{"id":4166,"date":"2023-12-22T12:13:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T03:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/?p=4166"},"modified":"2023-12-22T12:13:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T03:13:12","slug":"rtz-progress-report-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/news-topics\/rtz-progress-report-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Race To Zero released its 2023 Progress Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4167 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/rtz-2023-report.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"708\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/rtz-2023-report.png 708w, https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/rtz-2023-report-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Race To Zero, a global campaign promoted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), released its 2023 Progress Report on December 6.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/climatechampions.unfccc.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Race-to-Zero-2023-Progress-Report_29112023.-pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 2023 Progress Report<\/a><\/p>\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. Currently, approximately 13,500 organizations worldwide are participating in Race To Zero, taking action to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and move to net zero by 2050 at the latest.<\/p>\n<p>JCI Race To Zero Circle, a member circle of the Japan Climate Initiative (JCI), is an official partner of Race To Zero campaign and is encouraging non-state actors from Japan to participate in Race To Zero. This year\u2019s progress report covers several of JCI&#8217;s activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u25a0Race To Zero 2023 progress<\/p>\n<p>There are now approximately 13,500 Race To Zero members, an increase of more than 2,000 since the last progress report and nearly double the number since its launch at COP26 in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The new members come from 30 new countries and now cover 146 countries. There was a notable growth in the membership in the Asia Pacific and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.<\/p>\n<p>SMEs now account for over half of the members of the Race representing a 39% growth since 2022.<\/p>\n<p>A new criterion, 5th P \u2018Persuade\u2019 was added to the Race to Zero criteria.<\/p>\n<p>\u25a0Description regarding JCI<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Japan Climate Initiative published a Japanese translation of the Race To Zero 5th P Handbook.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/news-topics\/rtz-5thp-handbook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[JAPANESE available] Race To Zero 5th P Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>JCI Race To Zero Circle has gained 4 new signatories this year, bringing their membership to 34 total. (as of October 20. 35 members on Dec 19)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/actiontheme\/theme11\/?sector\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JCI Race To Zero Circle members<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Japan Climate Initiative hosted transition planning webinars with the 2023 Japan Climate Action Summit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/news-topics\/jcas2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japan Climate Action Summit (JCAS) 2023<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In Japan, 303 non-Party stakeholders called on the government to supply the vast majority of electricity from renewable energy sources by 2035, and to introduce a carbon pricing system earlier than planned to ensure that the 2030 emission reduction target is achieved and further raised to the next level. This effort was coordinated by Race to Zero Partner, Japan Climate Initiative.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/news-topics\/jci-message-g7-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JCI Message: Overcoming Two Crises with Renewable Energy and Carbon Pricing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/news-topics\/cp-proposal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JCI\u2019s Carbon Pricing Proposal: Toward Simultaneous Achievement of 2030 GHG Emission Reduction Targets and Enhanced International Competitiveness<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/race-to-zero-circle\/\"><strong>About JCI Race To Zero Circle<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2015\u2015\u2015\u2015\u2015\u2015\u2015\u2015\u2015\u2015\u2015\u2015\u2015\u2015\u2015<\/p>\n<p>\u25a0Related Information<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/news-topics\/rtz-persuade\/\">Webinar: Raising Voices | Aligning Advocacy and Policy with Net Zero : What actions are required of non-state actors (Online \/ September 28th)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/news-topics\/rtz-university\/\">Webinar: Race To Zero criteria revision \u2013 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\/\">Webinar: Decarbonization promoted by universities \u2013 Join the Race To Zero (May 24th, 2022)\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/news-topics\/rtz-university\/\">Webinar: How to step froward towards net-zero by 2050 \u2013 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\/\">JCI launches \u201cJCI Race to Zero Circle\u201d as an approved official partner of Race to Zero campaign (December 17th, 2020)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Race To Zero, a global campaign promoted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), released its 2023 Progress Report on December 6. The 2023 Progress Report 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. Currently, approximately 13,500 organizations worldwide are participating in Race To Zero, taking action to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and move to net zero by 2050 at the latest&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,25],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4166"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4166"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4172,"href":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4166\/revisions\/4172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}