Japan’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).

This Japan’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) is a multi-sectoral policy document. The target of Japan is to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent in FY 2035 and by 73 percent in FY 2040, respectively, from its FY 2013 levels, as ambitious targets aligned with the global 1.5°C goal and on a straight pathway towards the achievement of net zero by 2050. The period for implementation is from 1 April 2031 to 31 March 2041. This target is an economy-wide emission reduction target. It covers the follwing sectors and categories: (a) Energy including fuel combustion (Energy industries, Manufacturing industries and Construction, Transport, Commercial/Institutional, Residential, Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing, and Other), fugitive emissions from fuels and CO2 transport and storage; (b) Industrial processes and product use; (c) Agriculture; (d) Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF); (e) Waste; (f) Others included in the GHG inventory. The activities related to contributions from the LULUCF sector are: afforestation and reforestation (AR), deforestation (D), forest management (FM), cropland management (CM), grazing land management (GM), urban greening (UG), and coastal wetlands (BC). The carbon pools for contributions from the LULUCF sector are: above-ground biomass, below-ground biomass, dead wood, litter, soils, harvested wood.
According to Japan’s NDC, the country will establish and implement the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) in order to quantitatively evaluate the contributions of Japan to greenhouse gas emission reductions and removals which are achieved through the diffusion of, among others, decarbonizing technologies, products, systems, services, and infrastructures as well as through the implementation of measures in global south countries and others, and to use such contributions to achieve Japan’s NDC. Furthermore, Japan will also make proactive efforts in international cooperation to promote net zero and to improve resilience in global south countries and others, including from developing policies and institutional platforms to promoting sector- and city-level efforts as well as facilitating technology diffusion.