On November 19th, 15 Swedish delegates consists of policy makers, researchers and experts visited JAMSTEC Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences (YES). The delegation was headed by H. E. Ambassador Bo Kjellen who has been serving as the chief negotiator for Sweden towards the Kyoto agreement. They met with representative from Japanese government, research institutes and companies in order to discuss research and development strategies and projects in areas crucial to achieving sustainable development. At Miyoshi Memorial Hall of YES, representatives and researchers of YES, the Frontier Research System for Global Change (FRSGC), the Frontier Observational System for Global Change (FORSGC) and the Earth Simulator Center (ESC) introduced our research activities to the Swedish delegates. Besides the explanation of the whole Systems, they were particularly interested in the research activities of Integrated Modeling Research Program, Atmospheric Composition Research Program, and Ecosystem Change Research Program of FRSGC. After the meeting, the delegation visited the facilities of the Earth Simulator and moved to the next visit. Although the schedule was very tight, we hope that the visit will be a good opportunity for the first step toward a new partnership with Sweden.

Swedish delegates with staffs of YES