Shimokawa Town Timeline/Accomplishments
Looking back, we didn't have a timeline or accomplishment page, so we thought it's time we shared what we've done. Hello, this is Hitomi, and I will take you back in time, starting from live news to adding our past achievements.
Take a look at our Japanese version below
SDGs
Chief's Award(by Prime Minister) of the 1st Japan SDGs Award(12/26/2017)
Created “Ideals of Shimokawa in 2030-the Shimokawa Challenge: Connecting people and nature with the future.-"(4/23/2018)
Selected as the SDGs FutureCity in 2018.(6/15/2018)
Publishing with IGES "the Sustainable Development Goals Report-The Shimokawa Challenge: Connecting people and nature with the future-"(7/ /2018)
Created "Renewable Energy Roadmap" to achieve Shimokawa SDGs goal3 and 6(3/ /2020)
Created Shimokawa SDGs Map for resident SDGs awareness raising(3/ /2019)
Guest Speaker at「12th International Conference on “Energy and Climate Change” 6th Green Energy Investments Forum」(10/9-11/2019)
Published 「Shimokawa Method for Voluntary Local Reviews」 on our method to publish VLRs with IGES(4/ /2020)
Created "Community-Based Educating Vision" to achieve Shimokawa SDGs goal7, a co-educating town, like one big home where no child is left behind(5/14/2020)
Speaker at 7th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) held by UNESCAP (5/20/2020)
Video below(Shimokawa presentation 1hour5min~)
Speaker at kick-off session of Asia-Pacific Mayors Academy(11/24/2020)
Speaker at Expert Group Meeting (EGM) webinar held by UNHABITAT and UCLG, 「Towards a new generation of Voluntary Local Reviews: Connecting VLRs and VNRs」 with Japanese government and 2 other countries, (2/23→24in JPNtime/2021)
Speaker at HLPF side event webinar 「VNR Lab 2021: Enhancing the dialogue between the Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) and the Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs)」with Japanese government and 2 other countries(7/12/2021)
Speaker at ”8th UCLG ASPAC Congress" side event「Reviewing local progress and accelerating action for the SDGs in a post-COVID world」held by UNESCAP and UCLG(9/7/2021)
Published Energy Compact of UN Energy to accelerate SDG7 action on Goal Setting: We set our own SDGs, adopting “Shimokawa Renewable Energy Roadmap” to realize SDGs goal 7.(9/18/2021)
North-East Asian Multistakeholder Forum on Sustainable Development Goals-Preparatory Sessions "Local Government Session"(10/26/2021)
North-East Asian Multistakeholder Forum on Sustainable Development Goals"Building back better from COVID-19 while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda"(10/28/2021)
NEW! Presentation at Asia Pacific Mayors Academy (2/22/2021)
NEW! Speaker at 12th High Level Seminar on Sustainable Cities Thematic segment[4] (2/22/2021)