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ICLEI Japan was founded in 1993, as one of the country offices of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, and serves to build and enhance the local governments’ network in Japan. ICLEI Japan supports the member cities to lead local initiatives, to promote global collaboration to achieve regional and global sustainability in partnership with other ICLEI offices and partner organizations.
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Title |
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Chair |
Kazuhiko Takemoto |
President, Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center (OECC) Japan |
Gino Van Begin |
Secretary General, ICLEI World Secretariat |
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Yuriko Koike |
Governor, Tokyo Metropolitan Government |
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Daisaku Kadokawa |
Mayor, City of Kyoto |
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Kenji Kitahashi |
Mayor, City of Kitakyushu |
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Kazumi Matsui |
Mayor, City of Hiroshima |
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Reiko Matsushita |
Mayor, City of Musashino |
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Takeharu Yamanaka |
Mayor, City of Yokohama |
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Dr. Takemoto developed policies on sustainable development and global environment as Director-General of Environmental Management Bureau and Vice-Minister for Global Environment Affairs of 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 Vice-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 PhD from the University of Tokyo. |
Born in UK and grew 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 spent over 8 years in Thailand and Cambodia as Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Project Formulation Adviser on Climate Change and Environment. After serving one year at Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) as Programme Manager for promoting SDGs at cities in ASEAN countries, Togo have assumed the position as the Director of ICLEI Japan from July 1st, 2018. | ![]() |
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.
HARNESS the power of the ICLEI Network!" Governments need to give (the sense of) direction, as Business leaders we don't make the wind, we sail the boats. So policy should set the winds in the right directions if you want the boat going fast to the right harbor."Philippe Joubert Senior Advisor, World Business Council
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