Purpose of the Project

Eight years have passed since the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the year 2030, the first turning point, is approaching. People who can see the structure of social problems, discuss and examine solutions, and put these into action are necessary to achieve goals of the SDGs by 2030 and create sustainable society by 2050.

To this end, Kyoto University has been offering Kyoto University SDGs Leadership Development Program since 2020, and an annual program that combines online seminars, hands-on learning, and camps to nurture junior and senior high school students who will lead the next generation. In addition, we held “Earth Youth Summit 2023 in KYOTO” in March 2023, aimed to help students acquire global perspective, exchange their ideas in English, and proactively link the discussion results to proposals. Participants not only from Japan but also from overseas have discussed, and the results were disseminated at several venues including 2023 G7 Hiroshima Summit.

In this year, Kyoto University SDGs Leadership Development Program the Earth Youth Summit in KYOTO will be integrated, and participants will be invited from Japan and overseas to join Earth Youth Summit 2024 in KYOTO, an one-year-long program designed to sincerely consider, discuss, and communicate about the SDGs in English. We hope that this will be a place where prospective future leaders to deepen their thoughts about diverse social issues and acquire the ability to communicate their ideas considering EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan.