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The G7–United Nations Partnership to Meet Global Challenges

Co-organized by the United Nations University and the G7 Research Group
With the support of the Munk School of Global Affairs, the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, the Asian Institute and the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto; and the Jackman Foundation
May 19, 2016, United Nations University, Tokyo

Welcoming Remarks

David Malone, Rector, United Nations University
David Welch, Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation
John Kirton, Co-director, G7 Research Group

Progress, Plans and Prospects for the Ise-Shima Summit

Chair: David Malone, United Nations University
Yasuhisa Kawamura, Press-Secretary and Director-General for Press and Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
"Japan's Plans and Prospects for Ise-Shima"

Promies Made, Promises Kept

Chair: David Welch, Centre for International Governance Innovation
Caroline Bracht, G7 Research Group
"Keeping G7 Promises: The 2015 Compliance Report"

Controlling Climate Change after Paris

Chair: Kazuhiko Takemoto, UNU Institute for the Advanced Study of
Sustainability
John Kirton, G7 Research Group
"G7-G20-UN Leadership"
Paul-Bertrand Barets, Embassy of France to Japan
"The Challenge of Climate Finance"
Hironori Hamanaka, Institute for Global Environment Strategy
"Implementing the Paris Agreement"
André Corrêa do Lago, Ambassador of Brazil to Japan
"The Future of Climate Negotiations"

Global Economic Governance

Chair: Obijiofor Aginam, UNU International Institute for Global Health
Masataka Fujita, ASEAN-Japan Centre
"Accommodating Shifts in Global Economic Order"
Paul Blustein, author and journalist
"Tackling Economic and Financial Crises"
Julia Kulik, G7 Research Group
"Addressing Gender Inequality"
Robert Fauver, former G7 sherpa, United States
"Coordinating Fiscal, Monetary and Structural Policy"

Global Security Governance

Chair: Liz Noh, G7 Research Group
David Welch, Centre for International Governance Innovation
"Preventing Nuclear Proliferation"
Toshiya Hoshino, Vice-President, Osaka University
" Addressing State Fragility"
Rahul Chandran, UNU Centre for Policy Research
"Formulating a New Security Agenda"
Tim Hitchens, Ambassador of the UK to Japan
" A UK View on Security Governance"

Proposals for the Ise-Shima Summit

Chair: Sebastian von Einsiedel, UNU Centre for Policy Research
David Welch, Centre for International Governance Innovation
Julia Kulik, G7 Research Group
Robert Fauver, former G7 sherpa, United States

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