JICA Deputy Director-General Miyazaki commenting on the panel discussion
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Name Affiliation Title Ms. Izumi Tsuchihata Planning Officer, Environmental Management & Climate Change Countermeasures Group, Global Environment Department
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Date: 12/2/2023
Organized by: Ministry of the Environment, Fukuoka City
Co-sponsored by UN-Habitat African Clean Cities Platform (ACCP)
JICA is a cooperating organization
Speakers: Ministry of the Environment, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka University, JICA, UN-Habitat, International Partnership for Climate and Air Cleanup (CCAC) for the Reduction of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, UNIDO, Kiambu County, Kenya, Eight Japan Technology Development Co.
Name of venue (pavilion name): Japan Pavilion
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Name Affiliation Title Yoshihiro Mizutani Counselor, Office of the Counselor for International Decarbonization Transition and Environmental Infrastructure, Global Environment Bureau, Ministry of the Environment Takuya Nakamura Director, Environment Bureau, Fukuoka City Koji Matsufuji Professor Emeritus, Fukuoka University Akihiro Miyazaki Deputy Director, Global Environment Department and Head, Environmental Management and Climate Change Group, JICA Mr. Donovan Storey* Waste Expert, International Partnership for Climate and Clean Air (CCAC) for the Reduction of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Mr. Virender Kumar Duggal, Chief Climate Change Specialist, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Mr. Alois Posekufa Mhlanga Ms. Alois Posekufa Mhlanga, Chief, Climate Technologies Innovation Unit, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Ms. Monicah Kingori*, Assistant Director, Environment, Kiambu District, Kenya Ms. Taisuke Ohdera, Group Manager, Business Development Department, Eight Japan Technology Development Co. Ms. Cynthia Malava Urban Environment, Resources & Management Division, International Office, Eight Japan Technology Development Co.
Background and Objectives
The Fukuoka Method, a treatment method for final landfills that is attracting attention as one of the measures to reduce methane gas emissions in waste management, was discussed from various perspectives, including specific examples of introduction and possible financial support schemes for introducing the method. JICA, in collaboration with JICA’s Global Agenda (GA) and the Japanese government’s initiatives for inter-city cooperation, discussed the usefulness of the Fukuoka method in developing countries and the importance of human resource development, and deepened the discussion.
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JICA’s Akihiro Miyazaki, Deputy Director General of the Global Environment Department and Head of the Environmental Management and Climate Change Group, participated in the panel discussion. Akihiro Miyazaki, Deputy Director General of the Global Environment Department and Director of the Environmental Management and Climate Change Group, JICA, participated in the panel discussion and spoke about the Fukuoka Method’s potential as a solution to the problems faced by developing countries, the importance of human resource development in improving waste management, JICA’s Clean City Initiative, the environment, and the Fukuoka Method’s potential as a solution to the problems faced by developing countries. He also stated that the Fukuoka Method can be one of the solutions to solve the problems faced by developing countries, that human resource development is the most important factor to improve waste management, and that he will continue to work with various resources in Japan and other development partners to improve waste management capacity in developing countries based on the Clean City Initiative and the Clean City Partnership Program (C2P2) promoted together with the Ministry of the Environment.
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