Strategies for efficiency in urban cooling: A focus on Asia and beyond
Asia’s urban areas have experienced a dramatic increase in electricity consumption, especially for cooling systems. To address this issue, UrbanShift…
Aichi Prefecture and Tokyo Metropolitan Government promote Ecological Networks towards the next step of CBD-COP15
Co-authors: Aichi Prefecture and Tokyo Metropolitan Government Biodiversity is being degraded by urban development, overpopulation, economic development, and unsustainable land…
Japan aims to create 100 or more Decarbonization Leading Areas by 2030
Regional decarbonization is essential for Japan to achieve its carbon neutrality target by 2050, and nowadays, decarbonization is linked to…
Tokyo to require solar panels on new small, medium-sized buildings including houses
By Tokyo Metropolitan Government Tokyo is the central city of Japan with a population of approximately 14 million people who…
Air quality Climate mitigation Energy Global Advocacy Nature-based Development Zero emission Development
Taipei City’s journey towards net-zero: Ambitious climate action, transparency, and SDGs.
Focusing on SDG 13 (Climate Action), Taipei City’s vigorous climate action towards its net-emissions goal can be divided into three main aspects that cut across other SDGs: environmental, economic, and social.
Itabashi Ward revitalises its small scale urban agriculture tradition
Small scale urban agriculture in Japan has a long history but is increasingly being diversified beyond just providing freshly grown…
Local action, global impact: How Kawasaki’s climate action can affect international businesses
In January 2020, a World Economic Forum report found that businesses are much more dependent on nature than previously realised,…
Youth from Turku, Yokohama and Nagano join forces to call for a 1.5-Degree Life
Consumption-based emissions—the so-called indirect emissions associated with food choices, travel habits, supply chains and many more activities that keep cities…
City-to-City Collaboration for Low-Carbon Society between Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) and Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) have made a relationship as member cities of the “Asian Network…
By Aichi Prefecture’s call, 51 Local governments in Japan signed the Edinburgh Declaration
Aichi Prefecture hosted the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD-COP10) in Nagoya in 2010. At the…
The crucial role of local governments in South Korea’s bold actions towards carbon neutrality by 2050
On 5 June 2020, World Environment Day, 226 local governments in South Korea gathered at the national assembly to declare…
ICLEI Communication Vol.12 is now available
ICLEI Japan has been focusing on local governments, who are the main actors in realizing a sustainable society, and introduces…