気候変動と熟議型人材育成プログラムの開発

抄録

In promoting the transition from our current society to a carbon neutral society, sincere dialogue between stakeholders is required. As the younger generation is expected to play an important role in the future, the Next Generation Energy Workshop program was designed to educate and encourage future young leaders. At first, participants share knowledge about climate change and energy issues by reading relevant text books and participating in an interactive lecture. After the lecture, participants are divided into groups of common interest and engage in discussion and in a simulation exercise. After that, the groups are rearranged, and participants discuss issues with other group participants based on established rules. The intensive learning process and discussions often lead to visions related to energy topics that differ from the plan currently developed by the Japanese government. Since the this workshop concept has already been implemented in various occasions, we forecast that this participative workshop style will be conducted by an increasing number of universities, local governments, industries, and NPOs in the future.