Shizen Energy Inc. has announced that its long-term renewable energy purchase agreements with Microsoft Corporation for solar projects in Japan have achieved a total capacity of 100 megawatts (MW). The milestone follows the addition of three new...
The Japan Climate Leaders’ Partnership (JCLP), a corporate group of 233 companies committed to decarbonisation, has published a position paper urging the government to establish a mandatory recycling system for solar panels. The group...
The Association for the Promotion of Research on Production Technology has started recruitment for its 2025 special research group on the “Advanced Circular Use of Steel Scrap.” The group, led by Associate Professor Ichiro Daigo of The...
The town of Memuro in Hokkaido has entered a three-way partnership to achieve its zero-carbon goals by creating carbon credits from its extensive forest resources. The agreement brings together the municipal government, the Tokachi Regional Forestry...
The World Wide Fund for Nature Japan (WWF Japan) has conducted a comprehensive survey targeting all 47 prefectures in Japan in December last year, aiming to assess the current state of decarbonization efforts within these local governments. The...
Corporation announced a groundbreaking comprehensive partnership agreement with Hyuga City to propel the city’s transformation into a zero-carbon urban center. The collaboration also aims to foster sustainable development by tapping into the...
As world leaders gather in Hiroshima for the 2023 G7 Summit, a powerful confluence of factors is about to bring us to a tipping point in the global energy landscape. Climate change, geopolitical instability, and the quest for energy independence are...
Itoshima City, Fukuoka Prefecture, will begin experimenting with decarbonization activities related to mobility through the app CO2CO2. Pronounced as co-two-co-two, the CO2CO2 app visualizes transportation in terms of carbon emissions, focusing on...
It has been 10 years since all countries agreed at the COP17 climate conference to reduce carbon emissions. Since then, while many nations have been actively exploring how to achieve net-zero emissions, major polluters like Russia and China have...
The small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries, which are particularly affected by climate change, are facing life-and-death problems as nations, such as loss of national land. Therefore, the United Nations Framework Convention on...