Council for Local Governments for Iklay Sustainability

He has participated in an international city network querai, which consists of more than 1,500 local governments aiming for sustainability, and is engaged in various activities as a director of Japan Ikurei.

In addition to participating in study sessions of member municipalities held once a month in Japan and the Ikurei Sustainable Urban Study Group (Ikurei Café) to exchange opinions and information with other cities, Ikurei participates in various international conferences hosted or involved. In 2018, at COP24 held in Katowice, Poland, Ikurei and the Ministry of the Environment participated in a session hosted by the Japan Pavilion, as well as a session hosted by the Convention Secretariat.

Yokohama City participated in the Global Covenant of Mayors, which was launched in January 2017 as a platform that allows local governments to widely disseminate and promote initiatives related to climate change mitigation and adaptation measures. This is the world's largest intercity collaboration on climate change countermeasures, with more than 7,100 participating municipalities from 119 countries. Participating municipalities have announced existing reduction targets and plans, made annual reports on their progress through the Compact of Mayors' official reporting platform, the Carbonn Climate Registry or CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project), and pledged to work steadily on adaptation measures and to formulate an adaptation plan within three years. This participation and performance is also effectively implemented based on Ikuray's support.

Climate change measures and adaptation measures are not issues that can be solved in a single city, but it is important to share knowledge with various cities and work hard together. We will strengthen our cooperation with the world's largest city network querai and actively work on it.

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