Yoshihiro Muto International Environmental Strategies Division

Environment Bureau of the City of Kitakyushu

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January 21, 2015

International Environmental

Strategies of Kitakyushu

1 Overview of Kitakyushu and the history

of overcoming environmental pollution

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北九州机场

Location and basic information of Kitakyushu

Population: 965,000 people (2014)

Area: 487.88Km2

GDP: 3.37 trillion yen (2011)

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Major companies in Kitakyushu area

Yawata Works of NIPPON

STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL

Mitsubishi Chemical

TOTO

Yasukawa

Electric

Toyota Motor, Nissan Motor 4

Beginning of modernization of Kitakyushu’s industry

Beginning of Yawata Works operation in 1901

(the first national works in Japan) 5

The situation of Kitakyushu in the 1950s

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Rivers were

contaminated by human

sewage or industrial

wastewater and were

covered with waste

materials. (1960s)

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Partnership Visit to private companies by citizens

Citizens

Environmental monitoring and improvement of environmental infrastructure

Local governments Private companies

Low-pollution production processes and antipollution equipment

Workshop on countermeasures of air pollution with a college professor

Factors in overcoming environmental pollution: Partnership among various parties involved

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Overcoming environmental pollution by Kitakyushu

1960s Present

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0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Economic Development(Value of Shipments: 100Billiom Yen)

Environmental Pollution(mg-SO3/100ｃ㎡/day)

1960

1961 1962

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1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

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1971 1972

19731974

1976

1977

1978 1979

1980

Simultaneous pursuit of environmental policies

and economic policies in Kitakyushu Environmental pollution (sulfur oxide)

Improvement in environmental pollution

along with economic development

1968

1960

1980

Economic development

(Shipment value of manufactured goods: 100 billion yen)

Source: World Bank “Survey on Japan’s Experience in Urban Environmental Management” 10

Efforts by private companies: Energy saving

Energy saving

Paper/pulp

Iron and steel

Cement

Petrochemistry

Energy consumption per production unit

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Year

Received

“Kitakyushu Report”

(Japanese version)

from Mr. Alter,

Director of OECD

Selected as a green growth

model city together with Paris,

France; Chicago, U.S.; and

Stockholm, Sweden

In 2011, selected as a green growth

model city of the OECD Green Cities

Programme

In 2013, OECD issued Kitakyushu Report

(Green growth in Kitakyushu)

Only four cities

in the world

OECD Green Cities Programme

Kitakyushu Report

(October in 2013

2 Expansion of International environmental cooperation

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International cooperation for various cities overseas

Contribution to improvement of world’s environment utilizing experience

and know-how gained in the course of environmental recovery

Acceptance of trainees: 7,453 trainees from 150 countries

Dispatch of experts: 175 experts

Kyushu International Center of

Japan International Cooperation

Agency (JICA Kyushu)

Kitakyushu International Techno-

Cooperative Association (KITA)

14 Established in 1980 Established in 1989

Achievement of international environmental cooperation with Dalian

1979 Concluded the friendship city agreement (then Luda)

1981 Held a “seminar on environmental pollution management” in Dalian

1993 Held a “seminar on technology exchange between Dalian and Kitakyushu”

Acceptance of Dalian’s trainees on environmental preservation (implemented every year until 2002)

1995 Implemented “environmental preservation exchange between Dalian and Kitakyushu”

1996-1999 Implemented a survey on Dalian environmental model district development

2001-2002 Started Kitakyushu/Dalian CP model project

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1994

2000

Environmental improvement in Dalian

(Survey on Dalian environmental model district

development)

In 2001, Dalian was

awarded Global 500

(Kitakyushu was awarded in 1990)

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People’s Daily (dated December 17, 2009): ‘Kitakyushu has rich experiences in environmental protection

and development of advanced technologies that deserve to be

taught earnestly and to be used as a model for application to the

present situation of China.’

Mr. Xi Jinping, Vice President of China visited Kitakyushu on

December 16, 2009

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Visit by the key figure of China 1

Tang Jiaxuan Chairman of 21 Century Japan-China Friendship Council

Former State Councillor

Head of China-Japan Friendship Association

18 Visited Kitakyushu on Sunday, June 8, 2014

Visit by the key figure of China 2

Fukuoka Kitakyushu

Shimonoseki

Dalian Tianjin

Yantai

Qingdao

Inchon

Busan

Ulsan ●

The Organization for the East Asia Economic Development ■Consists of 10 cities in Japan, China and South

Korea (currently 11 cities)

■Established in November 2004

■ Promotes economic exchange through

activities of four taskforces on

Manufacturing, Environment ,

Distribution, Tourism

General

assembly of

the

Organization

-The fifth general assembly of the Organization

was held at Yantai in August 2014.

-Theme “Strategies to promote investment

facing the future of the organization’s member

cities”

-Discussed establishment of the international

business task force, participation of new cities

and other new efforts *Activity results of the environment task

force

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Kumamoto

Cooperated with

Dalian in the eco-

town project in

2009

Formed an alliance with Qingdao in

environmental cooperation in 2007

Formed an alliance with Tianjin in

environmental cooperation in 2008

The Organization for

Environmental Cooperation

among Asian Cities (Reorganized the following two

networks in 2010)

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The Organization for Environmental Cooperation among Asian Cities

Former Kitakyushu

Initiative Network (2002)

Former Environmental

Cooperation Network

of Asian Cities

(1997)

Project on separation/composting of garbage (2002~)

Spread to over 60,000 households 30 % reduction of landfill disposal Further spread to other cities/countries

Environmental pollution at a landfill (in previous times)

An expert of Kitakyushu teaching composting at a community

Composted waste

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2000

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Amount of landfill disposal

International environmental cooperation (Surabaya)

Technical guidance on site by an official of Kitakyushu

Coverage of the water supply system 25 % => 90 %

Water supply hours

10h => 24h

Rate of non-revenue water (water leak) 72 % => 8 %

Our cooperation was started in 1999 and running water in

Phnom Penh dramatically improved.

October 2011

An official who had engaged in

cooperation for long time received a

friendship medal from the Cambodian

government.

(1996 =>2006)

Miracle in

Phnom Penh

International environmental cooperation (Phnom Penh)

3 Expansion of international environmental business

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Em

issio

n in

the c

ity

Reductio

n in

Asia

2005

16.3 million ton

2018 2030 2050

15.3 million ton

11 million ton

8 million ton

50%

reductio

n

23.4 million ton

11.7 million ton

1990

15.8 million ton

In 2009, Kitakyushu formulated the “Kitakyushu action plan on environmental model city.”

Targeted emission reduction of greenhouse gases (CO2, etc.) in 2050 is 50% reduction in the

city and 150 % reduction in Asia.

Kitakyushu Asian Center for a Low Carbon Society was established in 2010 in order to

promote projects.

CO2 reduction targeted in “Kitakyushu action plan on environmental model city”

Projects on a low

carbon society

started from

Kitakyushu

150 % CO2 reduction

in Asia

Promoting projects on a low carbon society in Asian cities Targeted reduction of CO2 emission

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0%

red

uctio

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Export of technologies/projects

1 million ton

Expansion of international environmental business

Utilization of environmental technologies, developed through overcoming

environmental pollution and manufacturing, and intercity networks, which

were built through past international cooperation

Consolidating environmental technologies of Kitakyushu and Japan and

using the method of environmental business to vitalize communities

and to promote a low carbon society in Asia

In September 2013, the Kitakyushu model, in which know-how of

Kitakyushu was systematically summarized, was developed (the first model

in Japan) 5

Establishment of Kitakyushu Asian Center

for a Low Carbon Society

(June 2010)

Energy management Management of energy in the community using the city’s

Community Energy Management System as a core

The Yahata-Higashida area

that is transforming into an

environment-conscious

community Kitakyushu Smart Community

Water business Water reclamation demonstration plant

combining membrane treatment of

sewerage and seawater desalination

Water Plaza

(Hiagari Sewage

Treatment Plant)

Water reuse from sewerage 1,000m3/day

Water reuse from seawater

400m3/day

Improvement in the rate of non-

revenue water

72 % (1993) -> 8 % (2006)

Kitakyushu’s technology was transferred to Phnom

Penh

Maintenance and management method of water distribution network

Recycling/waste disposal

Kitakyushu Eco-Town

Economic effect (25 businesses):

- Amount of direct investment

Approx. 60 billion yen

- Employment creation

Approx. 1300 people

CO2 reduction: Approx. 200 thousand

tons per year

Home Appliance

Recycling

Automobile recycling

State-of-the-art facility of waste disposal

shaft-furnace type direct melting system

Shin-moji Factory

Safe factory which has attained

recycling of waste and effective

utilization of heat energy

Cleaner Production and antipollution Introduction of Cleaner Production (CP)

- Evaluation and improvement of use of raw

materials and fuel

- Improvement of production process

- Thorough maintenance and management

- Human resource development, etc.

Realization of energy

saving/resource saving

Reduction in environmental

burden + Improvement of

productivity

Measures on

sewage

treatment (End

of Pipe: EOP) Desulfurization equipmentDesulfurization equipmentElectric dust collectorElectric dust collector Wastewater treatmentWastewater treatment

Saving electricity

Casting method““Cleaner Production"Cleaner Production"

Companies’ countermeasures

Electric dust controller Flue-gas desulfurization

equipment Drainage treatment equipment

Transfer of environmental

technology and social

systems as a package

Private-public

partnership

Japan’s new growth

strategy

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Focused area of technology transfer

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Nusa Tenggara

Barat

China

Vietnam Thailand

Cambodia

Indonesia

Malaysia

India

Russia

Philippines

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Dahej

Mumbai

Pathum Thani

Surabaya

Cyberjaya

Putrajaya

Shaanxi province

(Xian)

Tianjin

Beijing Dalian

Pohan

g

Kampot, Kep,

Siem Reap Senmonorom

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③

④

⑤

⑥

⑨

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47

56

59

60

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● Hanoi

● Ho Chi Minh

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49

50

36

Masai

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⑭ ⑮

⑳

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39

23

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● Shanghai

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30

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● Metro Cebu

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● Battambang

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33 Balikpapan

45

37

64

70

66

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● Iskandar

Medan

● Phnom Penh

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In cooperation with

Japanese companies, the

center implemented 79

projects at 45 cities in 12

Asian countries.

● ⑫ Manila

Jakarta

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● 67

73

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76

Myanmar

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7 Mandalay

2

5

South

Korea

Japan

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21

38

31

54 51

72

55

29

40

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Palau

Koror,

Airai

43

41

Singapore 57

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● 42

● Laguna

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58

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Kitakyushu

75

South Tangerang 44

68 69

74

Sihanoukville

Projects in which Kitakyushu Asian Center for a Low Carbon Society participates

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Case example of Surabaya An environmental sister city relationship was

established (November 2012)

Waste disposal Drainage treatment (Improvement of sewage systems)

Surabaya industrial park

Purification of tap water Drinking water supply project

Survey on quantification

method to reduce CO2 Export of green city

city-to-city cooperation

Green city export to Surabaya

Cogeneration & Energy saving

From open dumping to recycling intermediate treatment From simple treatment to improvement of sewage

system adequate for the actual situation of the local site

Water supply equipment with function to purify tap water (not

drinking water) was installed in communities to provide safe water.

Introduction of effective energy management systems

Export of Kitakyushu’s smart community project

With solar power generation and water purification

system, drinking water is supplied at a low cost.

Quantification of CO2 reduction concerning

various projects implemented in Surabaya

Kitakyushu Surabaya

NTT DATA

INSTITUTE OF

MANAGEMENT

CONSULTING, Inc. NTT FACILITIES, INC.

Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.

NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN

ENGINEERING CO., LTD.

ATGREEN Co., Ltd.

Cooperating:

Hitachi Zosen

Corporation

Amita

Corporation

Cooperating:

Nishihara

Corporation

The area of energy Management of the area of waste

PT SIER (Company operating

the industrial park), PIER

industrial park, prospective

customer companies, national

electric power company (PT

PLN), gas company

Construction Bureau, Surabaya

Institute of Technology, hotels,

commercial facilities, office

buildings, hospitals, universities,

city halls

Energy saving and

dispersed power

system of buildings

Cogeneration to factories Dept. of Cleanliness and

Landscaping (DKP),

Environment Dept. (BLH), a

fertilizer company (PT

Petrokimia)

Ministry of Environment,

Industries Bureau, (Japanese)

companies (waste generators), a

cement company (PT Semen

Indonesia), a paper-

manufacturing company

Producing raw

materials and fuel

made from various

industrial wastes for

the cement factories

Power generation by

waste incineration

Separation of general

wastes, recycling,

garbage composting

Ministry of Energy and Mineral

Resources, Ministry of Public

Works, Ministry of Environment,

Dept. of Cleanliness and

Landscaping (DKP), final

disposal site management

company (PT Sumber Organik)

Support of Surabaya to formulate a low-carbon city plan

Cooperation Sharing results achieved and implemented in other businesses with this business

JICA cases

Cases of Ministry of the Environment

IGES Kitakyushu Urban Centre, NTT DATA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, Inc.,

AMITA HOLDINGS CO., LTD., etc.

Ministry of the Environment “Feasibility Studies on Joint Mechanism Projects towards Environmentally

Sustainable Cities in Asia” (from 2013)

Installation of LED

lighting to hotels

Cogeneration

B3 waste generator Amita Factory

(East Java)

Cement company

(East Java)

October 2011

Water business comprehensive

agreement was concluded based on

exchange/cooperation agreements

Hai-phong has decided to introduce U-

BCF of which Kitakyushu holds the

patent.

Expansion of water business in Hai-phong

(Left: Head Vice Chairman of Hai-phong)

April 18, 2014

A sister city relationship was

established.

Case example of Hai-phong

Support of Hai-phong to formulate green growth promotion plan

Kitakyushu Hai-phong

IGES People’s Committee

Kitakyushu Asia Center for a Low

Carbon Society

Ja

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ide

Vie

tna

m s

ide

NTT DATA INSTITUTE

OF MANAGEMENT

CONSULTING, Inc. The University of Kitakyushu

NTT FACILITIES, INC.

HOKOSHA

Other manufacturers and

engineering companies

NTT DATA INSTITUTE

OF MANAGEMENT

CONSULTING, Inc.

AMITA Institute for

Sustainable Economies

Co.,Ltd.

Energy

Waste Preservation of Cat Ba island

Department of Industry

and Trade, energy saving

centers, manufacturing

factories (cement, food, paper

manufacturing, etc.), large-scale

business facilities (hospitals,

hotels, office buildings, etc.),

infrastructure

Power generation by waste heat at cement factories, energy saving at

commercial facilities and factories, introduction of LED into road lighting

People’s Committee, Department of

Construction, Department of Natural

Resources and Environment,

Department of Culture, Sports and

Tourism, Urban Environmental

Company, Cat Hai Province, people

related to agriculture and fishery,

residents, etc., tourist facilities, related

governmental agencies

Department of Construction,

Department of Natural

Resources and Environment,

Industrial park management

(HEZA), Urban Environmental

Company, Local disposal

companies

Comprehensive resource recycling (introduction of biogas, solid fuel, use of

liquid fertilizer), solar power generation projects at farms for tourism, etc.

Separation and composting of household wastes,

producing raw materials and fuel made from industrial

wastes for the cement factories

Overall administration

Low-carbon cities development

Nikken Sekkei

Civil Engineering

Ltd. MI Consulting Group

Foreign Affairs Department,

Authority of Planning and

Investment, Department of Natural

Resources and Environment,

Department of Construction,

Department of Industry and Trade,

Department of Transportation,

Department of Agriculture and Rural

Development, Industrial park

management (HEZA)

Formulation of green growth promotion plans

Sister city relationship was established (April 2014)

NTT DATA INSTITUTE

OF MANAGEMENT

CONSULTING, Inc.

Nishihara Corporation

Amita Corporation

Foreign Affairs Department , Authority of

Planning and Investment

Friendship and cooperation agreement was concluded (April 2009)

IGES Kitakyushu Urban Centre, Nikken Sekkei Civil Engineering Ltd., NTT DATA INSTITUTE OF

MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, Inc., etc. Ministry of the Environment “Feasibility Studies on Joint Mechanism Projects towards Environmentally Sustainable Cities in Asia” (2014)

Possible reduction in CO2 emission by implementing and spreading the pilot project: Approx. 120 thousand ton/year (target year 2020)

New

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4 New Movement

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City-to-city cooperation to improve China’s air environment

Tianjin

Shanghai Wuhan

Tangshan

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Kitakyushu project on improvement of air environment of Japan and China

Comprehensive adjustment/Promotion type: Setup of city-to-city cooperation team

China (Ministry of Environmental Protection)

Shanghai, Wuhan,

Tangshan, Tianjin

Targeted areas 1. Measures against stationary source

2. Measures against mobile source (including off-road

vehicles)

3. Measures against VOC

4. Measures against dust from construction work

5. Forecast/alarm system

6. Analysis on contamination source

7. Monitoring

8. Other areas requested by each city

Kitakyushu

Government-to-

government adjustment

Guidance, advice

Japan (Ministry of the Environment)

Kitakyushu

promotion

conference to

improve air

pollution of

Japan and China

Consisting of ：

industrial world,

universities/

research

institutions,

government,

citizen, NGOs, etc.

Projects to be implemented

1. Accepting visits to Japan for training

2. Dispatching experts

3. Planning collaborative research, etc.

4. Planning model projects, etc.

* Visits to Japan for training and dispatching

experts were implemented for the moment

(fiscal 2014)

Support team of the Promotion Conference (within Environment Bureau) Consisting of : Control and Inspection Department, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Office for International

Environmental Strategies, Kitakyushu Business Promotion Office, SHANGHAI, etc. 15

Platform of city-to-city cooperation (The Shino-Japan Friendship Centre for Environmental Protection, Institute for

Global Environmental Strategies, etc.)

)

City-to-City tie and

cooperation

Funding, guidance, advice

Support (conciliation, adjustment), etc. Support (conciliation, adjustment), etc.

Kitakyushu promotion conference to improve air

environment of Japan and China

１．Industry:

Kitakyushu Environment Industry Promotion Conference

Kitakyushu International Techno-cooperative Association

The Kitakyushu Chamber of Commerce & Industry

２．Research institutions

University of Occupational and Environmental Health

The University of Kitakyushu

Kyushu Institute of Technology

Kyushu University

３．Government

Environment Bureau

Industry and Economics Bureau

４．Citizen’s organizations, etc.:

Environment Museum (Experience in overcoming environmental

pollution, environmental education), etc.

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5 Summary

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Government operation of

Yawata Works Developed as a steel town

Worsening environmental

problems

Antipollution movement by

women’s associations

Establishment of KITA

(in 1980)

Efforts made by the city Establishing Environment Pollution Control

Bureau,

enacting a pollution prevention ordinance,

concluding pollution prevention agreement

with companies

Efforts made by companies Improving production processes,

treatment facilities to remove contaminated

materials,

greening of factories,

low-pollution production technology

Cooperation in solving environmental

problems overseas

International environmental

cooperation

Establishment of The Organization for the

East Asia Economic Development

(in 2004)

1901

1950

1960s ~

Survey on Dalian environmental

model district development

(ODA project 1996-2000)

Overcoming

environmental pollution

Establishment of Environmental

Cooperation Network of Asian

Cities (in 1997) Establishment of Kitakyushu Initiative Network

based on matters adopted by ESCAP (in 2002)

1980s ~

Antipollution measures

Establishing foundation of international environmental cooperation

Environmental cooperation with a friendship city, Dalian

City-to-city cooperation utilizing networks

Efforts in forming low-carbon society

Designated as an environmental model city

(in 2008)

Expansion to international

environmental business

Summary of International environmental strategies of Kitakyushu

Selected as

OECD green growth

model city (in 2011)

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Establishment of JICA

Kyushu International

Center

(in 1989)

Establishment of Kitakyushu Asian

Center for Low Carbon Society

(in 2010)

1990s ~

2000s ~

2010s ~

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Advantages of international environmental

cooperation

Advantages on a global scale - Contributing to improvement of environment and

reduction in CO2 on a global scale

Advantages of city-to-city cooperation - Contributing to improvement of local environment

and health improvement

- Contributing to development of local human

resources

- Establishment of network with various cities

- Strengthened tie with international organizations

Advantages for local governments

- Improvement of ability to send information and

enhancement of name recognition

- Raised awareness of citizens

- Information provision to companies in the city

- Improved ability of officials/dissemination of

technology

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Thank you for your attention.

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