International Symposium will be held in Kobe on May the 23rd, 2008 to discuss among NGOs and NPOs and many citizens from home and abroad on various problems including environmental issues such as countermeasures against global warming, where their action policies will be determined and bring collective recommendations to the environment ministers' meeting as well as to make an appeal to the world. Its provisional agenda is as follows:
1. Keynotes speeches
2. Panel discussion 1: Global Warming
3. Panel discussion 2: Biodiversity
4. Panel discussion 3: 3R
5. Collective recommendations to the environment ministers' meeting
The symposium will be hosted by government, 2008 Japan G8 Summit NGO Forum and other NGOs.



