The Commemorative Lectures by the 2025 Blue Planet Prize recipients will be held at the following times and venues. Please refer to the details provided at the end of this page.
How should we confront the risks of climate change? What should we believe and do in the post-truth age?
Two leading experts with extensive frontline experience in climate change, decarbonization, and nature restoration will share their clear and engaging insights.
We warmly welcome your active participation.
Program
Part One
- Lecturer :
- Professor Robert B. Jackson
- Title :
- Restoring the Atmosphere: Hope, Health, and Humanity
Q&A Moderator : Prof. Kaoru Kitajima
Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Part Two
- Lecturer :
- Dr. Jeremy Leggett
- Title :
- Communicating Climate and Nature Risk in the Post-Truth Age: Lessons from a Campaigning Life
Q&A Moderator : Dr. Shuzo Nishioka
Counsellor, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
- Admission：Free
- Simultaneous translation between English and Japanese will be provided.
The lecture videos will be available on our website around December.
Registration and Inquiries
If you wish to attend the lectures, please register using the Registration Form below.
We encourage you to register at the earliest opportunity, as registration will close once capacity is reached.
The Asahi Glass Foundation will appropriately manage all the personal information you provide.
We will use your personal information only to send you information from the Foundation, etc.
Tokyo
Date & Time：October 30, 2025, 16:00 - 18:20 (Doors are open at 15:30)
Venue：Ito Hall at Ito International Research Center, the University of Tokyo
(7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
Kyoto
Date & Time：November 1, 2025, 13:20 - 15:40 (Doors are open at 12:50)
Venue：Event Hall, the Kyoto International Community House (kokoka)
(Torii-cho, Awataguchi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan)
