Swiss Vitality Days 2024\, cel ebrating the 160th anniversary of bilateral relations between Switzerland and Japan\, and takes place in the framework of Vitality.Swiss\, Switzerla nd’s public diplomacy program on the road to Expo 2025 Osaka – Kansai. \n\n\n\nAccess:\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sccij.jp/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ECOF ORUM-2024.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Tokyo X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Tokyo BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231010T160000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0900 TZOFFSETTO:+0900 TZNAME:JST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR