Kiko Network
Annual Report 2014
(April 2014 – March 2015)

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Activity Report
Starting off the Climate Action Now! Campaign towards a new legal framework
In the 2014 fiscal year, we particularly focused on activities directed towards the drastic reduction ofgreenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and the possible new legal framework for 2020 and beyond. Aspart of these activities, we strengthened cooperation with organizations that constitute the Climate
Action Network Japan (CAN-Japan). Domestically, we are in a situation facing several social andeconomic questions, including energy policy. Yet, at the same time, there is an issue that the publicawareness on climate change is diminishing. As a response, we set measures that put emphasis on
improving this trend. Moreover, we aimed to cooperate with other organizations even more, as theimportance of network organizations is becoming evident. Using our experience and networks, we
also continued local activities, specifically promoting the spread of renewable energy, establishing
local models, and developing human resources. Given that 2015 will be a significant year, we started
preparation for the “Climate Action Now! Campaign” to create the momentum.

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Five Activities based on Priority Policy
1.

Enhance cooperation with local groups
Kiko Network particularly focused on creating low carbon
communities, promoting the spread of renewable energy andcitizens’ co-owned community power stations, andenvironmental education. As a result, the number of citizens’
co-owned community power stations has increased,
especially among organizations in which we cooperated.

This led to the establishment of systems or models that advance anti-global warming measures at the
local level. Environmental education has also spread to other areas, including in Iskandar, Malaysia.
2.

Sharing the precise information on the Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC (AR5)We tried to grasp the content of the Fifth Assessment Reportof the IPCC that has been published since 2013, and shared
the information through seminars and newsletter “Kiko
Network Bulletin”. Similarly, Kiko Network also held study
groups and coordinated with other institutions.

3.

Respond to important policy issues

Domestically, climate change policies overall is in need ofchange. There are important policy issues such as problem on
coal-fired power plants, conservation policy, and promotionof renewable energy. Therefore, Kiko Network conducted
research, spread information, and made proposals. In
collaboration with other groups, we broadcasted information
on phasing out nuclear energy. While plans to build coalfired power plants surge, we were able to raise public awareness through provision of information.
4.

Organization reinforcement
Kiko Network became a certified NPO organization, andcontinued to work on increasing the number of members anddonations. By using the data management software Salesforce,
we called for the participation of events and make usage ofdata by members more efficient. In addition, by renewing our
website, we were able to attract more readers. Kiko Network

achieved a certain level of success by increasing donation request, asking for donations according tothemes, and improving the way to call for donations.
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5.

Developing momentum for the 2015 agreement
CAN-Japan, in which Kiko Network served as secretariat,
became the national node (focal point) for CAN-International.
By pursuing further cooperation with participant groups of
CAN-Japan, we attempted to strengthen our correspondence
towards international negotiations. We participated in COP20(Lima, Peru) and other international negotiations, practiced

lobbying, gathered and shared information, and published the conference newsletter “Kiko”. There
were many participants in debriefing sessions and symposiums that were held in collaboration withCAN-Japan. We were able to make proposals related to emission reduction goals, and provide a
valuable platform for sharing information and exchange opinions.

4International Negotiation
United Nations Climate Change conferences are being
carried out aiming for an agreement by 2015 on a newlegal framework for 2020 and beyond. In the 2014 fiscal
year, Kiko Network participated in relevant UN
conferences, made proposals, broadcasted information andengaged in lobbying activities. Moreover, we strengthened
cooperation with other NGOs working on climate change,
both domestic and abroad.
Activities at UN conferences: Criticizing the Japanese government’s support for advancing
coal in developing countries
At COP20 in Lima, Peru, the Japanese government
received the “Fossil of the Day Award” and wasstrongly criticized for funding coal-fired power
stations in the name of “climate finance”, whichshould be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
in developing countries.
Furthermore, as always, Kiko Network continued to
exchange opinions with the Japanese government incooperation with international and domestic NGOs, published the conference letter “Kiko” andprovided information to the media. Through these activities, we broadcasted Japan’s policy issues
and reinvigorated discussions on strengthening measures.
*Fossil of the Day Award: A dishonorable award presented by environmental NGOs to countries thathindered negotiations at international conferences
Network of domestic environmental NGOs “Climate Action Network Japan (CAN-Japan)
In the 2014 fiscal year, as secretariat of CAN-Japan that involves 11 domestic NGOs working on
climate change, the system of NGO networks was reinforced. Moreover, CAN-Japan was officiallyregistered as Japan’s office of the global CAN. CAN-Japan exchanged opinions with government
officials while held events such as COP debriefing sessions. Furthermore, while the Japanese
government was having a difficult time for consideration, we proposed “the reduction target of 4050% compared with 1990 levels by 2030” for Japan’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution
for 2020 and beyond. The NGO proposal contributed in activating discussions on Japan’s climatechange policy, as the proposal was picked up by the media and the government council.

5Date and Location

Conference Name

Participating

Publication of

Staff

Conference
Newsletter “Kiko”

June 4th to 15th

Sessions of Subsidiary Bodies (SB40)

Bonn, Germany

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban

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United Nations Climate Summit

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October 20th to 25th

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban

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Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP2-6)

December 1st to 14th

Conference of the Parties to the United24Lima, Peru

Nations Framework Convention on

Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP2-5)
September 23rd
New York, United States

Climate Change (COP20)
Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto
Protocol (CMP10)
Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban
Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP2-7)
Sessions of Subsidiary Bodies (SB41)

Coal-fired Power Plant Tracker
Continuing from previous year, Kiko Network operated the “Don’t Go Back to the Coal!” website,
timely sharing information regarding issues surrounding coal-fired power plants and broadcasted
domestic information on new constructions. In the 2014 fiscal year, the website featured 35 articles.
However, in this fiscal year, the number of construction plans of coal-fired power plants increased,adding the number of power plants up to as many as 43 power plants domestically. Businesses thatannounced the plans are moving on to the procedure of environmental assessment. Among the plans,
there are plans that were postponed previously but reemerged. In response, Kiko Network has
6submitted opinions on the environmental assessment of the business plans. On the other hand,
United States introduced a law that prohibits the construction of new coal-fired power plants, while
European countries presented policies that prohibits lending to the coal industry. This context attracts
attention to how Japan is moving against the international current.

Advance Japan’s Climate Change Policies and Measures
Although energy issue is a primary theme in climate change policy, on April 2014, the “Basic
Energy Plan” that presents coal and nuclear power generation as an important base-load powersource was approved by the Cabinet without reflecting the will of the public. Moreover, in March
2014, the Working Group 2 contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report was held in
Yokohama, and a synthesis report was completed in November. In response to the new report of
IPCC, Kiko Network made a proposal on “Climate Change and Energy Policy” which is more basedon the latest science even within policy proposals. Amid the call for submission of Intended
Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) for the post-2020 period as the opening of COP21(Paris Conference) draws near, Kiko Network criticized Japan for its late response and proposed to
set ambitious reduction targets.
The Anachronistic “Basic Energy Plan” approved by the Cabinet~ Coal and Nuclear Power as
Base-load Power!?~
The “Basic Energy Plan” that was in review given the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011,
was approved by the Cabinet. Despite the Fukushima nuclear accident, the plan did not promote a
shift from the old energy system and instead maintains the status quo, continuing the reliance on
nuclear power and coal. Furthermore, it is an anachronistic plan that promoted coal-fired power
generation rather than facing the dangerous situation of climate change. Kiko Network has proposed
what should be Japan’s energy policy, criticized the Cabinet’s approval of the plan, and announced
the press-release “Protest against the Cabinet’s Approval of the “Basic Energy Plan”: We don’t needan anachronistic plan that promotes nuclear and coal”.
“Meeting the Kyoto Protocol Target” but failing to reduce total greenhouse gases emissions
The Ministry of Environment, in April, announced that the reduction targets for the first commitment
period (2008~2012) of the Kyoto Protocol was achieved. In response, Kiko Network analyzed andproposed on the actual condition. During the first commitment period, the total greenhouse gas
emissions increased by 1.4 percent from the base year. The number that was announced, “8.4 percent
reduction”, is only the number subtracting 3.9 percent forest absorption and 5.9 percent foreign
credits (based on Kyoto mechanism) from the total emissions. Even after entering into the Kyoto
Protocol, Japan failed to implement policies that would lead to drastic reductions, such as the7

implementation of carbon tax or cap and emissions trade system. Moreover, there was no policy
executed trying to change heat use and conserve energy that will alter the current status in which 60
percent of domestic energy balance are being wasted as heat. Therefore, Kiko Network criticizedthese points and urged to strengthen future policies, given that the Japanese government did not draw
a roadmap towards long term goals like the 2℃ goal.
Japan’s INDC
Despite the fact that countries were asked to submit their Intended Nationally Determined
Contributions (INDC) before March 31st 2015 for COP21, targets for post-2020 were underconsideration in Japan without being conscious of the deadline. Kiko Network proposed Japan tosubmit as soon as possible. Late submission by Japan, a developed country and the fifth largest
emitter in the world, can be a hindrance in encouraging developing countries to take action. Most
developed countries including EU have submitted before the deadline, and we made press-releases
during each submission.
Furthermore, in the proposal put together by CAN-Japan, Kiko Network strongly suggested “40~50
percent reduction until 2030 compared to 1990 levels” and appealed to dig deep into conserving
energy, move away from fossil fuels such as coal, and switch over to renewable energy.

Analyzing greenhouse gas emissions for 2010 and 2011
On May 2014, the Ministry of Environment released the emissions data up to 2011 based on thecalculation, report and the disclosure system of greenhouse gas emissions. Kiko Network requested
the disclosure of information on year 2010 that was not complete, and released the results of theanalysis of large industrial emitters and so forth. According to the analysis, out of Japan’s total
emissions in 2011, 32.5 percent are emissions from power generation in which iron and steel cover
11.6%, followed by the stone and clay industry, chemical industry, and the oil refinery. Moreover, wepointed out the incompleteness of the data and called for improvement.

From natural refrigerants back to F-gas
Based on the “Act of Rational Use and Proper Management of Fluorocarbons” enacted in 2011, thedesignation of target products, target value and target year were under consideration at the
government council. We proposed that rather than simply transitioning to products with low Global
Warming Potential (GWP), establish a system that will encourage the use of natural refrigerants andbreak dependence from F-gas. In addition, Daikin introduced a new heat pump water heater that uses
F-gas (HFC32) where using natural refrigerant (CO2 refrigerant) was the mainstream. We pointed
out and proposed that this is against the trend of moving away from F-gas. However, this productunfortunately was commercialized and the government approved.
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Seminars and Symposiums
2014
April
・Forum on Breaking Dependence from Nuclear Energy “Creating a Society not depending on
Nuclear Energy”-What citizens should work on now- (4/13)
June・Kiko Network Symposium・Kiko Women Talk “7 Points for a New Future without Global
Warming and Nuclear Energy” (6/1)
・Debriefing Session on IPCC Fifth Assessment Report “Global Warming is not good” (6/26)
July・Debriefing Session on United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn ~the world is moving
towards agreeing on a new framework for post-2020~(7/2)
・Why did the United States moved to regulate CO2? ~Latest Information on CO2 Regulation~(7/8)
September・Saying “No!” to Japan’s coal-fired power plants ~Questioning Japan’s policy from voices ofIndonesia: The Problems of Batang coal-fired power plant~ (9/8)
・CAN-Japan “Japan’s target for agreeing on a new anti-global warming framework” (9/12)
・Nuclear Free Carbon Free Parade ~Nuclear energy is not the measure against global warming~(9/19)
October・A Future without Nuclear Energy and Global Warming！Forum (10/28)
December・”Yes to food, no to coal” The local voices against the coal power plant in Batang, Indonesia andthinking about Japan’s measure (12/1)
・Seminar on conserving energy and measures against global warming in universities (12/15)
2015
January
・CAN-Japan “Debriefing session on COP20 in Lima” (1/21)
・National Symposium “Citizen-led Global Warming Prevention: Climate Action Now!” (2/14・
15)
・Thinking about Japan’s new target ~towards the success in Paris 2015~(Project Management)
2014
August ~ November: Renewable Energy School・Kyoto 2014 (consecutive seminars)
August ~ November: Renewable Energy School・Fukushima 2014 (consecutive seminars)
923 July ~ 7 August: Parent-Child Eco Life Challenge
24, 25 October: Citizens’ Co-Owned Community Power Station National Forum2015
February ~ April: Looking at the Possibility of Reducing Greenhouse Gases ~setting new goals andpolicy implementation~ (consecutive seminars)

Publications•

Issues 96 to 101 of the newsletter “Kiko Network Bulletin” were published•

Issues 117 to 137 of the e-newsletter “Hot Talk Now!? Global Warming” were published•Published the book “How to make Citizens’ Co-Owned Community Power Station” incollaboration with other researchers•

The pamphlet “Leaving as it is, Japan will be full of coal?” was published•“Investigation report relating to the cooperation in global warming prevention activities within
Kyoto prefecture” was published on March 201510

Other Activities
National Symposium “Citizen-led Global Warming Prevention: Climate Action Now!”
On February 14th-15th , the National Symposium “Citizen-led Global Warming Prevention: Climate
Action Now!” was held at Doshisha University [cosponsored by: Doshisha University Social
Innovation Research Center, Climate Action Network Japan (CAN-Japan)]. In the midst of climatechange worsening, there were discussions among leading specialists and activists according tothemes. At the end, we expressed our commitment to begin the national campaign “climate action
now!”.

The Eco-Life Challenge: Spreading Inside and Outside Japan
We continued to implement the environmental education program “eco-life challenge” to all primaryschools in Kyoto city (166 schools). Moreover, we assisted the implementation and development of
low carbon education program in Kurashiki, Nishi-Awakura and Amagasaki cities. Furthermore,with Kiko Network’s support, 80 schools in Iskandar, Malaysia participated in this program. In
Iskandar, a winner is chosen by competition, and students from the winning school visited Kyoto in
December and interacted with schools in Kyoto.

Research on energy conservation and anti-global warming measures in Universities
Kiko Network conducted research on the possibility of anti-global warming measures and policies inuniversities in Kyoto. We conducted data analysis, questionnaire survey and hearing survey. Throughthe research, we identified the emissions of each campus, successful activities, the possibility of
drastic reduction and the specific issues. Awareness towards energy conservation and global
warming has increased even in universities, as the number of successful cases is growing. On theother hand, there is an issue regarding the distribution of information. As such, we attempted to share
information through seminars and created the booklet “Successful cases of conserving energy andanti-global warming measures in universities”. This research was supported by the “Grassroots
Activities in Communities Support Project”.

New Interns
Kiko Network accepted student interns from The Consortium of Universities in Kyoto, Sompo Japan
Environment Foundation, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto Women’s University, and Hague
University (Netherland), working on organization reinforcement and human resource development.
Many volunteers helped on research, making documents, and other office works, contributing toKiko Network’s activities.

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Financial Report
In the 2014 fiscal year, total revenue and expenditure increased due in part to the increase in income
from subsidies and donations. Although the income exceeded the expenditure, the balance carrying
over to the next fiscal year will be limited, as it includes subsidies. A high portion of our income isstill from commissioned projects and therefore it is important to enlarge income from donations andmembership fees.
There is improvement in regards to our mid-term goal of “diversification and stabilization ofincome” through activities such as improving the method of and the number of times requesting for
donations. However, to achieve our goal, more actions are needed.

Revenues (JPY)
Membership Fee

2,414,000

Donations

3,155,660

Subsidies

21,665,427

Remunerations / Participation Fees

1,043,960

Contract Business

31,609,297

Sales of Goods

230,899

Miscellaneous

1,808,143

Total

61,927,386

Expenditures (JPY)
1. Business Fees
Public Awareness

2,868,918

Surveys / Research / Proposals

1,664,718

Networking / Promotion

389,404

International Negotiations / Policy planning participation

844,406

Citizen / NGO support

362,395

Grants (besides Japan Fund for Global Environment)

12,252,882

Contract Businesses

31,614,416

Subtotal

49,997,139

2. Management Fees

3,313,422

Total

53,310,561

2014 Balance (JPY)Previous year’s balance (April 1st , 2014)

6,704,797

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Current revenues

61,927,386

Current expenditures

759,800

March 31st , 2015 balance

16,081,422

13About Us“Stopping Climate Change with the People’s Power”
Kiko Network is a NGO/NPO that, from the perspective of the people, makes proposals, sharesinformation, and acts in order to prevent global warming. In order to make not only individuals'
behavior but society overall—industry, the economy, energy, the way we live, communities, and soon—sustainable, we work on specialized policy proposals relating to global warming prevention,
create local level models for anti-global warming measures, broadcast information, cultivate andeducating human resources, and so on. While cooperating and engaging in discussions with manyorganizations and sectors, as a national citizen and environmental NGO/NPO that works to prevent
global warming, we are continuing to engage in our activities.
Kiko Network's Mission
Kiko Network aims to prevent life-threatening climate change and to build a sustainable global
society. In order to so, we engage in our activities based on the five goals below.
1. Realize an effective international regime that substantially reduces global greenhouse gas
emissions.
2. Shift our society towards a sustainable, low-carbon socio-economic system in Japan.
3. Promote a sustainable energy system that doesn’t depend on either fossil fuels or nuclear power.
4. Promote a low-carbon society through networking and cooperating with civil society.
5. Ensure transparent and public participation in the climate policy-making process.

Members of the Board
Position

Name

Affiliation, Profession, etc

President

Mie Asaoka

LawyerVice President

Harumi Suda

Representing Organizer of Citizens Movement National Center

Board Member

Yurika Ayukawa

Executive Director of Office Ecologist

Board Member

Kuniyasu Inoue

Director of Environmental Partnership Office Tohoku

Board Member

Yoshitsugu Sasaki

Head of the Kyoto Committee for Protecting Water and Greenery

Board Member

Kenro Taura

Executive Director of Kiko Network

Board Member

Ken Tsuzuki

President of REPP (Renewable Energy Promoting People’s Forum)

Board Member

Kimiko Hirata

CAN International Board Member

Board Member

Ikumi Hara

Vice-Head of Environmental Network Kumamoto

Board Member

Tsuyoshi Hara

President of Consumers Kyoto

Board Member

Naoyuki Yamagishi

WWF Japan Climate Change and Energy Group Leader

Board Member

Motohiro Yamazaki

Executive Director ECCC (Edogawa Citizens’ Network for Climate Change)

Board Member

Hiromi Nishizono

Board Member of JASON (Japan’s Save the Ozone Network)

Board Member

Takuma Kani

Kyoto Foundation for Positive Social Change
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Board Member

Hiroshi Kanada

AM Network (Advocacy and Monitoring Network on Sustainable
Development) / Sento-Tarui NPO

Board Member

Shun’ichi Hiraoka

Assistant Professor at Hokkaido University of Education, Kushiro

Board Member

Takanori Maruhara

Copywriter

Board Member

Jyuta Wada

Lawyer, JELF (Japan Environmental Lawyers Federation)

AuditorToshiyuki Ueda

Society of Patients and Families Affected by Nishi Yodo Gawa Pollution

AuditorYoshimichi

Chairman of the Conservation Group for Nature and Culture in Kitayama

Sakakibara

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