気候変動対策に挑むビジネスリーダーが、目標を見直すべきその理由とは
今日、多くの国が地球温暖化対策の重要性と緊急性を認識していますが、温室効果ガス排出量のネットゼロを実現する最善の方法や、そのためのコストをどのように分担するかについては、依然として大きなばらつきがあります。残念なことに、私たちが住んでいる世界は二極化しており、これが文化間、地域間、さらには世代間などで多くの対立を生んでいます。その結果、信頼の低下を招き、気候変動対策の進捗...
Chairman of the Board, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) since 2019. Formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, overseeing the growth of revenues from $25 billion to $37 billion, expanding the global workforce from 68,000 to 80,000 and doubling the number of employees outside Japan to 28,000. Began career with MHI in 1972 at the Hiroshima Machinery Works immediately following graduation from the University of Tokyo. Has held numerous management roles throughout MHI and has spent career promoting global marketing, engineering and manufacturing efficiencies and customer-focused service strategies. 2000-06, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery. 1999, General Manager, Heavy Machinery Department, Machinery Headquarters; 2008, Executive Vice-President, Head of Machinery & Steel Structures Headquarters. Since 2008, Member of the MHI Board of Directors; 2011, Senior Executive Vice-President and Head, Presidential Administration Office. 2013, named President and Chief Executive Officer, MHI; since 2014, Non-Executive Member of the Board, Mitsubishi Motors; since 2019, Director, Mitsubishi Corporation. Degree, Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo; MBA, Graduate Business Programme, University of Chicago. Interests: playing tennis and golf, unsolved problems of Number Theory, etc.
今日、多くの国が地球温暖化対策の重要性と緊急性を認識していますが、温室効果ガス排出量のネットゼロを実現する最善の方法や、そのためのコストをどのように分担するかについては、依然として大きなばらつきがあります。残念なことに、私たちが住んでいる世界は二極化しており、これが文化間、地域間、さらには世代間などで多くの対立を生んでいます。その結果、信頼の低下を招き、気候変動対策の進捗...
Achieving shared climate change goals will require focus from the private sector to scale proven technologies and mobilize needed capital.
Energy is a fundamental pillar of the resilient, sustainable economic system we need to build – but it poses three connected challenges that we must address.
2050年までにネットゼロを達成する – わずか1年前にははるか遠くにみえたビジョンが、いま技術的には現実味を帯び、その可能性も見えてきています。カーボンニュートラルに向かう道は極めて複雑で簡単なことではありません。電化、再生可能エネルギー、よりクリーンな化石燃料など、複数のアプローチを組み合わせる必要があります。しかもそれは、地理的条件、工業化の水準や、その他の多くの社...
Scaling up technology, policy support and stimulating demand: we need to focus on all three to realise a net-zero emissions world in the next three decades.
Uncovering practical solutions – and deploying them to work together – will give humanity the best chance of solving problems of like energy consumption and waste.