The Japan Climate Initiative (JCI) hosted Japan Climate Action Summit 2020 (JCAS2020) on 13 October 2020.
The deepening of the climate crisis has become clear, as seen in forest fires caused by abnormal heat waves, torrential rains and floods occurring frequently all over the world. Green Recovery that aims to achieve both recovery from the COVID-19 crisis and decarbonization has been underway in each country.
JCAS2020 will held as a forum to share the global trend of overcoming the COVID-19 crisis and climate crisis, pioneering experiences of Japanese companies and local governments with others, with the aim of enhancing the efforts of non-state actors toward COP26, to be held in November next year.
Nigel Topping, who leads the global campaign Race to Zero, was the High-Level Champion for Climate Action of COP26.
Dr. Seita Emori from the National Institute for Environmental Studies, and top leaders from Japanese companies and local governments were guest speakers.
The Summit also received a video message from Dr. John Murton, Special Envoy of the UK COP26.
This year, participation from all over the country and the world was made possible since all programmes were held online.
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