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Planetary Health Alliance Japan Hub will hold a “Planetary Health (PH) Cafe & Bar” to share various information about Planetary Health with everyone. We look forward to your participation if you are interested in Planetary Health.

In this month of PH Cafe & Bar, the main language is Japanese.

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The 2026 February Planetary Health Cafe & Bar

Date and time: February 26, 2026 (Thu) 19:30-20:30 JST

Organizer: Planetary Health Alliance Japan Hub
Form: Online (ZOOM)

Registration page
https://forms.gle/16sCqpEK6a7i8WN19

About PH Cafe & Bar

•Purpose: to share information about Planetary Health (PH)  and connect different PH networks.

•Style: In this cafe & bar, with your favourite coffee or alcohol, we talk casually about the practice and implementation of PH and take action together. Everybody interested in PH is welcome to participate. (Held about once a month)

Topics

# This month’s host

Joji Sugawara (Vice President, Health and Global Policy Institute)

#Overall Theme: 

Exploring Planetary Health in Japan through a Triple Approach: Fact-finding Surveys, Field Implementation, and Normative Frameworks

#Presentation Details

Presentation 1: The Frontlines of “Greening” Healthcare Facilities

Speaker: Hiroko Henker (Nagasaki University / Health and Global Policy Institute)

Title: Decarbonizing Healthcare Facilities and Enhancing Resilience: Insights from Japanese Best Practice Case Studies

Presentation 2: Assessing Japan’s Current Status on Climate Change in the Healthcare Sector

Speaker: Akira Shimabukuro (The University of Tokyo / Health and Global Policy Institute)

Title: A Cross-sectional Survey of Health Organizations: Current Awareness and Actions Regarding Climate Change and Health

Presentation 3: Redefining Planetary Health through the Lens of Human Rights

Speaker: Kenta Minatani (Mori Hamada & Matsumoto / Keio University X-Dignity Center / Health and Global Policy Institute)

Title: Norms and Institutions: A Theoretical Framework at the Intersection of Planetary Health and Human Rights

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(Additional Notes)

We hope that this PH Cafe & Bar will be a place where people from various fields can exchange information about PH without any borders by the conventions of planetary health in Japan, so please feel free to invite your friends even if you are not a member of this PHAJ-Network.

In addition, we will gradually get this PH Cafe & Bar on track, so we hope you will come up with various ideas on the day. Also, we will plan to have a joint Cafe & Bar with other countries too.

We look forward to as many people as possible participating!

Planetary Health Alliance Japan HUB