Event Information
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Event Date
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Nov. 30, 2022
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Oct. 12, 2022
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Sep. 26, 2022
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Sep. 14, 2022
Symposium: “What Does It Mean to Design a Sustainable Society?”
UTokyo Climate Action
In October 2022, the University of Tokyo published the UTokyo Climate Action (CA), an action plan to achieve virtually zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The plan calculates greenhouse gas emissions in Scope 1, 2, and 3, and sets reduction targets for each Scope by 2030, 2040 and 2050. The development of this plan is a necessary process for a participant "Race to Zero" campaign to fulfill its responsibilities. Additionally, the plan provides baseline information for students, faculty, and staff to work together to strengthen the University of Tokyo's sustainability activities. The progress of the plan will be regularly reviewed and revised as necessary.
GX and UTokyo
This series looks into green transformation (GX)-related initiatives at UTokyo, through interviews with key faculty members. The university is taking actions to realize a sustainable society within the Earth’s capacity.
- Tackling sustainability challenges since 1994
- Executive Vice President Tatsuya Okubo
- Mapping out UTokyo’s path toward net zero
- Associate Professor Yasunori Kikuchi
- Earth, ecology, humans at core of center to fix environmental crisis
- Professor Taikan Oki, director of the UTokyo Center for Climate Solutions
UTokyo Green Transformation Logo
The UTokyo GX (Green Transformation) logo depicts blue and yellow ginkgo leaves, the symbol of UTokyo, rotating and merging to create a green color to visually render the green transformation. The transformation of the ginkgo leaves’ shapes and color while retaining their original form also represents the university’s proactive approach toward GX.
Launch of the Energy Transition Initiative – Center for Global Commons
ETI-CGC (Energy Transition Initiative – Center for Global Commons), a platform of industry-academia collaboration was launched on November 5, 2021 with an aim to develop Japan's pathways to achieve decarbonization (net zero greenhouse gas emissions) by mid-century.
Through the ETI-CGC, the University of Tokyo will contribute from an academic standpoint to Japan's economic and social system transition required for achieving decarbonization.
- Upon the launch of ETI-CGC (PDF)
- (Attachment 1) ETI-CGC Member List (PDF)
- (Attachment 2) Subjects for exploration after COP26 (PDF)
The University of Tokyo's Participation in the "Race to Zero" Campaign
In response to a call by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the University of Tokyo has joined the "Race to Zero" campaign, becoming the first Japanese national university to do so. UTokyo has declared its commitment to achieving virtually zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The participation in the "Race to Zero" campaign is the first effort of the University of Tokyo toward the realization of GX.
- [Article] UTokyo joins global Race to Zero campaign (October 22, 2021)
- [Article] UTokyo Hosts Race to Zero Students’ Dialogue at COP26 (November 22, 2021)
