Tomoaki Ishigaki (Minister, Embassy of Japan in Washington), Pete Ogden (VP for Energy, Climate, and the Environment at the UN Foundation), Bruce Aronson (NYU School of Law)

Timothy A. Gelatt Dialogue on the Rule of Law in East Asia: Climate Change in Asia-Pacific

Panel 3: US-Japan Partnership in Climate Change

Discussions of US-Japanese cooperation often focus on geopolitics and trade. This panel will examine the ways in which the two governments, working separately and together, have shaped the global architecture for addressing climate change. Tomoaki Ishigaki, a minister at the Embassy of Japan to the United States, and Pete Ogden, vice president for energy, climate, and the environment at the United Nations Foundation, will explain how the US and Japan have interacted with each other and other major players in climate negotiations, analyze the dynamics between domestic constraints and international action, and suggest areas for closer cooperation to address the accelerating global crisis.  Bruce Aronson will moderate the discussion.