Long-Term Strategy under the Paris Agreement.

This Long-term Strategy under the Paris Agreement is formulated by the Government of Japan as long-term low greenhouse gas (GHG) emission development strategy in accordance with the provision1 of the Paris Agreement. Japan’s long-term visionis to realize carbon neutrality by 2050, based on the idea that addressing climate change is no longer a constraint on economic growth and that proactive climate change measures bring transformation of industrial structures as well as its economy and society, leading to dynamic economic growth.
Japan will strongly promote the “re-design” of its economy and society to make it sustainable and resilient, through accelerating green growth by innovation and “three types of transitions,” namely towards “a decarbonized society,” “a circular economy” and “a decentralized society,” in order to rebuild its hurt economy while aiming at the solution of environmental problems, thereby achieving a society where the future generations can live in prosperity. At the same time, in local regions, Japan will realize the aforementioned three transitions through renewed community building based on the idea of “Circular and Ecological Economy,” so as to transform the ways of life into ones that are comfortable, convenient, as well as sustainable. Each regional community utilizes regional resources in a sustainable manner and formulates a self-reliant and decentralized society while building broader networks, in order to advance local decarbonization, and achieve the SDGs with integrated improvements on the environment, economy and society, thereby achieving a net-zero, resilient and comfortable community and living by 2050. Especially in rural areas, under local leadership, full advantage will be taken of abundant and diverse resources: renewable energy including biomass, photovoltaic solar panels built above the farmland (Farming-photovoltaics), and hydrogen. Furthermore, by supplying those energy sources to outside the rural areas will contribute to significant reduction of GHG emissions on a wider scale in Japan.
Furthermore, to promote the construction of sustainable food systems looking ahead to the future of local regions and to enhance productivity potentials and to ensure sustainability of agriculture, forestry, fisheries and food industries in a compatible manner through innovation, the Government will promote the implementation of technologies that have already been developed in the entire supply chain, from sourcing, production, processing and distribution, to consumption, sequentially develop innovative technologies and production systems by 2040, and promptly implement them in society by 2050.