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Michikazu Kojima

Senior Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

Michikazu Kojima knows environmental policies, waste management, recycling and international trade of recyclables.

Senior Economist at ERIA, he is also one of the editors of International Trade in Recyclable and Hazardous Waste in Asia. He also published Recycling and World Economy (Japanese book). Before joining ERIA, he had been a chief senior researcher at Institute of Developing Economies in JETRO (IDE-JETRO) in Japan. He has also contributed in the field of international cooperation as a member of Expert Working Group of Environmentally Sound Management under the Basel Convention, a member of Technical Expert Committee for Green Industry Platform by UNIDO, and the course leader on JICA training courses on recycling policy.

Michikazu Kojima is speaking at the following WCEF2018 session:

Tue 23 October at 11:00 : Circularity in Global Value Chains

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Project

WCEF2018

The World Circular Economy Forum presents the world’s best circular economy solutions and brings together key circular economy thinkers and doers from around the world.

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Topic

A circular economy

Circular economy solutions are needed to safeguard biodiversity and solve the climate crisis. In a circular economy we maintain the value of what we produce through smarter design and shifting from owning products to using services.

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Theme

Sustainability solutions

Our daily lives, decision-making practices and business can fit within the earth’s carrying capacity. It pays to seize sustainable solutions right now, as they can help us stop overconsumption and biodiversity loss and mitigate climate change.

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