Japan Climate Action Summit Declaration
We, the undersigned below, gather together forces of non-state actors such as cities,municipalities, companies and other types of organizations pledge to accelerate and tolead the decarbonization of Japan and the world in order to achieve the purpose of theParis Agreement, which is “holding the increase in the global average temperature towell below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit thetemperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.”
The extreme weather events such as extremely high temperatures, typhoons, heavy
rainfalls and floods, which caused the devastating damages across Japan during thesummer in 2018, reinforced the fact that Japan is also very vulnerable in the face ofclimate impacts. The IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 C released on
October 8th again reemphasized the tremendous magnitude of climate impacts in theworld and the urgency of action.
In the meantime, the transition to a decarbonized society creates opportunities forfurther growth and development. Also, these efforts in support of decarbonization
share the same aims as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by theUnited Nations in 2015.
Under such circumstances, national governments around the world will come to
COP24 in December, 2018 to discuss finalization of the “rulebook” to implement theParis Agreement. Talanoa Dialogue for enhancing climate targets will also be held.
We expect world leaders to send clear messages so that COP24 outcome enhances
decarbonization action by governments and non-state actors.
Japan Climate Initiative (JCI) is steadily gaining members since its launch on July 6th,2018. The number of member organizations has now surpassed 270 after the mere
three months since its inception. We will invite more organizations to join us further,will enhance collaboration among members and will engage with others to make thedecarbnozation trend consensus of the Japanese society as a whole.
In September, JCI participated in the Global Climate Action Summit organized by theState of California in the United States and presented Japanese climate action to theinternational community, which was well received with support. JCI will continueinternational communication and collaboration such as this further in the future.
Japan holds presidency of the upcoming G20 in June, 2019. The Government ofJapan has started a process to develop its long-term low emission development
strategy to be presented before G20. We will conduct dialogue with the government sothat the long-term strategy should include elements to show a clear direction ofdecarbonization in which Japanese leadership can accelerate the world’s efforts
through enhancement of Japanese climate action with focus on renewable energy andenergy efficiency.
We will make Japan an epi-center of a global decarbonization trend.
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Signatories (alphabetical order)(Total 171: including 114 companies, 22 cities/Municipalities and 35 others)

Companies (Total 114)
Kureha Ecology Management Co., Ltd.
Leopalace21 Corporation
LIXIL Group Corporation
MAEDA CORPORATIONMARUI GROUP CO., LTD.
Mdesigncrafts CO., LTD.
Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Inc.
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.
Neural Inc.
Next Energy & Resources Co., Ltd.
Nextshift Co., Ltd
Nice Corporation
Nice Holdings, Inc.
NIHON HOUSE HOLDINGS CO.,LTD.
Nikkei Panel System Company,Ltd.
Nikon Corporation
Nippon Gas
Nishimatsu Construction Co., Ltd.
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
NTT DOCOMO, INC.
NTT FACILITIES, INC.
NYKLineOhisama Energy Station Co., Ltd.
Ohkawa Printing Co., Ltd
PACIFIC POWER CO., LTD.
Panasonic Corporation
Patagonia International Inc.
Picot Energy Inc
Progresstec co., ltd
Refine Holdings Co., Ltd.
Renewable Japan Co.,Ltd.
RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
SB Energy Corp.
SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
Sekisui House, Ltd.
Shintoshin Agency Co., Ltd
SHIZEN ENERGY Inc.
Shizuoka Mirai Energy
Smart Energy Co.,Ltd.
SoftBank Group Corp.
Solar Frontier K.K.
SOLAR WORLD Co., Ltd.
Sompo Holdings, Inc.
Sony Corporation
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd.
Suntory Holdings LimitedSuzuta Touge Nouen. Co., Ltd
SymEnergy Inc.
TAJIMA SHINKIN BANKAEON CO., LTD.
Amagiya Inc.
AMITA HOLDINGS CO.,LTD.
Architects Regional Planners ＆ Associates ・Kyoto
ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD
ASIA ENERGY BANK Co., Ltd.
ATGREEN Co., Ltd.
BIOLOGIC PHILOSOPHY Co., Ltd.
CalNeCo, Inc.
CARBON FREE CONSULTING CORPORATION
Challenergy Inc.
CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
CSR Design Green Investment Advisory
CUC Energy Co.
Daifuku Co., Ltd.
Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.
Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.
Decarbonization Support Co., Ltd.
Dentsu Inc.
Eco Works Co., Ltd.
Ecoairsolution Co.LtdEcolinx
EDGE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Ehime Juhan Co.,Ltd
E-Konzal Co., Ltd.
Environmental Business Agency, Inc.
E-Square Inc.
FP Corporation
FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation
FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
Fujitsu Limited
Green prop Co., Ltd.
GreenPowerCorporation
GRID&FINANCE ADVISORS Inc.
Hishinaka Industry Co., Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd.
iiie co., ltd.
INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY APPLICATIONTECHNOLOGIES,LTD.
Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.
J. FRONT RETAILING Co., Ltd.
Japan Audit and Certification
Japan Waste Co., Ltd.
JENEX Co., LTD.
Kao Corporation
Kirin Holdings Company, Limited
Kokubunji Sangyo
Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd.
KONICA MINOLTA, INC.

2WasteBox Co., Ltd.
WELLNEST HOME Inc.
West Holdings Corporation
XSOL CO., LTD.
Yamato juken Co.Ltd
YAMAZAKURAYAMAZEN CO., LTD.
YATSUMOTO TSUSHO CO.,LTD

TAKARAZUKA SUMIRE ELECTRIC POWER
Takashimaya Co., Ltd.
THE SHIGA BANK，LTD．
TODA CORPORATIONTREE Inc.
Unicharm Corporation
Virtual Harmony Co., Ltd.

Cities/Municipalities (Total 22)
Otsu City
Sakai City
Shiga Prefecture
Shimokawa Town
Suita City
Tokushima Prefecture
Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Toyonaka City
Yamanashi Prefecture
Yokohama City

Hakone Town
Kagoshima City
Kanagawa Prefectural Government
Kawasaki CityKusatsu City
Kyoto City
Kyoto Prefecture
Matsuda Town
Nagano Prefecture
Odawara City
Omihachiman City
Osaka City

Others (Total 35)
Low Carbon Society Promotion Association
More Trees
NPO naturalenergy chibanokai
NPO Okhotsk Renewable Energy Platform
Sacred Heart Institute for Sustainable Futures
Sera Creations
Shiga Green Purchasing Network
SLSV CES INSTITUTE
Solar Design Consortium
Sun-Based Economy Association
Sustainable Economy Association
The Association for Promotion of ZEH
The Kawasaki Chamber Of Commerce andIndustry
The Odawara Hakone Chamber of commerce andIndustry
Yokohamashi Chikyu Ondankataisaku Suishin
Kyogikai

AKAGI MARITIME SOGO LAW OFFICE
Basyobunka ForumBIO HOTELS JAPANCARBON OFFSET JAPANCentral Federation of Societies of Commerce andIndustry
Chiba University of Commerce
Citizens' Alliance for Saving the Atmosphere andthe EarthEarth Life Networkelsa
Ethical Association
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies(IGES)
Japan Association of Environment and Society
for the 21st Century (JAES21)
Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association (JPEA)
Japan RPF Association
Japan Solvent Recycling Industry Association
Japanese Consumers' Co-operative Union(JCCU)
Kagoshima Kankyo Mirai Zaidan

CDP Worldwide-Japan
Renewable Energy InstituteWWF Japan3For Reference

Japan Climate Action Summit (JCAS)
Date: Friday, October 12, 2018, 13:30-18:00
Venue: Toranomon Hills Forum Main Hall
The agenda of the event and the video streaming can be seen below:
https://japanclimate.org/english/news-topics/japan-climate-action-summit-2018-en/

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