00:09 Hello everyone,
00:10 I'm Tomokounaki from World Bank Tokyo Development and Learning Center.
00:14 We all know climate change is a global issue to tackle.
00:18 But do we know what actions our cities are taking to combat climate change?
00:24 To find out what steps Tokyo is taking,
00:28 we asked Toshi Arrimura,
00:30 professor of political science and economics at University of Waseda,
00:34 Tokyo.
00:36 We really hope you enjoy his insight into this important topic.
00:41 And if you wanna learn more,
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00:46 So over to you,
00:46 Toshi.
00:52 Tokyo er emission strategy
00:54 is aiming to achieve the net emissions by 2050,
01:00 and how they are going to do it.
01:03 First,
01:04 they want to promote energy efficiency,
01:06 so they expect building owners to invest in energy efficient technologies.
01:11 And second,
01:13 they want to promote renewable energies.
01:16 I think Tokyo needs more solar panels.
01:20 To produce zero emission electricity
01:23 by Tokyo,
01:25 and
01:26 they're also looking for the strategy to
01:28 promote net zero emissions in transportation sectors
01:33 like public transportation,
01:35 they are promoting a hydrogen bus,
01:37 uh,
01:38 the bus that they're using a fuel cell.
01:40 In addition,
01:41 uh,
01:41 Tokyo metropolitan government wants to promote electric vehicles
01:46 for individuals and households.
01:55 Tokyo has implemented a Tokyo cap and trade scheme,
01:59 so this is a system that the government set a cap on emissions,
02:03 and the building owners
02:05 can trade their permits if they reduce more than they
02:10 are required,
02:12 and this system can be applied to,
02:14 I think,
02:15 many middle income countries.
02:17 And for low income countries,
02:19 I think
02:20 they can learn
02:22 how Tokyo Metropolitan government
02:24 helped
02:25 the building owners.
02:26 So they basically give a lot of technical assistance
02:30 to the building owners
02:32 on how to reduce
02:34 energy
02:36 consumption,
02:37 and they also provided financial assistance to the building owners.
02:42 This kind of schemes can be used,
02:44 I think in many low income countries as well.
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