Kitakyushu’s Challenge to
Promote the Development of Green Industry
Kenji Kitahashi
Mayor, City of Kitakyushu, Japan
Today’s Points
1 Pillars of Kitakyushu’s environmental policies
2 Action taken on behalf of Kitakyushu’s environment
（１）Overcoming severe environmental pollution
（２）Development of eco-industries
（３）International cooperation with cities overseas
（4）New challenges for city’s “Green Growth” strategy
Compatibility of environment and economy
Development of an Industrial City
Supporting the Modernization of Japan
Major businesses in the
Kitakyushu area
Japan
NIPPON STEEL
CORPORATION
Kitakyushu
Four major Industrial areas
TOTO
Population: 975,000 (Oct 2011)
Area: 487.89km2 (Oct 2010)
GDP: 3.52 trillion yen (2008)
YASKAWA Electric
Mainstay of Kitakyushu’s
Environmental Policies
Paving the way for economic
development through
environmental action
Living together,
creating together
Kitakyushu’s Basic Concept & Plan
Objective of city development
Encouraging the city’s people and culture to
create an environmentally- and technology-rich
city hand-in-hand with the world
Create city brand
Enhance the city’s
sustainability
Eco-Model City
Approved July 2008
Based on the principle of a resource-based society
Creation of low carbon society
CO2 reduction target (2050)
World Capital of
Sustainable
Development
Technology
Capital of Asia
Citywide: 50%
150% decrease in Asia
Overcoming Severe Pollution:
Kitakyushu’s Experience
1960s
Kitakyushu, the site of Japan’s most deplorable
air pollution, saw nearby elementary schools
close down due to the pollution
“Dokai Bay, the Sea of Death”
Water pollution in the bay disintegrated
screws on ships and even E. coli could
not be detected.
Overcoming Severe Pollution:
Kitakyushu’s Experience
Today
1960s
Key Factors: Partnerships among Multi-Stakeholders
Residents
Residents observing a private company
Study session on air pollution
measures with university professors
Partnership
Environmental supervision &
environmental infrastructure
Local Government
Cleaner Production &
pollution control equipment
Private Enterprises
5
Compatibility of Environmental Improvement
and Economic Growth
Environmental pollution (Sulfur oxide)
Environmental Pollution
2/day)
(mg-SO
3/100cm
(mg-SO3/100ｃ
㎡/day)
2
1968
1968
1.5
Achieving economic development
together with
environmental improvement
1969
1970
1967
1
1963
1962
1966
1965
1961
1964
1972
1971
1973
1974
1960
1960
0.5
1976
1977
1978
1980
1980
1979
0
0
5
10
15
20
25
Economic Development
Economic Development
(Value
of shipments: 100 billion yen)
(Value of Shipments: 100Billiom Yen)
Source: World Bank, MEIP Report, 1993
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Taking on the Challenge of a Resource Recycling Society
Kitakyushu Eco-Town Project
Japan’s Largest Eco-Town
Approved 1997, Started operations 1998
No. business facilities: 29
No. research facilities: 16
Automobile recycling
R&D on recycling
technologies for solar
power systems
・Investment
・Employees
・Visitors
Collection/treatment
of rare metals
~66 billion yen
~1,300
~940,000 (1998-March 2011)
Fluorescent lighting
recycling
Low-Carbon Technologies in Kitakyushu
Mitsubishi Chemical
Mitsubishi Materials
Nippon Coke & Engineering
15 types of waste treatment and
recycling, such as metal waste
and sludge
CDQ (Coke Dry Quenching Process) Processable organic photovoltaics
Next-generation flexible and
Supply power and steam to
lightweight photovoltaic modules
neighboring factories
Power generation capacity: 27,900kW
Eco-Techno
Western Japan’s largest
eco-technology expo that
displays the latest ecotechnologies, products
and information
Yaskawa Electric
Energy saving, inverters
Kitakyushu Eco-Premium
Creating a low-carbon economy through eco-products and services
(Select eco-premium goods)
in electric arc furnaces using
Eco-friendly sanitary ceramic Next-generation lighting CCFL
Long-lasting (similar to LED). Energy
products (with tank)
steel scrap
Reduces amount of water flushed to savings of 20-40% compared with
Thick boards manufactured
75% reduction in CO2 emissions
4.8 liters
fluorescent lights.
Outline started in 2004
Technologies and products (eco-products), as well as services (eco-services) within
the city that reduce impacts on the environment are selected as “Eco-Premiums,” which
then promote the environmental activities of local industries through their expansion
and penetration into various markets.
Focal points:
Resource conservation, energy saving, long-lasting, simple
maintenance, leasing, reusing, etc.
Continuous “Collection of Knowledge”
～Kitakyushu Science and Research Park～
Graduate School, Waseda
University
Open in April 2001
Promoting local industries and academic
institutions, such as universities that apply
“knowledge”
Graduate School, Fukuoka
University
Graduate School of Engineering
Core science and research focal point in Asia
Create new industries, advance technology
Graduate School of Information,
Production and Systems
Information, Production and
Systems Research Center
University of Kitakyushu
Kyushu Institute of Technology
Graduate School of Life Science
and System Engineering
Center for Human Quality of Life
Through IT
Environment & Information
Faculty of Environmental
Engineering
Graduate School of Environmental
Engineering
International Cooperation with Cities Overseas
Contributing to the improvement of the global environment
with the experience and know-how acquired in the process of
environmental improvement
Trainees: 6,207 persons, 138 countries
Experts sent overseas: 160+ persons
Kitakyushu International Technocooperative Association (KITA)
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Kyushu International Center (JICA
Kyushu)
Environmental Cooperation (China)
Japan-China Recycling Society Cooperation Project (Eco-Town)
Cooperation for actions to create resourcerecycling cities in China, using Kitakyushu’s
Eco-Town Project as reference
2007-08 Qingdao
2008-09 Tianjin
2009-10 Dalian
At the Prime Minister’s official residence (May 2008)
Environmental Improvement Project in Dalian
1994
2000
※Dalian received the Global 500 award in 2001
Leading Figures from China Visiting Kitakyushu
Kitakyushu’s actions attract attention from international society
Xi Jinping (Vice-President of
PRC) made a formal visit to
Kitakyushu on Dec 16, 2009
The People’s Daily (Dec 17, 2009) reported that Kitakyushu’s
rich experiences in environmental protection and development of
advanced technologies deserve to be used as a model for
application to China today.
International Environmental Cooperation (Indonesia)
Environmental improvement in Surabaya, Indonesia’s 2nd largest city
Spread of organic waste
composting techniques from
Kitakyushu to over 20,000
households in Surabaya
30% reduction of waste
Koji Takakura of JPEC teaching about the composting technique
City in 2001
Streets overrun by garbage
Surabaya’s streets today
Increased greenery in parks and along roads using compost
International Environmental Cooperation (Indonesia)
A joint statement was made in March 2011 on a strategic
environmental partnership between Surabaya and Kitakyushu.
(Left: The Honorable Tri Rismaharini, Mayor, City of Surabaya)
International Environmental Cooperation (Cambodia)
Since cooperation began in 1999, there has been rapid
improvement in Phnom Penh’s water supply
Kitakyushu staff providing on-site
technological guidance
October 2011
(1996⇒2006)
Water supply diffusion rate: 25%=>90%
Water supply time: 10h => 24h
%of non-revenue water: 72% => 8%
A friendship award was granted to
staff involved in cooperation
activities by the Government of
Cambodia to commemorate the
many years of cooperation.
Water Business with Hai Phong, Viet Nam
Development of new water-based business in Hai Phong
April 2009
October 2011
MoU with Hai Phong for exchange
and cooperation
A comprehensive MoU on water
projects was concluded between the
two cities based on past exchange and
cooperative agreements
Achievements of
agreement
Carrying out cooperation, such as enhancing
support for businesses, implementing
governmental exchange activities, and
developing human resources
(L: Deputy Chair, Hai Phong Diet Affairs Committee)
(L: Mr. Trinh Quang Huy, Chairman of the People’s
Committee Hai Phong)
Hai Phong authorized the introduction of
the water block system adopted by
Kitakyushu and is targeting improvement
within five years
New Challenges①
Water Plaza (Water recycling demo plant)
①Sewage membrane
treatment area
②UF/RO membrane
system area
(2F: Observation Bldg.）
Water Plaza
Product water from sewage:
1,000m3/day
Product water from seawater:
400m3/day
③Test bed
Started operations in April 2011
Water Plaza:
The Water Plaza is a demo plant for
recycling water, integrating the processes
of sewage membrane treatment (sewage
reuse system) and seawater desalination.
(Capacity: 1,400m3/day)
・Development/testing of world
class technology
・Showroom disseminating info
・Used for on-site training for overseas
trainees
Seawater intake
Sewage discharge
Sea
100ｍ
New Challenges②
Kitakyushu Smart Community Development Project
Creating a new lifestyle with locally produced and locally consumed energy
Selected as one of four bases in Japan in April 2010
Hydrogen network
Hydrogen
by-products
Fuel cells
Smart buildings
Power grid
Next-generation SS
IT grid
新ｴﾈﾙｷﾞｰ等
Smart housing
Solar panels
Installing a large
quantity of smart meters
Local power
conservation center
Wind power
Natural gas co-generation
New Challenges③
Development of Eco-Business in Asia
Establishment of “Kitakyushu Asian Center for Low Carbon Society” (Asia
Green Camp), the country’s first, in June 2010 with an objective to promote
low-carbon societies and create environmental business in Asia.
Environmental
impact control
business
Energy
business
Promote
in Asia!
Hiroshi Komiyama, President
(Former President, Tokyo University)
Recycling
business
Water
business
Aims of Asian Center for Low Carbon Society
Needs of newly emerging economies: Not only the simple export of
technology, but going beyond to create green cities
Collective strength as a top eco-city (Kitakyushu)
Experience in
overcoming pollution
＋
Leading social system
(Eco-Town, other)
＋
Standout ecotechnologies
Respond to the diverse needs of Asian cities and businesses
“Eco-cities” and “Smart Communities,” other
Order-made system
City (area) export
GHG reduction
Bilateral credit
Asian region’s
Focal point for
demonstrations and
development of human
resources
Focal point for environmental business in the Asian region
Projects Aiming Towards Bilateral Mechanisms
Yaskawa Electric (World’s largest share in industrial robots, inverters)
METI project promoting wider use of technologies to counter global warming
(October 2010)
This project tested the potential for
energy savings and reducing GHG
emissions, based on the data collected
from past trials and research, in three
factories in Beijing where existing
equipment had been updated with highly
efficient motor systems and inverters.
TOTO (Global leader in home equipment and fixtures)
MOEJ feasibility study on new mechanisms (July 2011)
○Creation of measuring technique to reduce
CO2 emissions from water use
○Intercity/bilateral credit system
○Examine introduction of measures to expand
use of water saving equipment
・Low-interest financing
・Introduction of certification system for water saving
equipment, other
MoU with UNIDO
(L : Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, Director General of UNIDO )
Conclusion of MoU with the United Nations Industrial
Development Organization (UNIDO) on mutual collaboration for
the realization of a low-carbon society in June 2010
MoU with China Beijing Environment Exchange (August 2011)
Asian Center for
Low-Carbon
Society
Beijing
Environment
Exchange
Creation of information platform as a channel for both
Japan and China
Promoting eco-business between companies in
China and Japan
Fostering Environmental Power in Residents
Tree planting (NGO “Green Corridor
with Birds Singing”)
Certified as a regional centre of
expertise for ESD by UNU
Hibiki Biotope: Formally open in fall 2012
Environment Museum (Focal point for
environmental education and learning)
Kitakyushu: Eco-City of the Future
Concept
Creating a city in which the brilliant light of its people lead to a
prosperous, peaceful and energy-filled city
~Harnessing the city’s experience overcoming pollution and its
unceasing innovation~
Environment
●Formation/expansion of low-carbon
areas implementing local energy
management system
・Smart Community project
●City Forest Project
～Creating a city symbiotic with nature~
・Planting 1 million trees (city greening)
・Multi-generational farming exchange
activities on idle land
Other
Response to unprecedented
aging society
●Maintaining/improving health through
local connections
・Prevention of lifestyle-related diseases
and serious illnesses
・Local “GO!GO! Health” project (local
community health project)
・Int’l eco-business
・Reconstruction support, risk reduction
●Asian Center for Low Carbon Society
・Smart Community project, overseas
development of Eco-Towns
●Exporting water infrasructure
overseas
Water Plaza
●Educational plan for children’s futures
・Providing school helpers
・Promoting school education linking
with the business community, other
●Supporting reconstruction of
disaster-affected areas
・Expanding output from smart
community project to Kamaishi city
(reconstruction support)
Selected as OECD Green Growth Model City
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
selected Kitakyushu as a green growth model city in July 2011, having been
evaluated for its activities and achievements in international environmental
cooperation and the city’s Eco-Town project.
L: Ms. Yoshie Nakatani (Director, OECD Tokyo)
Other cities selected include Paris, Chicago, Stockholm
Creation of a WIN-WIN Relationship
Kitakyushu’s environmental
technology making the world a
better place