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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development

Kumamoto Initiative for Water - Promoting both climate change adaptation and mitigation measures and measures to improve people’s basic living environment -

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and relevant Ministries (
Government
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Description
Description

Japan will proactively contribute to the solution of water-related social issues faced by the Asia-Pacific region by developing “Quality Infrastructure”capitalizing on Japan’s advanced technologies, and based on a “New Form of Capitalism”, which means promoting public-private partnerships and fostering digitization and innovation to solve social issues as a growth engine for sustainable development and the formation of a resilient society and economy.

1. Promoting both climate change adaptation and mitigation measures
(1) Promoting the development of “Quality Infrastructure”
- Develop and provide hybrid technology to develop dams, sewerage systems and agricultural facilities to reduce the damage caused by flooding for river basin sustainability and resilience against water-related disaster risks for climate change adaptation and also to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for climate change mitigation
(Improve and renew existing dams to bring about the effects more speedily)
- Propose the introduction of “Quality Infrastructure” through public-private partnership
(2) Contribution to fill gaps of observation data
- Provide satellite data obtained from the meteorological satellite “Himawari” and Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2) “Daichi-2” as well as from the core satellite of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission
(3) Contribution to governance (systems, human resources and capacity)
- Sophisticate the evaluation of water-related disaster risks by the use of AI/IoT-based forecast and analysis technologies
- Support human resource development through the Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Information Platform (AP-PLAT) and the Data Integration and Analysis System (DIAS)
(4) Utilization and expansion of the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM)

2. Promoting measures to improve people’s basic living environment
(1) Promoting the development of “Quality Water Supply Systems”
- Introduce advanced technologies, including IoT technologies for the development of water supply facilities
(2) Promoting the development of “Quality Sanitation Facilities”
- Develop sewerage systems and on-site treatment facilities and enhance abilities to operate comprehensive treatment facilities

Japan will provide financial assistance worth approximately 500 billion yen over the next five years for the development of “Quality Infrastructure” through the use of its digital technologies and innovation, in addition to continuing its conventional effort to ensure access to safe water and sanitation for more people.
Japan will thereby accelerate the water-related measures in the Asia-Pacific region and across the world toward the achievement of the SDGs by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050.

Expected Impact

Contributions to the solution of social issues regarding water and to the sustainable economic growth of the Asia-Pacific region and the entire world

Partners

The governments around the world

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Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and relevant Ministries
SDGs
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Region
  1. Asia and Pacific
  2. Global
Other beneficiaries

All people in the Asia-Pacific region and across the world

Countries
Japan
Japan
Contact Information

Akira, Deputy Director, Water Resources Planning Division