INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
International Climate Development Institute is a non-profit organization that focuses on climate change, human rights, intergenerational justice, and developing rights, and actively participates in international activities. Inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ICDI actively implement the SDG13 “Climate Action”. The core belief of the organization is the concern for climate change and the right to human development; that is, when we talk about the adjustment and transformation that human beings need in the face of climate change, developing rights are important as well. With professional knowledge in climate governance, the organization provides assistance of capacity building, energy transformation, and development of adaptation strategies to disadvantaged groups to help them move towards a sustainable life with climate resilience.
E-Mobility and Energy Decentralization─Saitama, Japan
Solution Description
In 2009 Saitama City launched the ‘‘E-KIZUNA Project’’, aiming to promote the use of electric vehicles as a strategy to achieve a sustainable low-carbon society. The city identified the importance of next-generation vehicles such as EVs becoming more widespread, while tackling the issue of CO2 emissions from private cars. Considering the current state of this technology, the challenges posed by the limitations of next-generation vehicles include: Limited mileage from a single charge, The high cost of such vehicles, Limited awareness on the part of consumers/end users.
Saitama City has established three policies, respectively, to tackle those challenges as follows:
1. Establishing Battery Charging Safety Net
2. Boosting from The Demand Side by Providing Various Incentives
3. Promoting Public Awareness through Community-Based Activities