Prof. Yabing Qi introducing his research to Minister Ishihara (June 29, 2013)

On June 29 and 30, the International Conference on Climate Change and Coral Reef Conservation (organized by the Ministry of Environment and Okinawa Prefecture with the support of OIST and the University of the Ryukyus) was held at the OIST campus.

On June 29 and 30, the International Conference on Climate Change and Coral Reef Conservation (organized by the Ministry of Environment and Okinawa Prefecture with the support of OIST and the University of the Ryukyus) was held at the OIST campus. Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara was guided around the OIST campus and visited the Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit (led by Prof. Yabing Qi), in which new solar energy materials are being developed. He also stopped by at the Marine Genomics Unit (led by Prof. Noriyuki Satoh), which conducts genome research of marine organisms such as corals.

On June 29 and 30, the International Conference on Climate Change and Coral Reef Conservation (organized by the Ministry of Environment and Okinawa Prefecture with the support of OIST and the University of the Ryukyus) was held at the OIST campus. IPCC Chair Pachauri giving a keynote speech. Based on the IPCC fourth quarter report, he presented scientific findings about climate change and its impacts on the marine environment and coral reefs. He emphasized that measures against global warming require both an easing plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and an adaptation plan to reduce the damage from global warming.

  On June 29 and 30, the International Conference on Climate Change and Coral Reef Conservation (organized by the Ministry of Environment and Okinawa Prefecture with the support of OIST and the University of the Ryukyus) was held at the OIST campus.

On June 29 and 30, the International Conference on Climate Change and Coral Reef Conservation (organized by the Ministry of Environment and Okinawa Prefecture with the support of OIST and the University of the Ryukyus) was held at the OIST campus. From left in the first row: Rajendra K.Pachauri (IPPC Chair/India), Nobuteru Ishihara (Minister of the Environment), Mariyam Shakeela (Minister of Environment and Energy/ Maldives), Kurayoshi Takara (Vice Governor of Okinawa Prefecture). From left in the second row: Rika Hiraki (NPO Japan Ecotourism Society member/Japan), Hajime Oshiro (President of the University of the Ryukyus/Japan), Andrew Skeat (Great Barrier Reef Marine Park General Manager/Australia), Shiro Wakui (Professor at the Faculty of Environmental and Information Studies, Tokyo City University), Eriko Imai (Member of popular music group SPEED), Jonathan M. Dorfan (President of OIST)