Climate Change
Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM)
The JCM is a system to cooperate with developing countries for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, under which the amount of emission reduction is assessed as contribution by both partner countries and Japan.
1. Overview of the mechanism
The JCM aims to facilitate diffusion of leading decarbonizing technologies and infrastructure, etc., through investment by Japanese entities, thereby contributing to GHG emission reductions or removals and sustainable development in partner countries. The JCM contributes to the achievement of both countries’ NDCs* by evaluating Japan’s contributions in a quantitative manner and acquiring the part of credit.
As of January 2024, JCM partnership document is signed with 29 countries.
In order to promote the JCM, support is being provided for implementing JCM projects (JCM model projects by Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ), Asian Development Bank (ADB) trust fund, JCM demonstration projects by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), feasibility studies, etc. and support for administrative processes related to JCM project cycle.
(Note) NDC (Nationally Determined Contribution): The Paris Agreement requests each country to outline and communicate their emissions reduction target every five years.
2. JCM partner countries
Japan has held consultations for the JCM since 2011 and has established the JCM with Mongolia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, Maldives, Viet Nam, Laos, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Palau, Cambodia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Chile, Myanmar, Thailand, the Philippines, Senegal, Tunisia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Georgia, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Papua New Guinea, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kyrgyz, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.
| Country | Date and Place | Signer(Japan) | Signer(Partner Country) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | January 8 2013 Ulaanbaatar |
Amb. SHIMIZU Takenori | Sanjaasuren Oyun, Minister for Environment and Green Development |
| 2 | Bangladesh | March 19 2013 Dhaka |
Amb. SADOSHIMA Shiro | Shafiqur Rahman Patiwari, Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forest People’s Republic |
| 3 | Ethiopia | May 27 2013 Addis Ababa |
Amb. KISHIMO Hiroyuki | Ahmed Shide, State Minister of Finance and Economic |
| 4 | Kenya | June 12 2013 Nairobi |
Amb. TAKATA Toshihisa | ALI D. MOHAMED, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources |
| 5 | Maldives | June 29 2013 Okinawa |
ISHIHARA Nobuteru, Minister of the Environment | Mariyam Shakeela, Mnister of Environment and Energy |
| 6 | Viet Nam | July 2 2013 Hanoi |
MOTEGI Toshimitsu, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry | Nguyen Minh Quang, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment |
| 7 | Laos | August 7 2013 Vientiane |
Amb. YOKOTA Junko | Noulinh SINBANDHIT, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment |
| 8 | Indonesia | August 26 2013 Jakarta |
KISHIDA Fumio, Minister for Foreign Affair | Hatta Rajasa, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs |
| 9 | Costa Rica | December 9 2013 Tokyo |
ISHIHARA Nobuteru, Minister of the Environment | Rene Castro Salazar, Minister of Environment and Energy |
| 10 | Palau | January 13 2014 Ngerulmud |
ISHIHARA Nobuteru, Minister of the Environment | Charles Obichang, Minister of Public Infrastructure, Industry and Commerce |
| 11 | Cambodia | April 11 2014 Phnom Penh |
Amb. KUMAMARU Yuji | SAY Samal, Minister of Environment |
| 12 | Mexico | July 25 2014 Mexico city |
Amb. MEGATA Shuichiro |
Juan José Guerra Abud, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | May 13 2015 | (Amb. OKUDA Norihirp) | (Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Vice Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources) |
| 14 | Chile | May 26 2015 Santiago | Amb. NIKAI Naoto | Heraldo Muñoz, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 15 | Myanmar | September 16 2015 Nay pyi Taw |
Amb. HIGUCHI Tateshi | Thet Thet Zin, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry |
| 16 | Thai | November 19 2015 Tokyo | MARUKAWA Tamayo, Minister of the Environment | General Surasak Karnjanarat, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment |
| 17 | Philippines | January 12 2017 Manila | Amb. ISHIKAWA Kazuhide | Regina Paz L. Lopez, Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources |
| 18 | Senegal | August 25 2022 Dakar |
Amb. IZAWA Osamu | Adbou Karim SALL, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development |
| 19 | Tunisia | August 26 2022 Tunis |
HAYASHI Yoshimasa, Minister for Foreign Affairs | Othman JERANDI, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisian Abroad |
| 20 | Azerbaijan | September 5 2022 Baku |
Amb. WADA Junichi | Mukhtar BABAYEV, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources |
| 21 | Moldova | September 6 2022 Chișinău |
Amb. KATAYAMA Yoshihiro | Iuliana CANTARAGIU, Minister of Environment |
| 22 | Georgia | September 13 2022 Tbilisi |
Amb. IMAMURA Akira | Otar Shamugia, Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture |
| 23 | Sri Lanka | October 10 2022 Colombo |
Amb. MIZUKOSHI Hideaki | Anil Jasinghe, the Secretary of Ministry of Environment |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | October 25 2022 Tashkent |
Amb. FUJIYAMA Yoshinori | Jamsid Khodjayev, Deputy Prime Minister-Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade |
| 25 | Papua New Guinea | November 18 2022 Sharm-el-Sheikh |
NISHIMURA Akihiro, Minister of the Environment | Simo Kilepa, Minister for Environment, Conservation and Climate Change |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | April 16 2023 Sapporo |
NISHIMURA Yasutoshi, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry | Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, UAE Special Envoy for Climate Change |
| 27 | Kyrgyz | July 6 2023 Bishkek | Amb. GODA Hideki, | Azamat TEMIRKULOV, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision |
| 28 | Kazakhstan | October 30 2023 Astana | Amb. YAMADA Jun | NYSSANBAYEV Yerlan, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources |
| 29 | Ukraine | February 19 2024 Tokyo | ITO Shintaro, Minister of the Environment Amb. MATSUDA Kuninori |
Ruslan STRILETS, Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources |
