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Policy Actions
on Environmental Education
in Japan
September 23, 2012
Ministry of the Environment
Japan
1. Environmental Education Law
Background
July 2003
September
2004
“Environmental Education
Law”
(The Act on Enhancing
Motivation on Environmental
Conservation and Promotion
of Environmental Education.
former law) enacted
(lawmaker-initiated
legislation, unanimous)
The basic policy (primary)
based on the former law
endorsed
Afterward, the situation of environmental
problems changed, for example, effect of
Kyoto Protocol, execution of the
Convention on Biological Diversity and
formulation of the Fundamental Plan for
Establishing a Secondary Sound MaterialCycle Society
June 2011
June 2012
October
2012
Amended “Environmental
Education Law”
(The Act on Enhancing Motivation
on Environmental Conservation
and Promoting of Environmental
Education enacted (lawmakerinitiated legislation, unanimous)
The basic policy (secondary)
based on the amended law
endorsed
Amended law came into
force on a full scale
Overview
○Basic Principle
Environmental conservation efforts, encouragement of willingness for environmental conservation and
environmental education shall be performed by appropriate sharing of roles and cooperation on an equal footing
among various entities for construction of sustainable society.
○Effort by Citizen, Private Entity, etc.
Citizen, private body, etc., shall not only make effort to perform environmental education, collaborative actions,
etc. in household, workplace, local areas, etc., but also make efforts to cooperate with environmental education,
collaborative actions (*), etc. performed by the other entities.
＊ Collaborative actions: Environmental conservation activity, encouragement of willingness for
environmental conservation, environmental education and other efforts concerning
environmental conservation based on suitable sharing of roles and cooperation on
an equal footing among citizen, private entity, State and local government.
○Effort by Local Government
ＥＳＤ
Local government shall make efforts to create the action plan concerning promotion of environmental education,
collaborative actions, etc.
○Effort by School
- State and local government shall take measures on school education and social education to deepen
understanding and nurture interests in environmental conservation according to development stage from infant
period.
- State government shall take measures to promote environmental education in schools, enrich training programs
for teachers, develop teaching materials, and equip schools with eco-friendly facilities.
○Effort in Workplace
Business sector shall make efforts to provide their employees with environmental education. State and local
government shall make efforts to introduce experts to the business sector or provide it with information, etc.
○Concrete Schemes
- State government designates entities which support environmental activities by private entities, etc.
- State government registers enterprises which certify/develop human resources or develop/provide teaching
materials.
- Prefectural governor certifies places to provide opportunities for environmental experiences including nature field
trip.
- State and local government can make agreement with private entities to promote collaborative actions.
* The underlined parts are the points of amendment in June 2011
2. Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
Overview of ESD
○ ESD stands for Education for Sustainable
Development, which includes key sustainable
development issues into teaching and learning;
for example, climate change, disaster risk
reduction, biodiversity, poverty reduction, and
sustainable consumption.
○
Government of Japan have proposed ‘Decade
of Education for Sustainable Development’ in
Johannesburg Summit in Sep 2002.
It was adopted unanimously in the UN General
Assembly in Dec. 2002.
Consequently, United Nations Decade of Education
for Sustainable Development (UNDESD) has
started in 2005.
ESD
Environmental Education
Education
on Society
International
Understanding
Education
on Economy
Main Background
Sep 2002
Japan proposed DESD in Johannesburg Summit
Dec 2002
UNDESD passed unanimously in UN General Assembly
Jan 2005
UNDESD started
Sep 2005 UNESCO cooperated with UN organizations concerned
to formulate the international execution plan.
Dec 2005 The liaison conference for the ministries engaged in
UNDESD was established.
Mar 2006 The domestic UNDESD action plan was determined by
the related ministries.
Jan 2008
Roundtable for UNDESD was established.
Mar 2009
ESD Global Conference (Bonn in Germany)
The venue of the international conference for ESD in 2014 has been
decided as Japan.
Jun 2011
The domestic UNDESD action plan was revised.
Jun 2012
UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)
-It was agreed that we promote ESD, and integrate sustainable
development more actively into education beyond 2014.
- ”Green Future Initiatives” by Japanese government declared it
continues contributing to the advancement of ESD.
2014 Final Year of UNDESD
Nov
Global Conference on ESD will be held (Nagoya city and
Okayama city in Japan)
3. Output related to Environmental Education in Rio+20
○Rio+20 The future we want （Excerpted）
We encourage Member States to promote sustainable development awareness among youth, inter
alia by promoting programmes for non-formal education in accordance with the goals of the United
Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, 2005-2014.
We resolve to promote education for sustainable development and to integrate sustainable
development more actively into education beyond the United Nations Decade of Education for
Sustainable Development.
○Rio+20 Japan’s “Green Future Initiatives” （Excerpted）
UNESCO in Japan in 2014, the final year of the UNDESD, and continue contributing to the
advancement of ESD; further promote the development of human resources for a sustainable society
and the creation of environmental education programs toward the conference, and share these
globally.
○Rio+20 Government of Japan Initiatives of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan （Excerpted）
Japan will promote international cooperation regarding ESD through funding the project such as
networking of Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development（RCE）
implemented by the United Nations University (UNU).
Japan also enhances the efforts of domestic environmental education such that Japan can present
exemplary actions and take leadership at the Final Year Meeting of the Decade of Education for
Sustainable Development (DESD) to be held in 2014 in Japan.
4. Main domestic policies to promote ESD
Model projects of
local ESD Programs
○MOE performed model projects in 14 regions from
2006 to 2008
Plus
+ESD Project
○+ESD Project is a system to register domestic local ESD
activities on a website for visualizing them.
＜10 areas adopted from 2006 to 2007＞
Tobetsu town in Hokkaido
Sendai region in Miyagi
Edo Maenoumi in Tokyo
Sutama town in Yamanashi
Mishima city in Shizuoka
Kasugai city in Aichi
Toyonaka city in Osaka
Nishinomiya city in Hyogo
Kashiwa-jima in Kochi
Kita-kyushu city in Fukuoka
○Objectives of this registration system are;
(1)ESD activities to develop human resources who struggle
with local or global issues and make efforts to realize
sustainable society.
(2)Projects to assist ESD activities by providing funds or
introducing experts.
＜ 4 areas adopted from 2007 to 2008＞
Nishiyodogawa-ku in Osaka
Oshima town in Yamaguchi
Okayama city in Oakayama
Unzen city in Nagasaki
○MOE organizes ”ESD Learning Forum” to gather those
who are engaged in the registered ESD activities or
assistance projects to encourage mutual learning and
cooperation and building network.
(Others)
MOE makes contribution of \160 million to the United Nations University each year, a part of which is for
- development of network of several leading higher education institutions in Asia and the Pacific to
integrate 'sustainable development' into postgraduate courses and curricula. (ProSPER.Net)
- Development of Regional Centre of Expertise on ESD (RCE), which is a network of existing formal, nonformal and informal education organizations, mobilized to deliver ESD to local and regional communities.
5. ESD to lead the action (Good Practice)
Winter
Do you think activities to create a sustainable community and ESD are same ?
It is difficult to draw a line between them.
For example, Osaka's Nishiyodogawa ESD Commission members from high schools,
universities and Girl Scout troops tackled a project for a sustainable transportation system by
adopting the Nanohana (rape blossom) Project. Nishiyodogawa High School students also work
on the Nanohana Project through compulsory subjects on the environment, in which they
learn about the history of local pollution to enable them to reconsider societal matters. The
project has also spawned the Eco Communication Club (ECC), which has increased its activities
in the area and been developed while
interacting with other commission members.
ESD at Nishiyodogawa High School
Summer
Spring
●The class was started in a rape
blossom field in full bloom from
last year.
●Students in the class learn about
a range of activities on the
Nanohana Project.
●Nishiyodogawa ESD stickers were
produced to promote the project.
●The members instructed
elementary school students
of the Junior Eco-club in the
Nanohana Project.
A generator was operated
using BDF to power an electric
fan. The group also helped on a
farm with students from Osaka
University of Economics and a
local junior high school.
●Harvesting and threshing of
rapeseed were carried out in
cooperation with local volunteers.
●Osaka's project members athered
seeds to refine Bio Diesel Fuel (BDF),
which is utilized to operate Hankyu
buses.
●A New Year party was held
among Nishiyodogawa ESD
members.
●Activity reports were given
by many participants, and
opinions on environmental
problems were exchanged
with junior high school
students from South Korea.
●Participants collected waste
oil at a local festival and sold
cotton candy during the
Toyonaka City Environment
Exposition using BDF as fuel
for the cotton candy machine.
Autumn
●Students monitored air
pollution and learned about
the Nishiyodogawa Air
Pollution Lawsuit involving
the story of a victim of
pollution-related disease.
● Discussion and debate
were conducted on
what can be done
and what the national
government, local
governments and
businesses should do.
●The members
distributed rape
blossom seeds in
conjunction with the
Green Fund run by Girl
Scouts in the area.
6. International policies to promote ESD
(1) Development of Environment Human Resources
in Asian Graduate Schools : ProSPER.Net＊1
＊1 Promotion of Sustainability in Postgraduate Education and
Reseaerch Net work
- November 2007
Drafting of Charter
(11 Organizations)
Building network of several leading higher education
institutions in Asia and the Pacific to integrate 'sustainable
development' into postgraduate courses and curricula.
【Member Universities : 22】
（Japan:11, Korea:1, China: 2 Australia: １. Philippine: 1, Thailand:１,
Indonesia:１, India:１, Malaysia:1, Others: 2）
ProSPER.Net
- June 2008
Signing Ceremony
(18 Organizations)
- As of August 2012
22 Organizations
(2) Development of Regional Centre of Expertise on ESD: RCE
○United Nations University reviews and certificates places where
various stake holders cooperate to perform ESD effectively with
strong partnership and network.
○ As of Sep 2012, 101 places are certificated as RCEs.
○ Japan has 6 RCEs : Greater Sendai, Yokohama, Chubu,
Place Certificated as RCE
Hyogo-Kobe, Okayama, Kita-Kyushu
(3) Environment Cooperation among Japan, China and Korea
: Tripartite Environmental Education Network (TEEN)
Experts and administrators of environmental education in China, Korea
and Japan gather to have symposium and seminars to develop the
network of environmental education among 3 countries, which is one
of the TEMM*2 projects.
Note. As for (1) and (2), funding (\160 million) is contributed
from Ministry of the Environment, Japan to the United Nations University.
12th TEEN Meeting
(Gyeongju, Korea, Nov 2011)
＊2 Tripartite Ministers Meeting among China,
Korea and Japan