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Press Release FY2019

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• March 30, 2020 The circle of local government cooperation by blue carbon will be further expanded! Certified as a right (credit) to trade blue carbon of cultured seaweed in Hannan City, Osaka Prefecture (Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized, GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau)
• March 17, 2020 Yokohama City and e-Mobility Power have concluded a partnership agreement to promote the spread of EVs - Expand charging infrastructure and aim for "YOKOHAMA, an advanced city for next-generation vehicles" ~ (Decarbonization, GREEN × EXPO Promotion Bureau Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department)
• March 03, 2020 [Canceled] Cancellation of events related to "EARTH HOUR 2020 in YOKOHAMA" (Decarbonization / GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department SDGs Future City Promotion Section)
• February 28, 2020 Certified as a right (credit) for aquaculture seaweed and aquaculture kelp blue carbon in Fudai-mura, Iwate Prefecture, which has concluded a renewable energy cooperation agreement with Motoichi (Decarbonization / GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division)
• February 17, 2020 We will hold Yokohama Blue Carbon Wakame Harvest Event! (Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized and GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau)
• February 10, 2020 The 2nd Personal Mobility "WHILL" Sharing Demonstration Experiment START! (Decarbonization / GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department SDGs Future City Promotion Section)
• February 05, 2020 Yokohama's "Canna Shaved Tree Straw" SDGs Straw Yokohama will be offered at city hotels! (Decarbonization / GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department SDGs Future City Promotion Section)
• February 04, 2020 ~ Global Light Down ~ Connect the Blue Earth to the Future 60 minutes March 28 "EARTH HOUR 2020 in YOKOHAMA" will be held! (Decarbonization / GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department SDGs Future City Promotion Section)
• February 04, 2020 Outline of FY2020 Climate Change Policy Headquarters Budget (Decarbonization, GREEN × EXPO Promotion Bureau, General Affairs Department Accounting Section)
• January 24, 2020 Yokohama City and Kawasaki City, the “SDGs Future City,” will hold a collaborative event! Introduction of case studies to improve corporate value through SDGs initiatives promoted by industry, government, and money-(Decarbonization, GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau SDGs Future City Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department)
• January 24, 2020 The 8th Yokohama Blue Carbon Symposium will be held! (Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized and GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau)
• January 14, 2020 Yokohama City and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. have concluded a “Disaster Cooperation Agreement” using electric vehicles--with the power storage function of electric vehicles to secure valuable power sources in the event of a disaster-(Decarbonization, GREEN × EXPO Promotion Bureau Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department)
• January 14, 2020 [Press Release] Start short-time telework at city companies (Decarbonization / GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department SDGs Future City Promotion Section)
• January 14, 2020 Blue Carbon at Alame Field in Hyuga City, Miyazaki Prefecture has been certified under the Yokohama Bull Carbon Offset System! (Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized and GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau)
• January 07, 2020 [Press Release] We hold "the second local government virtual power plant (VPP) promotion liaison meeting"! (Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized and GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau)
• December 27, 2019 New supply of renewable electricity from Yokohama-cho, Aomori Prefecture to nine small and medium-sized enterprises in Yokohama City (Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized, GREEN × EXPO Promotion Bureau)
• December 19, 2019 The CO2 absorption and fixed amount of kelp and seaweed cultivated in the sea of Yokohama have been certified as credits! (Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized and GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau)
• December 17, 2019 Carbon offset was implemented using blue carbon from eelgrass in Marine Park (Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized, GREEN × EXPO Promotion Bureau)
• December 16, 2019 Holding a global warming countermeasure spread awareness event "COOL CHOICE YOKOHAMA Eco New Discovery!" (Decarbonization / GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department Decarbonized Lifestyle Promotion Section)
• December 09, 2019 Meeting to solve environmental issues for companies and students (Decarbonization / GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department Decarbonized Lifestyle Promotion Section)
• December 02, 2019 [Press Release] We will start examining the use of graduated FIT (electricity for which the feed-in tariff has ended) in the city! (Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized and GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau)
• November 28, 2019 "SDGs Future City / Environmental Picture Diary Exhibition 2019" will be held! (Decarbonization / GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department SDGs Future City Promotion Section)
• November 22, 2019 We will hold Yokohama Blue Carbon Wakame Planting Event! (Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized and GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau)
• November 07, 2019 As one of the projects of the Yokohama SDGs Design Center, contribute to deplasticization through the SDGs straw “SDGs straw Yokohama” (Decarbonization / GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department SDGs Future City Promotion Section)
• November 05, 2019 Personal mobility "WHILL" Sharing Demonstration Experiment START! (Decarbonization / GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department SDGs Future City Promotion Section)
• September 25, 2019 How many years are your home appliances made? Implement energy-saving home appliances replacement campaign in nine prefectures (Decarbonization / GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department Decarbonized Lifestyle Promotion Section)
• September 17, 2019 eelgrass Blue Carbon (12.3 t-CO2) in Marine Park will be certified for the first time as a carbon offset credit! (Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized and GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau)
• September 12, 2019 For the first time in Kanagawa Prefecture, we operate a fuel cell bus on a municipal bus! (Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized and GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau)
• September 05, 2019 Started supplying renewable electricity from Yokohama-cho, Aomori Prefecture to Yokohama City (Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized and GREEN × EXPO Promotion Bureau)
• July 25, 2019 "Green Kids 2019 Summer-Creature Observation Tour in Tokyo Bay-" will be held at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, Yokohama. (Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized and GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau)
• July 24, 2019 Proposal of SDGs Life Design Project "SDGs House" Experience the SDGs using actual housing, furniture, daily necessities, etc. (Decarbonization / GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department SDGs Future City Promotion Section)
• July 23, 2019 Yokohama City and Euglena Co., Ltd. are working on the Biofuel locally grown and consumed Project. (Decarbonization / GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department SDGs Future City Promotion Section)
• July 19, 2019 We hold "local government blue carbon promotion liaison meeting"! (Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized and GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau)
• July 03, 2019 Yokohama City and Panasonic Corporation have begun efforts to combat heat using mist-type cooling machines (Decarbonization, GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau Decarbonization Social Transition Promotion Department Decarbonization Planning Promotion Section)
• June 05, 2019 It's the first time in Japan! Develop virtual power plant (VPP) construction business at Kohoku Ward General Government Building (Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized, GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau)
• June 04, 2019 Decarbonization / GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Section, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department)
• June 04, 2019 We will start a VPP construction demonstration project utilizing electric vehicles! (Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized and GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau)
• May 31, 2019 Environmental action called by Yokohama DeNA Baystars Let's start with what we can do now! (Decarbonization / GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized Lifestyle Promotion Section)
• May 31, 2019 Started recruitment of citizens and businesses participating in the Yokohama Carbon Offset Project in FY2019 (Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Section, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized, GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau)
• May 22, 2019 Implementation of requests for initiatives to realize a hydrogen society (Carbon Neutral Business Promotion Division, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized, GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau)
• May 08, 2019 Yokohama City and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation will start initiatives to realize a resource-recycling eco-cycle (Decarbonization / GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau, Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department SDGs Future City Promotion Section)
• April 19, 2019 Implemented “Eco-friendly Lifestyle Practice and Action” campaign (Decarbonized, GREEN × EXPO Promotion Bureau Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized Lifestyle Promotion Division)
• April 19, 2019 [Press Release] Photovoltaic power generation installation experimental project No. 1 Photovoltaic power generation system energized (Decarbonization / GREEN × EXPO Promotion Bureau Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Division, Decarbonized Lifestyle Promotion Division)
• April 16, 2019 Yokohama National University Graduate School of Urban Innovation and Yokohama City collaborate! We hold special public class! SDGs Transform into a future city design called city management. (Decarbonization / GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau Decarbonized Society Transition Promotion Department, Decarbonized Lifestyle Promotion Section)
• April 10, 2019 Greenhouse gas emissions in the city in FY2017 (preliminary figures) 1.3% decrease compared to the previous year (Decarbonization, GREEN x EXPO Promotion Bureau Decarbonization Society Transition Promotion Department Decarbonization Planning Promotion Section)