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UNDP Regional Workshop’s “Yokohama Day” Highlights Yokohama’s Circular City Leadership
The City of Yokohama hosted “Yokohama Day” Day 3 of the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)–organized regional workshop “Advancing Circular Policy and Business Solutions for Plastics in the Tourism Sector,” held from February 24 to 27, 2026. During the event,...
Yokohama Attends WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities Award Ceremony
The City of Yokohama was recently honored with an invitation to the WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities, widely recognized as the most prestigious global award dedicated to transformative urban change. Established by the World Resources Institute in partnership with...
Yokohama Selected as One of 20 Cities in UN Cities Towards Zero Waste Initiative
The City of Yokohama is proud to announce its selection by the UN as one of the 20 Cities Towards Zero Waste, an initiative led by the UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Zero Waste, with support from UN-Habitat and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The...
Yokohama City visualizes resource circularity in Minato Mirai
The Minato Mirai 21 district (MM21) has been selected by the Japanese Government as a Decarbonization Leading Area. In addition to decarbonizing electricity, MM21 is advancing circular economy initiatives. As part of this effort, the City of Yokohama and partner...
MM21 launches a new circular economy initiative using leftover popcorn
The Minato Mirai district is taking another step forward as a model for sustainable urban development with the launch of a new circular economy initiative: brewing craft beer with unsold but still edible movie theater popcorn. Designated by the national government as...
Yokohama selected as candidate to host IPCC 2027 Plenary Session
On March 31, 2026, Japan’s Ministry of the Environment announced that the City of Yokohama has been selected as the candidate host city for the 2027 Plenary Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change* (IPCC). Approximately 500 climate experts,...
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