At the commemorative ceremony held on Saturday, December 17th, awards were presented to students selected for the newly established SDGs Award and Special SDGs Award at the Environmental Humanities Forum held on Thursday, November 10th, by the School and Graduate School of Human Sciences and Environment. This year was the 19th time that the SDGs Award was presented. The SDGs Prize went to Ms. Nao Maeda, a third-year student in the School of Human Sciences and Environment, for her presentation on “Green Infrastructure: A Review of the Current Status of Rain Gardens and Verification of the Appropriateness of Their Location in Kyoto City. ～The student group “SOGI Iro” was selected for its presentation “Is it taboo to talk about sexuality? This year, high school students who have contact with the School and Graduate School also made presentations. The group “Simuheat” from Hyogo Prefectural Himeji Nishi Senior High School, supported by Associate Professor Yuichiro Oku, was selected for the SDGs Special Award for their presentation on “Effects of reservoirs on the heat island phenomenon”.

In closing, Vice President Makoto Kosaka made the following closing remarks: “Based on the SDGs, I hope that students and faculty will work together to make firm progress toward fulfilling and keeping the '1.5°C Promise. We are free from pessimism about the future. We all want to work hand in hand and move forward step by step. We will continue to face difficult circumstances, but we will do our best together.

(Reference: “The 1.5°C Commitment - Let's Move Now to Stop the Temperature Rise.”)
At the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in the United Kingdom in November 2021, a commitment was made to limit the increase in global average temperature to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in order to avoid many of the impacts of climate change. To promote understanding of the 1.5°C target and encourage individuals and organizations to change their behavior, the Japanese media, which is enthusiastic about the SDGs, and the United Nations Public Information Center joined forces to launch the “1.5°C Commitment” campaign to communicate the meaning of the 1.5°C target and what must be done to achieve the goal. -We must move now to stop the temperature from rising. The campaign is being conducted by the United Nations Public Information Center (UNPRC).
You can read an article about the Environmental Humanities Forum held at the School of Human　Science and Environment in November 2022 at the following link.
School of Human　Science and Environment “KANANABI” Presentation Event “Environmental Anthropology Forum” Held

In closing, Vice President Makoto Kosaka made the following closing remarks: “Based on the SDGs, I hope that students and faculty will work together to make firm progress toward fulfilling and keeping the ‘1.5°C Promise. We are free from pessimism about the future. We all want to work hand in hand and move forward step by step. We will continue to face difficult circumstances, but we will do our best together.

(Reference: “The 1.5°C Commitment – Let’s Move Now to Stop the Temperature Rise.”)
At the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in the United Kingdom in November 2021, a commitment was made to limit the increase in global average temperature to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in order to avoid many of the impacts of climate change. To promote understanding of the 1.5°C target and encourage individuals and organizations to change their behavior, the Japanese media, which is enthusiastic about the SDGs, and the United Nations Public Information Center joined forces to launch the “1.5°C Commitment” campaign to communicate the meaning of the 1.5°C target and what must be done to achieve the goal. -We must move now to stop the temperature from rising. The campaign is being conducted by the United Nations Public Information Center (UNPRC).
You can read an article about the Environmental Humanities Forum held at the School of Human　Science and Environment in November 2022 at the following link.
School of Human　Science and Environment “KANANABI” Presentation Event “Environmental Anthropology Forum” Held