reporter
Noriko Yamada
Global Environment Department
professional commission
summary
Date: 2023/12/06
Organized by: Ministry of the Environment, Japan Co-organized by: JICA, IGES
Name of venue (pavilion name): Japan
speaker
*Yutaka Matsuzawa
Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Deputy Director-General for Global Environment
*Takahiro Morita
JICA Global Environment Division
head of a (school) club
*Norio Saito
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Water and Urban Development Sector
Senior Group Leader
*Tadaaki Inoue
Commerce and Industry Policy Division, Commerce, Industry, Tourism and Labor Department, Shiga Prefecture
chief examiner
*Chan Chi Thanh Tam
Ministry of Investment and Planning, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam
Director, Bureau of Overseas Economic Relations
*Hiroyuki Motonaga
Representative Director, Okinawa Electric Power Co.
president (e.g. of a company)
*Xavier E. Matsutaro
Office of the President Office of Climate Change
National Climate Change Coordinator and UNFCCC Focal Point
*Masahiko Tsujio
CN Promotion Department, Sakai City Environment Bureau
head of a (school) club
Nguyen Cong Vinh
Koshi BRVT Provincial People’s Commissar (PPC)
deputy member
Mr. Tran Thuong Tho
Deputy of Natural Resources and Environment Bureau, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Yue BRVT
bureau director
*Mr. Dang Son Hai
Deputy of Natural Resources and Environment Bureau, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Yue BRVT
deputy director
*Hideki Nagato
Sakai City
mayor
- Online Speakers
Background and Objectives
To decarbonize the world, it is essential that cities, which account for about 70% of GHG emissions and energy consumption, make the transition to decarbonization.
The Ministry of the Environment and JICA launched C2P2 in February 2023 to provide broad-based collaborative support for the challenges faced by cities around the world. With the participation of Japanese local governments, private companies, financial institutions, and others, and in collaboration with MDBs and other organizations, C2P2 aims to provide comprehensive support for urban challenges.
Contents
In this seminar, Mr. Matsuzawa, Deputy Director-General for Global Environment, Ministry of the Environment, introduced the efforts of the Japanese government, and Mr. Morita, Director, Global Environment Department, JICA, introduced the efforts of JICA Clean City Initiative (JCCI) as a contribution to C2P2, and the ADB.
In addition, the following three case studies from the C2P2 initiative were presented.
1 . The Ministry of Environment and JICA as a good example of cooperation between the Ministry of Environment and JICA, the project of inter-city cooperation between Quang Ninh Province in Vietnam and Shiga Prefecture, and JICA’s green growth support to Quang Ninh Province.
Good examples of cooperation between the Ministry of Environment and JICA include the city-to-city project between Quang Ninh Province in Vietnam and Shiga Prefecture, and JICA’s green growth support to Quang Ninh Province 2 . City-to-city partnership project between Urasoe City, Okinawa Prefecture and Airai Province, Palau
Inter-city partnership project between Urasoe City, Okinawa and Ailai, Palau 3 . Inter-city partnership project between BRVT Province, Vietnam and Sakai City, Sakai, Japan and the Eco-Industrial Park Project using smart technology of BRVT Province that JICA started to support from October 2023.
Finally, an MOU signing ceremony was held between Sakai City and Vung Tau Province.
Materials
Introduction of JICA Clean City Initiative (JCCI) by Mr. Morita, Director, Global Environment Department, JICA
MOU Signing Ceremony between Sakai City and Ech-Vali Vung Tau Province
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