ICLEI Japan’s Engagement in ACCD Activities

ICLEI Japan supports local governments in advancing ACCD by promoting knowledge sharing, facilitating collaboration, and connecting cities with international networks. Through these efforts, ICLEI Japan helps strengthen local actions toward a circular economy and enhances the global visibility of cities’ initiatives.

Sign the ACCD and take action toward a circular economy tailored to each city’s unique characteristics!

• Signatories can demonstrate leadership in promoting the transition to circular cities with other leading cities in the Asia Pacific and in Europe.
• Signatories can share knowledge and strengthen policymaking capabilities through the ACCD Report and collaboration between signatory cities and partner organizations
• By speaking out together as signatory cities, their international influence will be strengthened.
• Signatories will benefit from support by ICLEI offices and partner organizations, contributing to the promotion of initiatives.
• Through dialogue with partner stakeholders, Signatories will be able to understand the needs of the private sector, leading to effective policies.
• Signatories will be able to disseminate their initiatives to the world through the reports by ACCD.
• Their existing initiatives can be positioned as ACCD-based activities.

1. Establishing clear circular economy goals and strategies to provide a common direction for the local circular transition
2. Raising awareness of circular practices across our administration and amongst local citizens and businesses
3. Directly engaging local stakeholders from civil society, the private sector, and the research community in the development of circular economy plans and initiatives, striving to make the transition inclusive and helping to nurture circular business models such as the sharing and repairing economy
4. Embedding circularity principles in urban planning, infrastructure, and asset management procedures
5. Leveraging public procurement to promote the market for circular products and services
6. Applying economic incentives and seeking opportunities to use fiscal measures designed to encourage circular economic and social behaviour
7. Fostering an enabling local regulatory framework that allows and encourages secondary material markets, repair, reuse, and sharing schemes
8. Collaborating with national governments and institutions in Asia and beyond to establish an appropriate policy and regulatory framework for the circular transition
9. Monitoring the progress made and the impacts of our circular economy activities
10. Reporting to ICLEI on progress in achieving the above commitments.