This episode is talking about “The need to integrate Economic Security and Global Climate Change policies”. These days, economic security and global climate change are often cited as the two most important issues. Yet, the two issues are addressed separately without meaningful coordination between the adopted policies. The world needs to integrate these two issues.

This episode is talking about “Why Energy Efficiency?”. For many, pursuing energy efficiency is not as attractive as developing renewable energies. While you can see the tall towers of wind power generation, you cannot easily appreciate most of the energy efficiency measures that have been introduced. Even if energy efficiency is considered less attractive, it does not mean that it is not as important as renewables. In fact, energy efficiency could and should play a major role in our paths towards carbon neutrality.

This episode is talking about “44th IAEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia”. For the first time, the IAEE held its prestigious annual international conference in the Middle East from February 4-9, 2023. The event addressed critical topics under the theme “Pathways to a clean, stable, and sustainable energy future”. 

This episode is talking about “50 years after the First Oil Crisis”. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the First Oil Crisis that took place in 1973. As we are again in the middle of a global energy crisis, it is important to look back to 1973 and draw lessons that can be incorporated into our response to the current crisis.

This episode is talking about “What is GX?”. The Japanese Government recently launched a policy package that will lead the energy/industry transformation for the next 10 years. And that is called the GX (Green Transformation) Roadmap. Mr. Terazawa, CEO, IEEJ, will give us a brief overview of Japan’s latest policy package, GX.