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To advance decarbonization in ASEAN and other Asian countries, Japan has implemented several initiatives: supporting NDC and LTS formulation through the Asia-Pacific Integrated Model (AIM); promoting corporate transparency via the Partnership to...

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) aim to address social challenges by harnessing the functions of sound natural ecosystems. NbS can provide integrated approaches that deliver cross-sectoral benefits, including climate change mitigation and adaptation...

The role of cities in addressing climate changes is increasingly critical to achieving the 1.5°C goal. In February 2023, MOEJ in collaboration with JICA, launched the Clean Cities Partnership Program (C2P2) to tackle the complex challenges faced...

Abstract In striving to achieve Net-Zero, it is crucial that all stakeholders work together by leveraging their respective strengths and positions. Universities play a particularly significant role by generating scientific knowledge that underpins...

Recently, local and regional governments (LRGs) are actively engaging in both the climate agenda and the SDGs. In Japan, around 52% of local governments, which accounts for 932 local governments, have SDGs plans or activity promoting SDGs through...

As the world rapidly approaches the deadline for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), progress is not occurring fast enough. However, cities are increasingly making a meaningful...

In 2018 four pioneer local governments—Kitakyushu, New York, Toyama, and Shimokawa—presented their Voluntary Local Review (VLR) of progress towards achieving the 2030 Agenda. Ever since, the VLR movement has grown, with an increasing number of...