{"id":2645,"date":"2021-02-23T03:18:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T18:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/?page_id=2645"},"modified":"2025-12-19T16:06:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T07:06:03","slug":"race-to-zero-circle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/race-to-zero-circle\/","title":{"rendered":"Race to Zero Circle &#8211; Leading the Global Shift to A Decarbonized Economy &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/RtZ-Circle-1024x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"189\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2614\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"#1\">1. What is Race To Zero?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#2\">2. How to join the Race To Zero via the JCI Race to Zero Circle<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#3\">3. Who\u2019s in the Race to Zero Circle?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#video\">A message video from the JCI Race To Zero Circle members<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>\n<p id=\"1\">1. What is Race To Zero?<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<p>Race to Zero is a global campaign rallying non-state actors \u2013 including companies, cities, regions, financial, educational, and healthcare institutions \u2013 to take rigorous and immediate action to halve global emissions by 2030 and deliver a healthier, fairer zero carbon world by 2050 at latest.<br \/>\nLed by the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, the campaign drives real world momentum into the UN Climate Change negotiations.<br \/>\nIt mobilizes a coalition of leading net zero initiatives (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechampions.net\/campaigns\/race-to-zero\/how-we-work\/#Race%20to%20Zero%20Partners\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Official Partners<\/a>), representing over 11,000 members (as of the end of 2022) who are committed to the same overarching goal: reducing emissions across all scopes swiftly and fairly in line with the Paris Agreement, with transparent action plans and robust near-term targets.<br \/>\nTo join and remain in the Race To Zero through the official partners, members are required to meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechampions.net\/media\/f2nkeckp\/race-to-zero-criteria-30-4.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Race To Zero criteria<\/a>: <strong>Pledge, Plan, Proceed, Publish and Persuade<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>\u25a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechampions.net\/media\/jzra4dzg\/race-to-zeros-5th-p-persuade-handbook-2.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The 5th P (Persuade)<\/a><br \/>\n\u25a0 The 5th P (Persuade) Handbook <a href=\"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/The-5th-P-Handbook_JP_ver1.0.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JAPANESE provisional translation<\/a> (released on 28th Sep, 2023)\n<\/p>\n<p>\u25a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechampions.net\/campaigns\/race-to-zero\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Race To Zero Website<\/a><br \/>\n\u25a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechampions.net\/campaigns\/race-to-zero\/whos-in\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Race To Zero Members<\/a><br \/>\n\u25a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cop25.mma.gob.cl\/en\/climate-ambition-alliance\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Climate Ambition Alliance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>\n<p id=\"2\">2. How to join the Race To Zero via the JCI Race to Zero Circle<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<p>The Race to Zero Circle, a member circle of the Japan Climate Initiative (JCI), is one of the official partners and helps JCI members participate in the Race To Zero. JCI members can participate in the Race To Zero by joining the Race to Zero Circle with a commitment to meet the five criteria of the Race To Zero. In order for Japan to contribute to the decarbonization of the world, JCI will support our members&#8217; efforts toward the earliest possible net-zero emissions by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>\u25a0The details including JCI Race To Zero Circle minimum criteria, application and reporting forms are available in Japanese <a href=\"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/race-to-zero-circle\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u25a0Related Articles<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/news-topics\/rtz-university\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Webinar: Race To Zero criteria revision &#8211; What is required to commit to net zero (August 25th, 2022)  *Japanese only<a \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/news-topics\/rtz-university\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Webinar: Decarbonization promoted by universities &#8211; Join the Race To Zero (May 24th, 2022) <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/news-topics\/rtz-university\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Webinar: How to step froward towards net-zero by 2050 &#8211; Join the Race To Zero (July 1st, 2021)  *Japanese only<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/news-topics\/jci-race-to-zero-circle\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JCI launches \u201cJCI Race to Zero Circle\u201d as an approved official partner of Race to Zero campaign (December 17th, 2020)<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>\n<p id=\"3\">3. Who\u2019s in the Race to Zero Circle?<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/actiontheme\/theme11\/?sector\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A list of the Race to Zero Circle members<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"video\">A message video from the JCI Race To Zero Circle members (October, 2021)<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A message video from JCI Race To Zero Circle members (produced in October, 2021)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iU9ChoTrSJg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. What is Race To Zero? 2. How to join the Race To Zero via the JCI Race to Zero Circle 3. Who\u2019s in the Race to Zero Circle? A message video from the JCI Race To Zero Circle members 1. What is Race To Zero? Race to Zero is a global campaign rallying non-state actors \u2013 including companies, cities, regions, financial, educational, and healthcare institutions \u2013 to take rigorous and immediate action to halve global emissions by 2030 and deliver a healthier, fairer zero carbon world by 2050 at latest. Led by the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-ref-info.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2645"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2645"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2649,"href":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2645\/revisions\/2649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}