Nagasaki University
Research Center for Global Risk

The 10 New Insights in Climate Science 2025/2026 report summarizes the most important and up-to-date scientific findings on climate change, and is annually published for and presented at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (UNFCCC COP). The report is a joint initiative between Future Earth, The Earth League and the World Climate Research Programme.

The Japanese translation of the 2025/2026 report was released at a dedicated launch event, with contributions from a subset of the authors, secretariat coordinators, and related experts.

Aimed at a cross-sectoral audience, the experts gave an overview and explained in an easy-to-understand manner the 10 New Insights and the report’s developing processes. Discussions enabled explanations of the science but also explored the relevance of the Insights to Japan. The event attracted over 220 participants. Feedback from the post-event survey showed that the session helped many attendees gain a better grasp of the difficulties in tackling climate change. They particularly appreciated the diverse viewpoints, which offered surprising new information they hadn’t considered before.

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Moderator: Sunhee Suk
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University / Future Earth Japan Hub
Opening Remark
Noriyuki Nishida: Trustee (Strategic Development and Research), Nagasaki University
Introduction of 10NICS report
Fumiko Kasuga: Deputy director, The Research Center for Global Risk, Nagasaki University /Professor, School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health・Interfaculty Initiative in Planetary Health, Nagasaki University / Director, Future Earth Japan Hub
The academic significance of this research and Global Sustainability
Kaoru Sugihara: Section Editor, Global Sustainability, Cambridge University Press / Honorary Fellow, Visiting Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Insight 1：Evidence, uncertainty, and questions around record warm years 2023/2024
Kazuaki Kawamoto: Professor, School of Integrated Science and Technology, Nagasaki University
Insight 2：Accelerating sea surface warming and intensifying marine heatwaves
Koji Sugie: Researcher, Marine Ecosystem Research Group, Earth Surface System Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Insight 3：Global land carbon sink under strain
Mikitaro Shobayashi: Specially Appointed Professor, Research and Education Department, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Insight 4： Climate change and biodiversity loss amplify each other
Koji Miwa: Research Manager, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
Insight 5： Climate change is accelerating groundwater depletion
Jun Yasumoto, Associate Professor: Program Research Department, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Faculty of Agriculture Department of Regional Agricultural Engineering, University of the Ryukyus
Insight 6：Observed and projected climate-driven increase in dengue
Giles Sioen: Project Lecturer, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo / Future Earth Japan Hub
Insight 7：Climate change–related labour productivity and income loss
Masayo Shikimi: Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagasaki University
Insight 8：Safe scale-up of carbon dioxide removal is needed to tackle hard-to-abate emissions and climate risks
Gregory N. Nishihara: Professor, Organization for Marine Science and Technology, Nagasaki University
Insight 9：Carbon credit markets – integrity challenges and emergent responses
Gregory TrencherRENCHER: Associate professor, the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University
Insight 10：Policy mixes outperform stand-alone measures in advancing emissions reductions
Sunhee Suk: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University / Future Earth Japan Hub
Closing Remark
Ria Lambino: Director, Future Earth Center, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature / Deputy Director, Future Earth Japan Hub

■Hosts: Future Earth Global Secretariat Japan Hub / Research Center for Global Risk, Nagasaki University
■Co-hosts: Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
■Sponsors: Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan, AEON Environmental Foundation

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