Zero Carbon Municipality Council

　Various municipalities with different backgrounds such as size and regional characteristics share their knowledge, proceed with discussions on concrete initiatives to realize a decarbonized society, and to effectively promote proposals to the government together.
　For the time being, we will discuss specific initiatives for realizing a decarbonized society and consolidate the opinions of member municipalities, and aim to make recommendations to the government in late March 2021.

(1) Policy research toward the realization of a decarbonized society and research on related issues
(2) Proposals to the government and others on policies for realizing a decarbonized society
(3) Activities to promote exchanges and cooperation among member local governments
(4) Other necessary items to achieve the objectives of the Council

Member municipalities: 238 municipalities (as of July 21, 2023)
Please see PDF (PDF: 182KB) for a list of member municipalities.

Chairman: Yokohama-shi
Vice Chairman: Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, Kyoto, Maniwa, Okayama Prefecture
Director: Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture, Karume Town, Iwate Prefecture, Kitaibaraki City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture, Yamatake City, Chiba Prefecture
　　　Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, Tateyama Town, Toyama Prefecture, Hakuba Village, Nagano Prefecture, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture
　　　Kitakyushu City, Kumamoto City

　Municipalities that have announced zero carbon by 2050 can participate in the council by submitting a registration notice (word: 18KB) to the secretariat.
　If you have any questions, please contact the following contact information.

■Secretariat Contact information
　Yokohama City Decarbonization / GREEN × EXPO Promotion Bureau Decarbonization Planning Promotion Section
　In charge: Sasaki, Mochizuki
　Phone number: 045-671-4884
　E-mail address da-zerocity@city.yokohama.jp

On July 24, 2023, the Zero Carbon Municipality Council submitted "Recommendations on National Measures and Budgets" to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Nagamine and the Minister of the Environment Yanagimoto.
As for the contents of the proposal, please see proposal book (PDF: 385KB).

On November 24, 2021, the Zero Carbon Municipality Council submitted "Recommendations on National Measures and Budgets" to the Deputy Minister of Finance Okamoto and Minister of the Environment Yamaguchi.
As for the contents of proposal, please see proposal book (PDF: 327KB).

On March 29, 2021, the Council for Zero Carbon Municipality Council submitted a proposal to the Minister of the Environment, Koizumi.

Status of the Ministry of the Environment's local government's statement of net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 Website (outside site)