Kimiko Hirata

A cikin 2021, Hirata ta zama mace ta farko ta Japan da aka ba da Kyautar Muhalli ta Goldman,   wanda ake kira "Green Nobel". A cikin Shekara ta 2022, an sanya mata suna a cikin jerin mata masu tasiri na BBC 100.  Tana da digiri na biyu a fannin kimiyyar zamantakewa daga Jami'ar Waseda,  kuma ita ce marubucin Climate Change and Politics (2019) a cikin Jafananci,  kuma co- marubucin littattafai da labarai da yawa.

## Ilimi da farkon aiki
An haifi Hirata ne a kudancin Kumamoto, kuma ta yi karatu a jami'a. Ta fara sanin girman canjin yanayi a lokacin taron koli na duniya na Rio de Janeiro na 1992, wanda aka rufe shi sosai a cikin kafofin watsa labarai na Japan, kuma ta fara karanta littattafai ciki har da Earth in the Balance na Al Gore .  Ta zama mai sha'awar fafutuka ta kasa da kasa yayin da take karatun da Masako Hoshino ya koyar, mai fafutuka wanda ya taimaka wajen ƙaddamar da ɗaya daga cikin kungiyoyin ba da agaji na farko na Japan.

Bayan kammala karatunta, ta tafi aiki a mai wallafa litattafan ilimi. Ta ci gaba da karatu game da batutuwan muhalli kuma ta yi karatun Turanci. A shekara ta 1996, ta bar aikinta kuma ta koma Amurka don yin horo na shekara guda tare da Cibiyar Kula da Yanayi.   A lokacin da ta yi shekara a Amurka, ta kuma ba da gudummawa a Gidauniyar Ruwa ta Kasa da kuma shirin Smithsonian da ke mai da hankali kan bambancin halittu, kuma ta ɗauki darasi kan gudanar da kungiyoyin ba da agaji.

Ta sami digiri na biyu a Makarantar Sakandare ta Kimiyya ta Jama'a ta Jami'ar Waseda a shekarar 1999.  A cikin 2021, ta kasance farfesa mai ziyara a Jami'ar Kasuwanci ta Chiba . 

## Ayyukansa a matsayin mai fafutuka
A shekara ta 1997, ta koma Japan don kamfen a COP 3, inda aka karɓi Yarjejeniyar Kyoto. Ta kafa Kiko Network, wata kungiya mai zaman kanta da ke mai da hankali kan dakatar da canjin yanayi, a cikin 1998.   Kiko Network ya fito ne a matsayin daya daga cikin kungiyoyi kalilan da ke sa ido kan bin ka'idar Kyoto ta Japan.

### Yaki da ikon kwal
Bayan girgizar kasa, tsunami, da bala'in nukiliya a watan Maris na shekara ta 2011 a Fukushima, gwamnatin Japan ta sauya manufofi don ba da damar gina sabbin tashoshin wutar lantarki. Har zuwa wannan lokacin, na'urorin nukiliya sun samar da kusan kashi 30 cikin 100 na wutar lantarki ta Japan, amma gwamnati ta rufe su bayan bala'in. Har ila yau, jama'ar Japan sun karu da rashin amincewa da makamashin nukiliya. Don magance rikicin makamashi da ya biyo baya, gwamnati ta nemi a yi tayin don gina ƙarin shuke-shuke masu amfani da kwal, kuma a shekarar 2015, an shirya shirye-shirye don sabbin shuke-shirye 50. Japan ta zama kawai Kasar G7 da ke shirin sabbin tashoshin wutar lantarki a lokacin.

Hirata ya fahimci cewa Kiko Network yana buƙatar canza mayar da hankali daga aikin manufofi zuwa kamfen na kasa,  kuma ya ɗauki dabarun da yawa don yaƙi da kwal.  Kiko Network ta ƙaddamar da shafin yanar gizon don bin diddigin ayyukan wutar lantarki da aka tsara a duk faɗin ƙasar. Don wayar da kan jama'a game da haɗarin muhalli da lafiyar wutar lantarki, Hirata ya yi aiki tare da masana kimiyya, masana gurɓataccen yanayi, 'yan jarida, lauyoyi, da shugabannin al'umma na gida, da sauran kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu. A cikin manyan wuraren da aka tsara ayyukan wutar lantarki, ta haɓaka cibiyar sadarwa ta 'yan gwagwarmayar ƙasa na cikin gida, ta yi magana a sauraron jama'a, kuma ta taimaka wajen fitar da masu halartar da ba a taɓa gani ba a taron jama'a.

Ta kuma sami tallafi daga masana na duniya wajen nazarin farashin da haɗarin da ke tattare da tsire-tsire na kwal, kuma ta fitar da binciken su. Hirata ya yi aiki tare da mai bincike daga Greenpeace a kan wani rahoto wanda ya gano cewa gurɓataccen iska da ake tsammani zai haifar da mutuwar 1,000 a Japan a kowace shekara. Bugu da kari, Shirin Kudi mai dorewa a Jami'ar Oxford da Carbon Tracker sun gudanar da bincike kan hadarin saka hannun jari wanda ya sanya shari'ar soke shuke-shuke na kwal da aka tsara da kuma wadanda ake ginawa, da kuma fitar da jiragen ruwa na yanzu.  

Don ƙara matsin lamba ga masu tsara manufofi na Japan, Hirata ya haɗa kai da kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu a duniya, gami da Cibiyar Ayyukan Yanayi, wanda ya ba Japan kyaututtuka masu yawa na "Fossil of the Day" don "'yi mafi yawa don cimma mafi ƙaranci' dangane da ci gaba akan canjin yanayi".   Rikicin kasa da kasa game da manufofin kwal na Japan ya rufe shi sosai ta hanyar kafofin watsa labarai na Japan;  Hirata ya tsara zanga-zangar a tarurruka da yawa na COP, [1] kuma ya yi magana da manema labarai a gaban Taron G20. 

Ya zuwa watan Disamba na shekara ta 2022, kamfen din Hirata yana mai da hankali ga tasirin da za su iya yi dangane da gurɓata iska da canjin yanayi ya haifar da soke 17 daga cikin 50 da aka tsara.

### Yakin fitar da kwal
A cikin 2020, Hirata ya jagoranci kamfen ɗin masu hannun jari don tilasta wa megabank Mizuho Financial Group, babbar mai ba da rance mai zaman kanta ga masu haɓaka kwal, don ƙarfafa rance ga kamfanonin kwal. Kiko Network ta gabatar da shi tare da goyon bayan kudade shida na Nordic a tsakiyar watan Maris, shi ne na farko da masu hannun jari suka tsara don yanke shawara na canjin yanayi da aka jera a Japan,   kuma ya yi kira ga ƙarin bayyanar canjin yanayi, da kuma shirin da aka ayyana don kawo kasuwancinsa daidai da yarjejeniyar yanayin Paris. Wata daya bayan an gabatar da motsi, Mizuho ta ba da sanarwar cewa za ta daina bayar da rance ga sabbin masana'antun kwal a watan Yunin wannan shekarar, kuma tana shirin fita daga saka hannun jari na kwal a shekara ta 2050; kwana daya bayan haka, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group ta kuma sanar da cewa za ta dakatar da bayar da ranta ga masana'antun gawayi a watan Mayu. Hirata ya amsa cewa duka shirye-shiryen sun kasa bin Yarjejeniyar Paris. A watan Yunin 2020, kodayake ƙudurin bai wuce ba, ya sami goyon baya fiye da yadda ake tsammani, tare da kashi 35 cikin 100 na masu hannun jari na Mizuho da suka kada kuri'a.  

A cikin 2021, ta yi kamfen don irin wannan ƙudurin yanayi a Mitsubishi UFJ wanda Kiko Group, Market Forces, Rainforest Action Network, da 350.org Japan suka gabatar. Shirin da ke buƙatar bankin ya daidaita saka hannun jari tare da yarjejeniyar yanayi ta Paris ya sami kashi 23 cikin 100 na kuri'un masu hannun jari.

A sakamakon kokarin Hirata na yin kira ga kamfanoni da su fitar da kwal, tun daga 2021, fiye da manyan masu haɓaka masana'antun kwal 10 sun sanar da cewa za su daina haɓaka ko tallafawa sabbin ayyukan kwal.

### Rashin karfewar jiki
Hirata ta sauka a matsayin darektan kasa da kasa na Kiko Network a watan Disamba na 2021, kodayake ta kasance a cikin kwamitin daraktocinta. A watan Janairun 2022, ta kafa Climate Integrate don mayar da hankali kan hanzarta decarbonization ta hanyar aiki tare da abokan tarayya a Japan da duniya. A watan Yulin 2022, Climate Integrate ta fitar da rahoto, "Getting Lost on the Road to Decarbonization: Japan's Big Plans for Ammonia".

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Hirata tana zaune a Tokyo tare da mijinta da yara biyu.

## Manazarta