Young Sustainability Symposium (YSS) - 2020 will be held on 3rd – 5th February 2020 @Hokkaido Univ.

We are very pleased to announce the symposium is scheduled to take place in Hokkaido, Japan, Feb 3rd-5th, 2020.

Title: Young Sustainability Symposium (YSS) - 2020

Venue: Room D-101, Graduate School of Environmental Science/Faculty of Environmental Earth Science,

Hokkaido University, Japan

Date: 3rd – 5th February 2020

Organizers:

• Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Japan

• GLP Japan Nodal Office

Schedule: There are four sessions.

Registration Fee: Free

Contact email: ram@ees.hokudai.ac.jp

Please download the schedule from here and check the detail.

Feb. 3rd

Technical Session-1

• Global Fire Emission Issues

• Role of IWRM for mainstreaming adaptation policy for water resource management at watershed scale

• Water security in perspective to sustainable sanitation

Technical Session-2

• Making land-use climate resilient: A participatory watershed management approach in the Philippines

• Water for sustainable Development

• Human Mobility Analysis for Extracting Local Interactions under Rapid Socio-Economic Transformation

Technical Session-3

• Developing materials towards improving quality of living in an aging society

• Pedagogical Issues with the Concept of Sustainable Development

• Sustainable Campus Management

• Solar Rooftop and SDG Targets of India

Technical Session-4

• Biodiversity/ecosystem services scenario exercises from the Asia–Pacific: typology, archetypes and implications for sustainable development goals (SDGs)

• Impact of climate variability on agriculture in India

• Satoyama approach for climate change adaptation in mountain landscapes

• Role of Geo spatial data in SDGs implementation and progress

• Geo spatial data in urban science

Student Session/Networking session

Feb. 4th

• Round table discussion-1

• Round table discussion-2

Feb. 5th

• Field excursion to Rankoshi Mountain Lab. Rankoshi, Hokkaido, Japan (travel by car about 2-3 hours depends on weather condition)

Goal of this excursion: To discuss with city officers about Sustainable impact of the wider area of Niseko (Kutchan, Hirafu, Annupuri, Rankoshi) regarding economical, infrastructural and population development by national and international influences