INTRODUCTION

Climate change is a multidimensional problem at the nexus of energy, environment and ecosystems. In order to successfully tackle the issue of climate change, it is essential for both developed and developing countries to attain low-carbon growth by fully mobilizing technological and financial means through public-private cooperation. The country Japan energy system features diversified energy resources, high energy-savings and low-carbon technologies.

Japan’s advanced technologies can contribute to low-carbon growth more widely and expeditiously in developing countries. For this thought, Japanese government promotes Joint Credit Mechanism (JCM), which is designed to allow flexible technology transfer and mitigation measures can potentially reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the developing Asia-Pacific countries. Furthermore, Japan aims to provide the technical know-how necessary to implement GHG emissions mitigation projects under this mechanism. The mechanism targets to facilitate the diffusion of advanced low- carbon technologies, products, systems, services and infrastructure, which advance mitigation action and contribution to global sustainable development.

However, JCM is designed and implemented through robust methodologies that can ensure transparency and environmental integrity; avoid double-counting with regard to GHG emission reductions or removals; and be maintained as a simple and practical mechanism. The Japanese JCM intend to contribute the ultimate objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by facilitating global actions for GHG emission reductions or removals, by complementing the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).

BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT

The energy, environment and ecosystem (3E) Nexus initiative project is an effort to achieve the above. The Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S), University of Tokyo with the vision of enhancing multinational research collaborations on low carbon development in Asia-Pacific countries has initiated the 3E-Nexus project. The project aims to advance mitigation actions by facilitating the diffusion of advanced low-carbon technologies, products, systems and infrastructure in line with the Japanese Joint Credit Mechanism (JCM). On the other hand, the project targets capacity development activities such as kick-off meetings, workshops, trainings to understanding on the institutional and technical aspects such as GHG emission reduction projects and Measuring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) methodologies of the JCM both at government and private sectors.