Initiatives of "Environmentally Conscious Future
City Kitakyushu City" for Promotion of the SDGs

October 4, 2017
Kenji Kitahashi, Mayor of Kitakyushu City

Today’s talk(1) Our journey and outcomes to date as"Environmentally Conscious Future
City Kitakyushu City"(2) Status of initiatives for promotion ofthe SDGs

1. What is "Kitakyushu City Environmentally Conscious Future City"?
Utilizing the "strengths of Kitakyushu City" to become an "issue-solving model city"!!
[Issues of this city (= future Japan)]○ Population decline○ Aging○ Changes to industrial structure, etc.

[Strengths of this city]○ "Manufacturing" technology○ Experience of "overcoming pollution"○ "Citizen power" (citizens’ groups, residents’associations, NPOs, etc.)[Response to environmental issues][Response to super-aging][International environment business anddisaster area reconstruction support](i) Low carbon andenergy-saving city(ii) Environmental conservationin Asia(iii) Conservation of the naturalenvironment and biodiversity(iv) Formation of a resources
recycling center(i) Promotion of health-building in thenearby region(ii) Enhancement of the emergency
medical care and rehabilitation
systems(iii) Building region-wide mechanisms toprotect children and the elderly(iv) Building an environment enablingchild-rearing and education withpeace of mind(i) Overseas expansion of city
infrastructure withKitakyushu Asian Center for
Low Carbon Society at itscore(ii) Support for reconstructionof the disaster area

Toward "Environmentally Conscious Future City Kitakyushu"

総合的な認知症measures のpromotion

2. Initiatives of Kitakyushu City Environmentally Conscious Future City (i)"Building a New Mechanism to Support the Region"■ Visualization of "regional issues" and cross-sectoral initiatives• Qualitative and quantitative growth of regional issues (crime prevention, disaster risk reduction, measures forthe elderly, child-rearing, building health, etc.)• Lack of people to carry out regional activities (declining birthrate/aging, dilution of regional communities, etc.)
Solutions to regional issues using complex and cross-sectoral approaches as an "Environmentally Conscious
Future City"• Cross-sectoral solutions with respect to multiple issues• Issue solutions for which diverse entities such as regions, NPOs, companies, etc. collaborate in a cross-sectoral manner
Discussions in the consortium

Debate and studies in all 13 plenary
meetings, etc.

Model business (workshop)

Model business (applied in a regional event)Holding of a workshop by multiple experts
based on a multifaceted perspective“Parent & Child Loud Voice Event" leading
to crime prevention, which families can enjoy
participating in■ Main outcomes○ Expansion of the "model business (visualization of regional issues)" to other regions○ “Promotion of ESD" that tackles issues city-wide and in a cross-sectoral
manner transcending the region2. Initiatives of Kitakyushu City Environmentally Conscious Future City (ii)"Kitakyushu City Regional Energy Hubs Development Project”

General showroom fordiverse energy supply[Hibikinada area]

Offshore windpower generation

Mega-solar■ Main outcomes○ Establishment of regional energy company "Kitakyushu Power Co., Ltd." (2015. 12)○ Installation of a biomass power station and decision of its operator (preferred bidder) (2016. 8)○ Installation of the Hibikinada offshore wind power generation facility and decisionof its operator (2017. 2)(Plan: a maximum of 44 turbines, total operating expenses of 175.0 billion yen)

Kitakyushu Power Co., Ltd.

2. Initiatives of Kitakyushu City Environmentally Conscious Future City (iii)“Overseas Expansion with the Kitakyushu Asian Center for Low Carbon
Society at its Core"
Three strengths connecting to Asia(i) Experience of overcoming pollution(ii) Environmental and energy technology(iii) Friendly relationship

Surabaya City (Indonesia)
November 2012 "Green Sister City Partnership"

Haiphong City (Vietnam)
April 2014 "Sister City Agreement"

Ceremony to conclude the Sister City Agreement withPhnom Penh Capital City

Phnom Penh Capital City (Cambodia)
March 2016 "Sister City Agreement"

Davao City (Philippines)
November 2016 "Strategic Environmental Partnership Agreement"■ Main outcomes○ Exporting of comprehensive urban planning utilizing the"Kitakyushu model” including waste management, energy,
water supply and sewerage systems, environmental
conservation, etc.
(FS study: Indonesia and 4 other countries; business support:Indonesia and 8 other countries; consulting services: Cambodia
and 4 other countries)

Waste Sorting and Intermediate Treatment Facility(Surabaya City)2. Initiatives of Kitakyushu City Environmentally Conscious Future City (iv)
"Expansion of Overseas Water Businesses through Public-Private Partnerships"●International technical cooperation• Water supply and seweragesystems that contribute in Japan
Dispatching experts toand overseas
each country• Accumulation of experience andReceiving trainees fromknow-howeach country• Human resources development• Formation of a human network●Overseas water businesses
Expand overseas water businesses primarily in Vietnam, Cambodia,and Indonesia, through partnership with the Kitakyushu Overseas
Water Business Association

Technical cooperation in Cambodia

北九州市
上流から下流まで・建設コンサルタント
・土木建設
・プラント建設
・電機・計装システム等
・金融・商社等・その他

学識者

中央政府

民間企業

（大学教授）

Public PrivatePartnership

関係機関（JICA，JBIC等）

Kitakyushu Overseas Water Business Association■ Main outcomes○ Number of water business orders received: 51 (as of 2017. 8)(Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar, China)○ Bringing about the "Miracle of Phnom Penh"

U-BCF completedin Vietnam Conclusion of a Memorandum ofUnderstanding with theCambodian Ministry of Industry
and Handicraft

3. Outcomes of Kitakyushu City Environmentally Conscious Future City
Become a city recognized by the world for “promotion of cross-sectoralmeasures"!

Energy production center in the region

Overseas water businesses

Jono Zero Carbon Advanced City

[Environment, industrial
economy, ports][Water supply and seweragesystems and the environment][Architectural city, construction,environment]

Outcomes of cross-sectoral initiatives

Held May 1~2, 2016

“Overcoming pollution"
recognized by the world

Overcome pollution to become a“modern city of green energy"

Transmit "Environmentally Conscious Future
City Kitakyushu City" to the world!

4. The relationship between "Kitakyushu City Environmentally
Conscious Future City" and the SDGs
Transmit "Kitakyushu City" to the world○ The SDGs are the "world’s
shared goals"○ Many of the 17 "goals" arerelated to the existingmeasures of the"Kitakyushu City
Environmentally ConsciousFuture City"<Main initiatives of Kitakyushu City Environmentally Conscious Future City>○ Kitakyushu City Regional Energy Hubs Development Project[Environment: low carbon and energy-saving]○ Jono Zero Carbon Advanced City Development Project [Environment: low carbon and energy-saving]○ Japan-China Joint Project for Air Pollution and Energy Saving Measures [Environment: water and air]
○ Overseas Water Businesses through Public-Private Partnerships[International environmental businesses]○ Multigenerational Exchange Project to Build Healthy and Happy Elderly People [Super-aging], etc.

5. What are the "SDGs" I am thinking about...

These are not only the problemsof developing countries; they areour problems today!

•••6. Initiatives of Kitakyushu City for promotion of the SDGs (i)"Education for citizens (to raise citizens’ awareness of the SDGs)"<Holding of a public symposium>[Overview of the symposium]“Japan’s Regional Initiatives for Achievement of the SDGs"○ Date held: June 3, 2017 (Saturday)○ Venue: Kitakyushu International Conference Center○ Organizers: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of the Environment, Kitakyushu City
★This is the first time in Japan that two ministries anda local government have organized a symposium★
○ Participants: approximately 500 citizens○ Content• Keynote lecture "SDGs for local governments: the value, purpose, and method of their introduction"
Dr. Shuzo Murakami, President, Institute for Building Environment and Energy Conservation (IBEC)• Keynote lecture “The SDGs and basic environmental plan seen in terms ofthe Environmental Capital Grand Design"
Fukuoka University Professor Emeritus (and Chair of the Kitakyushu City Environmental Council)
Naohito Asano• Panel discussion, summary, etc.

Speech by Mayor Kitahashi

Lecture by Dr. Murakami

Panel discussion

6. Initiatives of Kitakyushu City for promotion of the SDGs (ii)
“Initiatives for ESD and women's active participation promotion"“Once-a-Month Gathering,” a citizen exchange meeting organized by university students

Picking up trash in the city, organized by "green bird"<Initiatives of Kitakyushu ESD Council>
Collaboration of "regions and NPOs + universities"

ESD lecture for children by university students<Promotion of women's active participation>
Meetings in Kitakyushu City affiliated organizations and for municipal
government administration (as of 2017. 7. 1)

Female committee member participation rate is over 50%* First time in a designated city!

7. SDGs of Kitakyushu City (summary)~ Further enhance the initiative "Status of the City" in the SDGs ~○ A United Nations meeting (High Level Political Forum) was heldat United Nations Headquarters (New York) (2017. 7)○ Images of the water supply and sewerage system initiativesof Kitakyushu City were transmitted to the world together with Pikotaro

Ministry of Foreign Affairs website

Expanding the measures of "Kitakyushu City Environmentally Conscious Future City"!

Contribute to the "SDGs" and transmit Kitakyushu City to the world!!