{"id":559,"date":"2020-02-04T08:45:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T23:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/?p=559"},"modified":"2023-08-04T12:32:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T03:32:42","slug":"callforndcenhancement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/japanclimate.org\/english\/news-topics\/callforndcenhancement\/","title":{"rendered":"List Updated on Feb 20: JCI\u2019s statement to call on the Japanese Government for its NDC enhancement"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Japan Climate Initiative (hereinafter referred to as \u201cJCI\u201d) submitted to the Japanese government a statement entitled \u201cCalling on the Japanese government to enhance its NDC<\/strong>\u201d regarding its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) that includes the greenhouse gas emissions reduction target towards 2030. 221 JCI signatories (142 companies, 21 municipalities, 58 organizations)* have signed on the message as of January 31.<\/p>\n

(*248 JCI signatories (159 companies, 25 municipalities, 64 organizations) as of 20 February, 2020)<\/p>\n

This year, each Party of the Paris Agreement is supposed to resubmit their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the UNFCCC secretariat before COP26. Current NDCs of all parties are highly insufficient to achieve the target of the Paris Agreement and it is projected to result in about 3\u00b0C\u00a0 temperature rise at the end of this century. In order to fill the huge emissions gap between the long-term goal of the Paris Agreement and the targets in the current NDCs, it is required for all Parties including Japan to revise their NDCs and resubmit them with higher ambition.<\/p>\n

JCI is a network of companies, local governments, NPO\/NGOs and other subnational and non-state actors \u201dpledge to stand at the forefront of global challenges in order to realize the decarbonized society envisioned by the Paris Agreement.\u201d As such, JCI strongly calls on the Japanese government to enhance its NDC that will contribute to realizing the goals of the Paris Agreement.<\/p>\n

In 2020, whether to be able to accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement depends on Japan\u2019s and the World\u2019s resolutions.<\/p>\n

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PDF: Calling on the Japanese government to enhance its NDC<\/a> (UPDATED on 20 Feb, 2020)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Press Release PDF (Japanese)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

*2\/5\/2020 11:03 correction: the numbers signed on the statement (220\u2192221 signatories, 57\u219258 organization) \/ “Yokohamashi Chikyu Ondankataisaku Suishin Kyogikai” is added in the list.<\/p>\n

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Calling on the Japanese government to enhance its NDC<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Paris Agreement has entered the implementation phase this year, in 2020. Parties of the agreement are required to resubmit to the secretariat of the UNFCCC their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), including greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets by 2030, before COP26 this November.<\/p>\n

The IPCC’s Special Report \u201cGlobal Warming of 1.5\u00b0 C\u201d, published in October 2018, indicated that average temperature rise should be kept below 1.5 \u00b0 C, rather than below 2.0 \u00b0 C, and in order to achieve that, carbon dioxide emissions need to be halved by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050.<\/p>\n

In fact, the year 2019 again saw a number of extreme weather events such as heat waves, wildfires, droughts and floods all over the world, which caused enormous damages. Japan was no exception. Unprecedented weather disasters including Typhoon Faxai and Typhoon Hagibis have brought huge loss to many people in Japan by destroying nature and their property.<\/p>\n

While the terms \u201cclimate crisis\u201d and \u201cclimate emergency\u201d are being widely used, young people around the world have risen up, urging adults to enhance their climate actions in the form of school strikes and peaceful marches.<\/p>\n

If Japan does not enhance its NDC in the midst of the escalating climate crisis year by year and the growing voices around the world calling for stronger climate actions, it not only ends up showing Japan’s passive attitude on climate change to the world, but also jeopardizes the efforts of other countries that are seeking to enhance their emission reduction targets and measures even under difficult circumstances in each country.<\/p>\n

If Japan is to be widely considered reluctant to decarbonization, the reputation could hinder Japanese businesses from developing their global business and in some cases Japanese companies including SMEs could get excluded from the supply chains.<\/p>\n

As members of the Japan Climate Initiative aiming to \u201cjoin the front line of global trend for decarbonization from Japan\u201d, we pledge to accelerate our efforts on decarbonization with greater resolution than ever and call on the Japanese government to enhance its NDC including the revision of its greenhouse gas emissions reduction target.<\/p>\n

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4th, February, 2020<\/p>\n

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Signatories (alphabetical order)<\/strong>\u3000<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>(Total 248: including 159 companies, 25 cities\/Municipalities and 64 others)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

as of February 20, 2020
\n* Signatories that sign on the statement\u00a0 after the press release will be added each time in the list below.<\/p>\n

Companies (Total 159<\/u><\/strong>)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

ADVANTEST CORPORATION
\nAEON CO., LTD.
\nafterFIT K.K.
\nAiwasyokuhin
\nAMAGASAKI SHINKIN BANK
\nAMITA HOLDINGS CO.,LTD.
\nArchitects Regional Planners \uff06Associates\u30fbKyoto
\nASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD
\nAsian Gateway Corporation
\nBIOLOGIC PHILOSOPHY Co., Ltd.
\nCalbee, Inc.
\nCalNeCo, Inc.
\nCASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
\nChallenergy Inc.
\nChange Agent Inc.
\nCHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
\nChuhgoku Wind-Power Co., Ltd.
\nCitizen Watch Co., Ltd.
\nClean Energy lab GK
\nCSR Design Green Investment Advisory
\nDaifuku Co., Ltd.
\nDaitec Co., Ltd.
\nDaito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.
\nDaiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.
\nDecarbonization Support Co., Ltd.
\nDentsu Inc.
\nDNV GL Business Assurance Japan
\nDSM Japan
\nEco Works Co., Ltd.
\nEcoairsolution Co.Ltd
\nECOPLAN CO., LTD
\nECO-PLAN Co., Ltd.
\nEDGE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
\nE-Konzal Co., Ltd.
\nerex Co., Ltd.
\ne’s Inc.
\nESPEC Corp.
\nE-Square Inc.
\nF&E Ashigarakintarou Energy Power
\nFour Twenty Seven
\nFP Corporation
\nFUJIFILM Holdings Corporation
\nFUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
\nFujitsu Limited
\nFukoku Capital Management, Inc.
\nFuture Environment Energy Plan Co., Ltd.
\nGreen Earth Institute Co., Ltd.
\nGreener Space Planning LLC
\nGreenPowerCorporation
\nGRID&FINANCE ADVISORS Inc.
\nHakuhodo Inc.
\nIchigo Asset Management, Ltd.
\nIDEC CORPORATION
\niGRID SOLUTIONS
\niiie co., ltd.
\nINSTITUTE FOR ENERGY APPLICATION TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
\nIsetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.
\nJ. FRONT RETAILING Co., Ltd.
\nJapan carbon management Co.
\nJapan Renewable Energy Corporation
\nJapan Waste Co., Ltd.
\nKanagote Farm
\nKao Corporation
\nKirin Holdings Company, Limited
\nKK. Oomura Co.
\nKOBAYASHI Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
\nKokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd.
\nKONICA MINOLTA, INC.
\nKOS\u00c9 Corporation
\nKYOKUTO KAIHATSU KOGYO CO., LTD.
\nLendlease Japan Inc.
\nLIMONE LLC
\nLion Corporation
\nLIXIL Group Corporation
\nMAEDA CORPORATION
\nMARUI GROUP CO., LTD.
\nMatsushitadenken Inc.
\nMaxell Holdings, Ltd.
\nMeiji Holdings Co., Ltd.
\nMS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.
\nMURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
\nNabtesco Corporation
\nNAKASHIMA SHOKAI CO., LTD
\nNeural Inc.
\nNext Energy & Resources Co., Ltd.
\nNextshift Co., Ltd
\nNIHON PLAST CO., LTD
\nNikkei Panel System Company,Ltd.
\nNikon Corporation
\nNIPPON FLOUR MILLS Co., Ltd.
\nNoharakaden
\nNomura Real Estate Asset Management Co., Ltd.
\nNomura Research Institute, Ltd.
\nNTT DATA Corporation
\nNTT DOCOMO, INC.
\nNTT FACILITIES, INC.
\nNYKLine
\nOhisama Energy Station Co., Ltd.
\nOhkawa Printing Co., Ltd
\nOKYA Inc.
\nOne Planet Cafe Ltd.
\nPanasonic Corporation
\nPatagonia International Inc.
\nPicot Energy Inc
\nProgresstec co., ltd
\nRakuten, Inc.
\nRefine Holdings Co., Ltd.
\nRicoh Co., Ltd.
\nRICOH LEASING COMPANY, LTD.
\nSAGAWA EXPRESS CO., LTD.
\nSAKAE KOUKAN CO., LTD
\nSanyo Syoji CO., LTD.
\nSAPPORO HOLDINGS LTD.
\nSEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
\nSEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
\nSekisui House, LTD
\nSekisui Jushi Corporation
\nShinkin Central Bank
\nShizuoka Mirai Energy
\nSMART SOLAR CORPORATION
\nSmartpower Corporation.
\nSOHGO SECURITY SERVISES CO., LTD.
\nSOLAR WORLD Co., Ltd.
\nSony Corporation
\nSpeedy, Inc.
\nSumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd.
\nSumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.
\nSUN GEOGRAPHY TECHNICAL CO., LTD.
\nSun Messe Co., Ltd.
\nSUZUKI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
\nSuzuta Touge Nouen. Co., Ltd
\nSwiss Re Asia Pte. Ltd., Japan Branch
\nSymEnergy Inc.
\nTaiyo Yushi Corp.
\nTakasago International Corporation
\nTakashimaya Co., Ltd.
\nTBM Co., Ltd.
\nTECHNO ASSOCIE CO., LTD.
\nTeijin Ltd.
\nTERA Energy
\nTHE SHIGA BANK\uff0cLTD\uff0e
\nTODA CORPORATION
\nTSUKAMOTO CORPORATION
\nUnicharm Corporation
\nVane\/loop. Inc.
\nVena Energy
\nWasteBox Co., Ltd.
\nWatami Energy Co., Ltd.
\nWELLNEST HOME Inc.
\nWest Holdings Corporation
\nWOOD FRIENDS CO., LTD
\nYamato juken Co. Ltd
\nYAMAZAKURA
\nYAMAZEN CO., LTD.
\nYano Research Institute Ltd.
\nYATSUMOTO TSUSHO CO., LTD
\nYokohama Kankyo Design co., ltd.
\nYoshimura Equipment Industry
\nZero Energy Company(ZEC), Inc.<\/p>\n

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Cities\/Municipalities (Total 25)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

City of Kitakyushu
\nHakone Town
\nKagoshima City
\nKanagawa Prefectural Government
\nKawasaki City
\nKusatsu City
\nKyoto City
\nKyoto Prefecture
\nMatsuda Town
\nMatsuyama City
\nMie Prefectural Government
\nNagano Prefecture
\nOdawara City
\nOki Town Office
\nOmihachiman City
\nOsaka City
\nSakai City
\nSetagaya City, Tokyo
\nShiga Prefecture
\nSuita City
\nTakamatsu City
\nTokushima Prefecture
\nTokyo Metropolitan Government
\nToyonaka City
\nYokohama City<\/p>\n

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Others (Total 64)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Act-Kawasaki
\nBIO HOTELS JAPAN
\nCitizens’ Alliance for Saving the Atmosphere and the Earth
\nCity Watch Square
\nClimate Action Network Japan (CAN-Japan)
\nCONSUMERS CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY KAGOSHIMA
\nCo-opdeli Consumers’ Co-operative Union
\nEarth Life Network
\nefuko-pu seikatukyoudoukumiai
\nForever-Green
\nGeneral Incorporated Association ENV
\nGeneral Incorporated Association Urbanist
\nHokkaido Green Fund
\nHokkaido Green Purchasing Network
\nHonmon Butsuryu Shu (HBS)
\nInstitute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
\nInstitute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP)
\nInternational Resources and Energies Student Association
\nJapan Association of Environment and Society for the 21st Century (JAES21)
\nJAPAN CLIMATE LEADERS’ PARTNERSHIP
\nJapan Community Power Association
\nJapan Photovoltaic Energy Association (JPEA)
\nJapan PV Planner Association
\nJapan RPF Association
\nJapan Solvent Recycling Industry Association
\nJapanese Consumers’ Co-operative Union (JCCU)
\nKagoshima Kankyo Mirai Zaidan
\nkameplan architects
\nKankyou Gijutu Kenkyujo
\nKiko Network
\nKUMAO
\nKyoto Butsuryu Museum
\nLow Carbon Society Promotion Association
\nMore Trees
\nNetwork of Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs for a Sustainable Business and Energy Future
\nNPO Kitakyu Environmental Cleanup Institute
\nNPO Osaka Environmental Counselors Association
\nNPOHOUJINMEBUKI
\nNuclear Power and Renewable Energy
\nOisoeneshift
\nOSAKA IZUMI CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY
\nPalsystem Consumers’ Co-operative Union
\nPeace Boat
\nResearch Institute of Global 3E
\nSera Creations
\nSLSV CES INSTITUTE
\nSoka Gakkai
\nSun-Based Economy Association
\nSustainable Economy Association
\nThe Association for Promotion of ZEH
\nThe Association of Speedy Land Trust
\nThe Odawara Hakone Chamber of commerce and Industry
\nThe Research Institute for Environmental Finance
\nTokushima Regional Energy General Incorporated Association
\nUeda shimin enerugii
\nWEATHER CASTER NETWORK
\nWorld Environment Improvement Organization
\nWorld Federalist Movement
\nYamagata Renewable Energy Network
\nYamahana Law Office
\nYokohamashi Chikyu Ondankataisaku Suishin Kyogikai
\nCDP Worldwide-Japan
\nRenewable Energy Institute
\nWWF Japan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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