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With yesterday's event, we took a number of courageous steps in preparation and implementation of our first hybrid event. Be it the transmission on a fourfold level, German, Japanese, offline, online. Be it maintaining the optimism from the very beginning to actually be able to stand in presence in front of a live audience. It was a great experience, and the tremendous team effort paid off. 25 years after the Kyoto Protocol was adopted, it is even the more important to pursue smart approaches towards reducing the usage of fossil fuels and increasing the generation of renewable energy. Every person has a role to play along the way, as well as every company, every government. We were far from being able to discuss all perspectives and aspects yesterday, but we agreed that there must be further starting points beyond the current horizon, that financing sustainability will be a major issue, and that climate protection is an effort in global solidarity to achieve the goals we have set. It was an honor to welcome as panelists sharing their very individual thoughts on the topic - thank you for your contribution! Word of Greeting Ruprecht Vondran Consul General Iwama Keynote Prof. Dr. Peter Hennicke Panel 1 Governor Masao Uchibori Michael Theben Dr. Yuko Harayama Prof. Dr. Peter Hennicke Panel 2 Shuhei Aoki Toshihisa Iida Wolfgang Niedermark Gerhard Wiesheu #DJW #Sustainability #ClimateProtection #Japan #Germany