Yokohama City’s actions to address climate change
Eriko YAKUSHIJI, Director-General
Climate Change Policy Headquarters, City of Yokohama

Yokohama City’s Basic information
Global warming countermeasures
implementation plan

・Population 3.74 million
・Households

1.70 million

・No. establishments 120 thousand

GHG emissions are declining
2.500
2159

2040

2.000

1934

1889

1864

2015

2016

2017

1.500

1.000

500

02013

2014

・Plan that sets a basic direction for reducing
greenhouse gases in the entire city of Yokohama(formulated in 2013)
・Revised the plan in 2018 based on global trends
after the adoption of the Paris Agreement and SDGs
・The goal of the city's global warming
countermeasures is to achieve zero greenhouse gas
emissions by 2050 (Zero Carbon Yokohama).
・Positioned in regional climate change adaptationplans under the Climate Change Adaptation Act1

Yokohama City's inter-regional cooperation efforts■Yokohama City's renewable energy potential... 11%.
⇒At the same time as developing the city's power
supply. Supply from outside the city is essential.

神奈川東部方面線■Inter-regional cooperation centered on
renewable energy
Supplying renewable energy to the city area in partnershipwith communities with abundant renewable energy.
Aiming to form a regional circular symbiotic zone through avirtuous cycle of the economy including renewable energy
and environmental values through wide-area cooperation
with Yokohama City.
18 companies in Yokohama City are using electricity
generated at a wind power plant in Yokohama-cho, Aomori
Prefecture

Potential of Renewable Energy
Source: MOEJ2

Yokohama Smart City Project （YSCP）
2010～2014

Demonstration

Collaborated with 34 of Japan's leading energy-related businesses, electric equipment manufacturers, and construction
companies to introduce a system to optimize the balance of energy supply and demand in existing urban areas.
HEMS

Solar Panels

Electric vehicles

CO2 emissions reduction

CO2 reduction rate

Introduction results

4,200 u.

37MW

2,300 u.

39,000 tons

29%

Introduction goals

4,000 u.

27MW

2,000 u.

30,000 tons

25%

2015～

Implementation
Established "Yokohama Smart Business Council (YSBA)", a new publicprivate partnership organization.
Aiming to become an energy-recycling city with excellent environmental,
disaster-prevention and economic performance.
The project to build a virtual power plant (VPP) began in FY2016.
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International Cooperation8

Supporting the overseas business of local companies
Supporting the development of the Bangkok Climate Change Master Plan
In cooperation with JICA, we assisted the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration indeveloping a climate change master plan and implementing it.
In the future, we aim to deploy low-carbon technologies by infrastructure companies
in the city.

6Measures against the new coronavirus■A big blow to the city’s economy
Significant reduction in city tax revenue, reduction in tourism and MICE, etc.

■Strengthening measures against infectious
diseases and realizing economic revitalization
We have prepared a supplementary budget andare promoting "living and economic measures"
totaling about 610 billion yen.
Aiming for a long-term economic boom in the city after the cessation of operations, we will
work on the recovery of tourism and MICE to ensure the sustainable development of
Yokohama and the improvement of its international competitiveness.

Establishment of the “SDGs biz support fund”
Summary・Implemented as an initiative toward the realization of SDGs and SDGs future city,
Yokohama・To support the challenges in solving local problems, the city will subsidize new initiatives
that will help adapt to new ways of living and move forward into the future.
(Subsidy rate: within 1/2 of eligible expenses; subsidy limit: up to 2 million yen)

As an SDG FutureCity, we aim at achieving a"virtuous cycle between the environment and the economy".

Dissemination at “ the UNFCCC Online Ministerial Meeting"Video message from the Mayor at the “Online Ministerial Meeting” on Climate Change toinform the public about measures taken to combat global warming in the wake of theCorona Disaster (video message)【Summary】
Date: September 3, 2020 (20:00-23:30)
Organizer: Sponsored by Ministry of the Environment,with cooperation of UNFCCC
URL: https://platform2020redesign.org/[Summary of transmission]• Declared "Zero Carbon Yokohama" as a future city of SDGs
• Working on wide-area cooperation on renewable energy, blue
carbon and YSCP in order to achieve this goal
• Today, about half of the world's population is said to live in cities, and as a Head working on theground, I am confronting climate change and coronavirus.
• Let's collaborate with other nations and cities to tackle global challenges and to create a beautiful
planet for the future!

Thank you for your attention
http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/ondan/