- Thematic Track 14
- 3 December 2021
- JST 15:00 - 16:00 (GMT+09:00)
Zero-carbon Cities – The Implications of COP26 and Beyond
- Japanese
- Climate Change, SDGs
Cities are playing a leading role in actions for decarbonisation. In Japan, 444 local and regional governments have announced pledges to achieve zero-carbon by 2050 as of end of August 2021, which is 2.6 times the number in October 2020. As more cities set decarbonisation goals, the focus of international concern has been shifting to how to achieve the goal, including the development of roadmaps and concrete measures to ensure implementation. This ISAP session includes speakers who joined UNFCCC-COP26, held in Glasgow, UK, and a representative from the financial sector, which plays a key role in achieving decarbonisation at the local level. Beginning with reflections on COP26 from the viewpoint of cities, the session will then discuss actions by different stakeholders to achieve local decarbonisation.
Programme Director, City Taskforce, IGES
KATAOKA Yatsuka
Programme Director, City Taskforce, IGES
After engaged in environmental technology transfer and capacity building projects targeted at the Southeast Asian countries in Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC), Ms. Kataoka joined IGES in 2001. At IGES, she worked for water management related research projects, especially focusing on groundwater management policy and water quality management in Asian countries. After serving the senior coordinator for networking and outreach at Programme Management Office from April 2013 to March 2015, she was assigned as the Deputy Director of Kitakyushu Urban Centre. In July 2017, she appointed as the Joint Programme Director of City Task Force. She is now engaged in the networking and capacity development related projects and the research on city's sustainable development. Current research focus is localisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Voluntary Local Review (VLR). She obtained LLM, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies of Kobe University.
Programme Director, Integrated Sustainability Centre, IGES
FUJINO Junichi
Programme Director, Integrated Sustainability Centre, IGES
Dr. Fujino received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tokyo, focusing on analysing the world’s energy system in the year 2100 (SDG 7). In 2000, he began his work at the National Institute for Environmental Studies. He has been involved in “Low Carbon Society Scenarios Research Project towards 2050” and has participated in the government’s committee for Japan’s greenhouse gas emission reduction toward COP15 as well as toward the 2015 Paris Agreement (SDG 13). Since the autumn of 2010, he has been a committee member for promoting the "FutureCity” initiative and has supported local governments in sustainable city planning. He has also served as a member for the “Urban Planning and Sustainability Committee” (of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organizing Committee), as well as the Chair of the“Decarbonisation Working Group” (SDG 11). Currently, his focus is on supporting Asian countries and local governments in efforts to decarbonise and achieve the SDGs (SDG 17). He has been an IGES full-time researcher since April 2019.
Director, ICLEI Japan Office
UCHIDA Togo
Director, ICLEI Japan Office
Deputy General Manager Corporate Planning Div. Fuyo General Lease Co., Ltd.
DOHI Ryoichi
Deputy General Manager Corporate Planning Div. Fuyo General Lease Co., Ltd.
After taking charge of sales promotion, Mr. Dohi was engaged in renewable energy business at Fuyo General Lease Co., Ltd. Since 2019, he has been involved in the promotion of RE100 and other CSV activities as the Deputy General Manager in charge of CSV promotion. He is also the vice president of the Japan Climate Leaders Partnership (JCLP), a unique Japanese corporate group working toward the realization of a decarbonized society.
