About ICLEI Japan

Founded in 1993, ICLEI Japan serves as the country office of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, dedicated to connecting and empowering local governments across Japan. Today, we have 27 active member cities leading Japan’s local sustainability initiatives.

We support our members in driving impactful local sustainability initiatives while fostering global collaboration with other ICLEI offices and partner organizations, advancing both regional and international climate and sustainability goals.

➡️Our Members

Our Leadership

Board Members

 Title

Name

Chair

Kazuhiko Takemoto

President, Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center (OECC) Japan

Gino Van Begin

Secretary General, ICLEI World Secretariat

Yuriko Koike

Governor, Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Koji Matsui

Mayor, City of Kyoto
Chair, ICLEI East Asia Regional Executive Committee

Kazuhisa Takeuchi

Mayor, City of Kitakyushu

Kazumi Matsui

Mayor, City of Hiroshima

Takeharu Yamanaka

Mayor, City of Yokohama
Board Member of ICLEI Global Executive Committee (Circular Development Portfolio)

Yasuhiro Omino

Mayor, City of Musashino

Chair: Prof. Dr. Kazuhiko Takemoto
Dr. Takemoto developed policies on sustainable development and the global environment as Director-General of the Environmental Management Bureau and Vice-Minister for Global Environment Affairs of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ). He served for CBD/COP10 as its Alternate President (2010), OECD/EPOC as Vice Chair (2004–07), and UNFCCC/COP3 as Special Assistant to its President (1997).
After serving for the United Nations University as the Director of its Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), Prof. Takemoto has been fully committed to international cooperation on environment and development as President of the Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center (OECC) and the International Lake Environmental Committee Foundation (ILEC), Project Professor of the University of Tokyo (IFI) and Chair of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Council.
Prof. Takemoto recently published two books: “International Cooperation on Environment and Development: Progress and Future Perspective” (2022) and “Environmental Policy and the SDGs” (2020). He received a Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo.

 

Executive Director: Togo Uchida
Born in the UK and growing up in Melbourne and Tokyo, Togo started his career at Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), working on donor coordination and aid policies. Gradually, his interest shifted to environmental policies and climate change, and he spent over 8 years in Thailand and Cambodia as the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Project Formulation Adviser on Climate Change and Environment.
After serving one year at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) as Programme Manager for promoting SDGs in cities in ASEAN countries, Togo has assumed the position of the Director of ICLEI Japan from July 1st, 2018.

FEATURED CITY

Tokorozawa City, Japan

On September 9, Fukushima Prefecture became the 27th local government in Japan to join ICLEI!
Fukushima is actively working toward achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. In terms of nature conservation, Lake Inawashiro within the prefecture was registered under the Ramsar Convention this July, and efforts towards its preservation are progressing. Fukushima decided to join ICLEI out of a strong desire to share its recovery experience and carbon-neutral initiatives with the world, while also building partnerships with cities worldwide.

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Associate Partnership is available to non-governmental organizations, universities, state and national government agencies and not-for-profit research institutions. The purpose of Associate Partnership is to facilitate dialogues between local governments and these partners, to provide knowledge transfer in line with ICLEI’s Mission and Charter, and an avenue for which partners can support ICLEI’s work and mandate.

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