Tokorozawa Climate AssemblyCity-wide Zero Carbon Citizen Assembly

Nobuhiro Saito, Section Chief, City-wide Eco-town
Promotion Section, Environmental Cleanliness
Department, Tokorozawa City
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1Overview ofTokorozawa City
City of Tokorozawa
Area: 72.11㎢Population: 340,000 (167,000 household)
Average size of household: 2.05 people

Tokyo Metropolis Region2Overview of Tokorozawa■Population: 340,0000 in about 160,000 households■Area: 72.11 km2■Features: Balance of rich nature and city
Santome-shinden district

TotoroTokorozawa Sakura Town
Sayama Lake/Sayama Hills

Sayama Tea Plantations

Musashino Woods

3city centerObjective of Citizen Assembly
To have each participant see the global warming issue as a personal concern and engage indiscussions to share awareness of the issue, and to connect the outcomes of the meetings tothe revision of the city's basic environment plan (global warming countermeasures action plan)and to concrete measures.

Implementation Framework
Sponsor: City of Tokorozawa
Cooperation: Waseda University
Contracted service provider (operation/support): Institute for Dialogue ofEnvironmental Policy (IDEP)・The city’s sponsorship allows for commitment to participants to reflect results onplans and measures
・Utilize the academic knowledge of Waseda University
・Utilize the knowledge and experience of IDEP
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Lottery for Participants

Sent invitations to 4,500 randomly selected residents

111 willing participants
51 participants finalized

Adjusted by district of residence, age,and gender to create a microcosm ofthe city5

Composition of 51 Participants
Table 2-1 Composition by age
Age

No. of people

Ratio

City-wide
ratio

Table 2-2 Gender
No. of people

Ratio

City-wide
ratio

MaleFemale

Table 2-3 District of residence
No. of people

EastWestCentral

Ratio

City-wide
ratio

Adjust by district of residence, age, andgender to create a microcosm of thecity
6Progression of Assembly
1st Session
21 Aug.

Group Work
Topic 1
Topic 2

3rd Session
23 Oct.

Group Work
Topic 3Topic 44th Session
27 Nov.

Group Work
Topic 5Topic 65th Session
18 Dec.

Voting・Orientation・Participant
networking
・About globalwarming

2nd Session
25 Sept.

・Creation offuture vision
・Sharing
results ofvoting

Determine
discussion
topics for next
sessions
7Schedule and Content of Assembly
Date

Content

1stSession

21 Aug. (Sun)2022• Orientation and decide on topics for subsequent sessions• Presentation of issue: “state of global warming and the need fordecarbonization”, other• Group work “Actions to take in our daily lives”

2ndSession

25 Sept. (Sun)• Topic 1: “Zero carbon and product selection”• Topic 2: “Zero carbon and food & agriculture”

3rdSession

23 Oct. (Sun)• Topic 3: “Zero carbon and energy”• Topic 4: “Zero carbon and housing”

4thSession

27 Nov. (Sun)• Topic 5: “Zero carbon and mobility”• Topic 6: “Zero carbon and community partnerships”

5thSession

18 Dec. (Sun)• Presentation of issue: “Using our satoyama”• Group work: “Future Vision of Tokorozawa”, “Organize Action Ideas”,etc.
8Progression of Group Work

Local
practitioners① Ideas for initiatives torealize zero carbon

Tokorozawa
CityGroup WorkExperts

Information Provision② Challenges for implementation③ Solutions to challenges

9Rules for Group Work▶
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Do not interrupt or negate others statements
Keep statements brief and concise
Nod heads when listening
Clap after presentations
Be mindful: “dialogue” not “debate”

It’s not about winning or losing an argument, leading
discussion towards a certain conclusion, or disallowing
dissent. Instead, it’s about fostering mutual respect in equal
human relationships and letting new perspectives and ideas
emerge through repeated back-and-forth discussion.
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Scene from Group Work

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Results of Group Work (digitalized)
SampleCity-wide Zero Carbon Citizen Assembly (3rd Session) Group 6
Topic: Zero carbon and housing

12Categorized 28 measures under 6 topics
Topic 1: “Zero carbon and product selection”
Measure 1. Promote reduction in plastic containers and packaging and single-use plastics
Measure 2. Promote reuse and recycling
Measure 3. Promote product selection considering carbon footprint
Measure 4. Enhance financial incentives (motivation) for promoting zero carbon
Measure 5. Introduce the Tokorozawa Zero Carbon Certification (tentative name) and provide
certification labels to proactive stores

Topic 2: “Zero carbon and food & agriculture”Measure 6. Promote local production for local consumption of agricultural produce and seasonal
production for seasonal consumption
Measure 7. Reduce food loss
Measure 8. Utilize waste as fertilizer
Measure 9. Promote initiatives to increase understanding on food and agriculture

Topic 3: “Zero carbon and energy”
Measure 10. Promote solar power for homes
Measure 11. Promote installation of renewable energy facilities in community
Measure 12. Promote switch to renewable and efficient electric power (renewable energy)
Measure 13. Promote citizen activities related to energyMeasure 14. Efforts to expand use of Tokorozawa Future Electric Power

13Topic 4: “Zero carbon and housing”
Measure 15. Promote energy-saving equipment and facilities
Measure 16. Promote energy-saving lifestyles at home
Measure 17. Increase green spaces in the city

Topic 5: “Zero carbon and mobility”
Measure 18. Promote mobility by bicycle and walking
Measure 19. Promote use of bus service
Measure 20. Town planning to make it easy not to use personal automobiles
Measure 21. Promote eco-cars and eco-driving
Measure 22. Reduce and optimize shipping
Measure 23. Road improvements for safer bicycle riding and walking

Topic 6: “Zero carbon and community partnerships”
Measure 24. Local partnership for community building
Measure 25. Promote partnerships through education
Measure 26. Conduct PR for zero-carbon initiatives and activities through community partnerships
Measure 27. Promote initiatives in the community
Measure 28. Create a framework to promote city-wide zero carbon
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Voting on 28 measures in questionnaire format
SampleCircle the response for each question that best describes your ideas.

Topic 1: “Zero carbon and product selection”
1. Promote reduction in plastic containers and packaging and single-use plastics

When shopping, choose products with no plastic containers or packaging or those with less.
In addition to using a personal water bottle, make efforts in daily life to not use plastic
shopping bags. Create a community-wide system for repeated use of containers bybusinesses.
Keywords: selling by weight and unpackaged, choosing refillable products, purchasing bulk products,
using personal chopsticks/shopping bags
Issues: hygiene concerns, (cost issues)① Definitely should not be promoted, ② Should not be promoted, ③ Neither, ④ Should be promoted, ⑤ Should be
actively promoted, ⑥ Do not know

Please add any opinions or comments here:

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Aggregating and mapping to visualize voting results【Horizontal axis: average score】
To assign weight to the level of support in the voting results, the following points were allocated to each
response option from ① to ⑤, multiplied by the number of responses for each choice. The sum of thesevalues was divided by the total number of responses (excluding ‘⑥ Do not know’) to obtain the averagescore.
The higher this value, the higher the overall level of support for the measure (maximum value: 5.00).
[Points: ① Definitely should not be promoted = 1, ② Should not be promoted = 2, ③ Neither = 3, ④
Should be promoted = 4, ⑤ Should be actively promoted = 5]
【Vertical axis: standard deviation】
Indicates the dispersion of participants' opinions (responses) regarding the measures. A value close to 0
indicates that participants’ responses converged, while a larger value indicates greater divergence among
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individual responses.

Reflecting Results of Citizen
Assembly on City Policy
ReportReflect

Revision of “Tokorozawa City Basic
Environment Plan” (Global WarmingCountermeasures Action Plan)
Enact “Ordinance to Achieve aDecarbonized Society inTokorozawa City”

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Participants Created the “Future Vision of Tokorozawa”

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Collaboration with Waseda University(Government-Academia Partnership)• Expectation for a ripple effect on welfare and health sectors as a successful modelof collaboration between government and academia.
• Waseda University continued holding the citizen assembly the following fiscal year.

19Participants and Students Launch New Citizen Group⇒Waseda University and the City of Tokorozawa provide back-up for activities〜Initiating new activities with a citizen group〜

・Tours of renewable energy facilities
・Cooking events using local vegetables
・Participation in symposiums
・Public education campaigns at events

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