Entitled “Sustainable Solutions for an Urban Future,” the Congress gathered over 2,500 delegates from 249 local governments worldwide.

From Japan, six ICLEI member cities, including Kitakyushu City, Kyoto City, Kumamoto City, Sapporo City, Tokyo Prefecture, and Yokohama City, attended the Congress, and presented on their efforts in parallel sessions. For example, Kitakyushu presented on air quality improvement through international environmental cooperation, Kyoto on low carbon city development efforts, Kumamoto on watershed management, Tokyo on its Cap-and-Trade program for reducing GHG emissions, and Yokohama on its Future City initiatives.

To learn more about the sessions participated by Japanese member cities and view their presentation materials, visit the links below:

• Session A1: Low emission development strategies: pathways to a low emission, green, and inclusive urban economy (Kyoto City)
• Session B4: Urban Health: Cities cooperate on air pollution in Northeast Asia (Kitakyushu City, Tokyo Prefecture)
• Session C1: Leadership for Green Growth: The New Climate Economy and Cities’ commitment through the Compact of Mayors (Tokyo Prefecture)
• Session C5: EcoCities and Ecological Civilization: Integrating human and nature values in sustainable urban planning (Yokohama City)
• Session C6: Metropolitan areas: How governance models can support sustainable city-region-city relations (Kumamoto City)
• Session D3: Low carbon cities in Asia through city-to-city cooperation (Tokyo Prefecture, Yokohama City)

Related links:

• ICLEI World Congress 2015 website
  http://worldcongress2015.iclei.org/en/
• ICLEI World Congress 2015 in review
  http://www.iclei.org/details/article/iclei-world-congress-2015-in-review.html