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Sapporo City
Message from the Mayor of Sapporo City
Katsuhiro Akimoto
In recent years, climate change has caused significant damage to the world due to extreme weather events such as large typhoons and floods, and there is a need to strengthen measures to combat climate change on a global scale. Against this backdrop, in February 2020, Sapporo declared its goal to become a ‘Zero Carbon City’ by 2050, with virtually no greenhouse gas emissions from the city, and has been taking the initiative in taking measures to achieve this goal.
In March 2021, we formulated the ‘Sapporo Climate Change Action Plan’, and the ‘Sapporo Climate Emergency Declaration’ was issued to ensure that every citizen shares a sense of crisis and the need for action on climate change issues.
In November 2022, Sapporo was selected as a ‘Decarbonization Leading Areas’, and in April 2023, the G7 Ministers’ Meeting on Climate, Energy, and Environment was held in Sapporo, where Hokkaido and Sapporo City announced the ‘Hokkaido/Sapporo Declaration’ to contribute to local energy production for local consumption and GX in Japan and the world through decarbonization, which was disseminated domestically and internationally.
To pass on a rich environment to the next generation, the City of Sapporo will actively exchange information with the participating cities of ICLEI and work together to realize sustainable cities.
Overview of Sapporo City
Sapporo, a metropolis of more than 1.9 million people, is blessed with abundant nature. It is the political, economic, and cultural center of Hokkaido. Summers are crisp and sunny, and winters are cold and snowy, with annual snowfall being up to 5 meters, making it one of the snowiest and coldest cities in the world.
Sapporo is a metropolis that is convenient to live in, yet is close to the rich nature of Hokkaido. It is a city where city and nature are in harmony. More than 90% of the citizens respond that they like Sapporo and are highly attached to the city.
Environmental Initiatives
In March 2018, the ‘Second Sapporo City Environmental Basic Plan’ was formulated to further promote environmental measures in response to increasingly complex and diverse environmental issues and in light of international trends. In this plan, various actors, including citizens, companies, and governments, will work together to promote cross-sectoral initiatives with the aim of realizing an ‘Environmental Capital, SAPP‿ RO’, a sustainable city where the next generation of children can live happily.
In June 2018, Sapporo was selected as one of the “SDGs Future Cities” by the government and is actively promoting initiatives to achieve the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). In order to view Sapporo by a global standard and to develop city promotion through objective evaluations, in January 2020, Sapporo became the first Japanese city to be certified as Platinum, the highest rank of LEED for Cities and Communities, one of the categories of LEED, an internationally recognized environmental performance evaluation system.
Through these initiatives, the City of Sapporo aims to realize a decarbonized society where the environment and the economy are compatible, and is promoting urban development that supports attractive lifestyles unique to Sapporo.
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