Calling on the Japanese government to enhance its NDC

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.

The IPCC's Special Report “Global Warming of 1.5° C”, published in October 2018, indicated that average temperature rise should be kept below 1.5 ° C, rather than below 2.0 ° C, and in order to achieve that, carbon dioxide emissions need to be halved by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050.

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. was no exception. Unprecedented weather disasters including Faxai and have brought huge loss to many people in Japan by destroying nature and their property.

While the terms “climate crisis” and “climate emergency” 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.

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. 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.

As members of the Japan Climate Initiative aiming to “join the front line of global trend for decarbonization from Japan”, 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.

February 4, 2020 Signatories (alphabetical order) (Total 221: including 142 companies, 21 cities/Municipalities and 58 others)

Companies (Total 142)

ADVANTEST CORPORATION E-Square Inc. AEON CO., LTD. Four Twenty Seven afterFIT K.K. FP Corporation aiwasyokuhin kabusikigaisya FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation AMAGASAKI SHINKIN BANK FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED AMITA HOLDINGS CO.,LTD. Fujitsu Limited Architects Regional Planners ＆Associates・Kyoto Fukoku Capital Management, Inc. ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD Future Environment Energy Plan Co., Ltd. Asian Gateway Corporation Green Earth Institute Co.、 Ltd. BIOLOGIC PHILOSOPHY Co., Ltd. Greener Space Planning LLC CalNeCo, Inc. GreenPowerCorporation Challenergy Inc. Ichigo Asset Management, Ltd. Change Agent Inc. IDEC CORPORATION CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. iGRID SOLUTIONS Chuhgoku Wind-Power Co.、 Ltd. INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY APPLICATION Citizen Watch Co.、 Ltd. TECHNOLOGIES,LTD. Clean Energy lab GK Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. CSR Design Green Investment Advisory J. FRONT RETAILING Co., Ltd. Daitec Co., Ltd. Japan carbon management Co. Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd. Japan Renewable Energy Corporation Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. Japan Waste Co., Ltd. Decarbonization Support Co., Ltd. kabusikigaisya noharakaden Dentsu Inc. Kao Corporation DNV GL Business Assurance Japan Kirin Holdings Company, Limited DSM Japan KK. Oomura Co. Eco Works Co., Ltd. KOBAYASHI Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Ecoairsolution Co.Ltd Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd. ECO-PLAN Co., Ltd. KONICA MINOLTA, INC. ECOPLAN CO.、LTD KOSÉ Corporation EDGE INTERNATIONAL, INC. KYOKUTO KAIHATSU KOGYO CO.、LTD. E-Konzal Co., Ltd. Lendlease Japan Inc. erex Co., Ltd. LIMONE LLC e’s Inc. LIXIL Group Corporation ESPEC Corp. MAEDA CORPORATION MARUI GROUP CO., LTD. Sekisui Jushi Corporation matsushitadenken Inc. Shizuoka Mirai Energy Maxell Holdings, Ltd. SMART SOLAR CORPORATION Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. Smartpower Corporation. MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. SOHGO SECURITY SERVISES CO., LTD. Nabtesco Corporation SOLAR WORLD Co., Ltd. NAKASHIMA SHOKAI CO., LTD Sony Corporation Neural Inc. Speedy, Inc. Next Energy & Resources Co., Ltd. Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd. Nextshift Co., Ltd Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. NIHON PLAST CO.、LTD SUN GEOGRAPHY TECHNICAL CO., LTD. Nikkei Panel System Company,Ltd. Sun Messe Co., Ltd. Nikon Corporation SUZUKI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. NIPPON FLOUR MILLS Co., Ltd. Suzuta Touge Nouen. Co., Ltd Nomura Real Estate Asset Management Co., Ltd. Swiss Re Asia Pte. Ltd., Japan Branch Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. SymEnergy Inc. NTT DATA Corporation Takasago International Corporation NTT DOCOMO, INC. Takashimaya Co., Ltd. NTT FACILITIES, INC. TBM Co., Ltd. NYKLine TECHNO ASSOCIE CO., LTD. Ohisama Energy Station Co., Ltd. Teijin Ltd. Ohkawa Printing Co., Ltd TERA Energy OKYA Inc. THE SHIGA BANK，LTD． One Planet Cafe Ltd. TSUKAMOTO CORPORATION Panasonic Corporation Unicharm Corporation Patagonia International Inc. Vane／loop.inc Picot Energy Inc WasteBox Co., Ltd. Progresstec co., ltd Watami Energy Co., Ltd. Rakuten、 Inc. West Holdings Corporation Refine Holdings Co., Ltd. WOOD FRIENDS CO.、LTD Ricoh Co., Ltd. Yamato juken Co.Ltd RICOH LEASING COMPANY, LTD. YAMAZAKURA SAKAE KOUKAN CO., LTD YAMAZEN CO., LTD. Sanyo Syoji CO., LTD. Yano Research Institute Ltd. SAPPORO HOLDINGS LTD. YATSUMOTO TSUSHO CO.,LTD SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION Yokohama Kankyo Design co., ltd. SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. Zero Energy Company(ZEC),Inc. Sekisui House, LTD Cities/Municipalities (Total 21)

Hakone Town Omihachiman City Kagoshima City Osaka City Kanagawa Prefectural Government Sakai City Kawasaki City Setagaya City, Kusatsu City Shiga Prefecture Kyoto City Suita City Matsuyama City Tokushima Prefecture Mie Prefectural Government Tokyo Metropolitan Government Nagano Prefecture Toyonaka City City Yokohama City Oki town office

Others (Total 58)

Act-Kawasaki Japan Community Power Association BIO HOTELS JAPAN Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association (JPEA) Citizens’ Alliance for Saving the Atmosphere and the Japan RPF Association Earth Japan Solvent Recycling Industry Association City Watch Square Japanese Consumers’ Co-operative Union (JCCU) Climate Action Network Japan (CAN-Japan) kameplan architects CONSUMERS CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY Kankyougijutukenkyuujo KAGOSHIMA Kiko Network Co-opdeli Consumers’ Co-operative Union KUMAO Earth Life Network Kyoto Butsuryu Museum Forever-Green Low Carbon Society Promotion Association General Incorporated Association ENV More Trees General Incorporated Association Urbanist NPO kitakyu Environmental Cleanup Institute Hokkaido Green Fund NPOHOUJINMEBUKI Hokkaido Green Purchasing Network Nuclear Power and Renewable Energy Honmon Butsuryu Shu (HBS) Oisoeneshift Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) OSAKA IZUMI CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP) Palsystem Consumers’ Co-operative Union International Resources and Energies Student Peace Boat Association Research Institute of Global 3E Japan Association of Environment and Society for Sera Creations the 21st Century (JAES21) SLSV CES INSTITUTE JAPAN CLIMATE LEADERS’ PARTNERSHIP Soka Gakkai Sun-Based Economy Association Ueda shimin enerugii Sustainable Economy Association WEATHER CASTER NETWORK The Association for Promotion of ZEH World Environment Improvement Organization The Association of Speedy Land Trust World Federalist Movement The Odawara Hakone Chamber of commerce and Yamahana Law Office Industry Yokohamashi Chikyu Ondankataisaku Suishin The Research Institute for Environmental Finance Kyogikai Tokushima Regional Energy General Incorporated CDP Worldwide-Japan Association Renewable Energy Institute WWF Japan