SEMINAR TIMETABLEClean City Partnership Program (C2P2) Seminar

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 City Partnership Program (C2P2) to tackle the complex challenges faced by cities worldwide. With participation from Japanese local governments, private companies, financial institutions, and others, as well as collaboration with Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), this program will offer comprehensive and synergistic supports for urban agenda, including climate changes, environmental pollution, the circular economy, and nature-positive initiatives in partner cities. This seminar presented a valuable opportunity to share the Japanese initiatives from MOEJ and JICA, as well as examples of MOEJ's City-to-City Collaboration Programs for Zero Carbon Society (C3P) presented by mayors, private sector representatives, and others.

Opening Remarks

DOI Kentaro｜Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, MOEJ

Actions by JICA (TBC)

 ITO Teruyuki｜Director General, Global Environment Department, JICA

Photo Session

C3P Case (1) Collaboration of Renca (Chile) and Toyama City (Japan)

FUJII Hirohisa｜Mayor of Toyama City, Japan
Claudio Castro｜Mayor of Renca, Chile

C3P Case (2) Collaboration of Maharashtra (India) and Osaka City (Japan)

YOKOYAMA Hideyuki｜Mayor of Osaka City, Japan (Video Message)
KUWAHARA Michi｜President and CEO, Kanadevia Corporation

Mr. DOI, Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs of MOEJ, emphasized the importance of sharing good practices and knowledge at the city level, and highlighted that more than 30 decarbonization projects have been developed under the C3P. Mr. ITO, DG of JICA’s Global Environment Dept. introduced the Clean City Initiative (JCCI) with relevant examples. As a good example of city-to-city collaboration, Mayor Fujii of Toyama City and Mayor Castro of Renca presented their climate actions and shared key lessons, including Renca’s collaborative framework among local stakeholders and effective use of social media, as well as Toyama’s policy alignment through multi-level collaboration, holistic climate actions, and long-term vision with strong private-sector cooperation. In the case between Osaka City and the State of Maharashtra (India), Mayor YOKOYAMA introduced Osaka’s contributions to environmental conservation and decarbonization of the state, based on its pollution control experience and potential application of advanced technologies. Mr. KUWAHARA, President of Kanadevia Corp., explained on-going feasibility study on green hydrogen and methanation technologies under the program.

MOEJ's Mr. DOI (L) JICA's Mr. ITO (R)

Toyama's Mayor Fujii (L) Renca's Mayor Castro (R)

Mayor YOKOYAMA (L) Kanadevia's Mr. KUWAHARA (R)

Group Photo of Speakers