Video Series “Tackling the Planetary Boundaries” Now Available

At the University of Tokyo event “Tokyo Forum 2020 Online” held in December of 2020, one of Tokyo College’s key research themes, “Tackling the Planetary Boundaries,” was a point of focus, which sounded the alarm regarding the crisis of the “global commons,” or resources that are shared by all of humanity. As a follow-up, Tokyo College created and released two videos. The first is a brief video that conveys the current status of the global commons in an easy-to-understand manner using snippets from the Tokyo Forum event. The second is a dialogue and information exchange between thought leaders University of Tokyo Professor OKI Taikan and film director KAWASE Naomi in which they communicate the state of the global environment and provide us with hints for future society.

Brief video on “Tackling the Planetary Boundaries” (English with Japanese subtitle)
This video is an easy-to-understand introduction to efforts related to “Tackling the Planetary Boundaries,” one of Tokyo College’s key research themes.

A Dialogue Between Thought Leaders: KAWASE Naomi vs. OKI Taikan (Japanese)
University of Tokyo Professor OKI Taikan and film director KAWASE Naomi discuss the global environment and the importance of messaging.

Videos are also available on Tokyo College YouTube Channel.