Summery of International Conference on Promoting the Low-Carbon Cities 2009

October 5, 2009
Regional Revitalization Bureau (Cabinet Secretariat)

　"Eco-Model City (EMC) Initiative" reflects policy for realizing low-carbon society and revitalizing community. It is strongly promoted by co-works of many local-governments nationwide including 13 EMCs, central government and concerned organizations.
　At the conference, having 1,169 people as audience, we brought together in one place, worldwide environmentally-friendly cities, the government, and so on, and discussed on sustainable city in future with introductions of best practices and reviews presented by foreign guests.

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[[Sub-Session in the morning]]
●Session1 "Development of Low-Carbon District/Area"
* Dalian city
* Portland Metro Council
* Stockholm city
* France
* Kitakyushu city
* Iida city
* Toyama city

●Session2 "Implementations of Policies to Promote Green Economy"
* Copenhagen city
　　　　Presentation material
　　　　Speech draft
* Hamburg city
* European Commission
* Yokohama city
* Town of Yuushara
* Minamata city

[[General Session in the afternoon]]
● keynote speech

●Introduction of actions of EMCs
* Cabinet Secretariat
* Kyoto city
* Chiyoda city
* Iida city
* Toyota city
* Miyakojima city
* Yusuhara city

● Introduction of actions of European Commission

●Session1 "Development of Low-Carbon District/Area"
* Report of the session in the morning
* Representative of NPO
* Stockholm city

●Session2 "Implementations of Policies to Promote Green Economy"
* From the Coordinator
* Report of the session in the morning
* Representative of NPO