Eco2 Cities (2009)

In 2009, the World Bank launched the concept of Ecological Cities as Economic Cities, in order to solve urban problems in developing countries.
This is an urban development strategy that aims to create a sustainable city by balancing ecology (environment) and economy (economy), and supports developing countries while systematically incorporating successful cases of Eco2 advanced cities around the world. .
Yokohama City has been selected as one of the first six cities as a successful "Eco 2 City".
In addition to these achievements, the first international conference (Eco2 2010 Yokohama-International Conference on Eco2 Cities) was held in Yokohama in October 2010 because there are many companies with excellent environmental technologies.
Yokohama City will work together with the World Bank and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which provides support for developing countries in line with the Yokohama Declaration adopted here, and to contribute to international contributions.

[Reference Materials] About Eco2 Cities (PDF: 1,797KB)

JICA World Bank (external site)