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Friday, November 05 2021 - 17:00
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Ministry of Environment Holding Exhibitions and Seminars at Japan Pavilion at COP 26
TOKYO, Nov. 5, 2021 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ --

The Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ), has set up the Japan Pavilion at 
the venue of COP 26 (the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations 
Framework Convention on Climate Change), underway in Glasgow, the United 
Kingdom, from October 31 to November 12, 2021. The Pavilion provides the 
opportunity for Japanese stakeholders including companies to organize 
exhibitions and seminars. MOEJ is also organizing the Virtual Japan Pavilion to 
showcase technologies and actions online.

- Overview of Japan Pavilion at COP 26
During COP 26, MOEJ is operating the Japan Pavilion to hold exhibitions and 
seminars, as well as the Virtual Japan Pavilion, which showcases technologies 
and actions, in order to introduce Japan's initiatives and environmental 
technologies to achieve global and domestic decarbonization.

On July 20, 2021, MOEJ issued a call for applications to exhibit advanced 
decarbonization technologies at the Japan Pavilion, and selected 12 on-site 
exhibits as well as 33 virtual exhibits (as shown in Attachment 1).

In addition, seminars listed in Attachment 2 are being held at the Japan 
Pavilion.

Detailed information for the exhibitions and seminars has been posted on the 
following website.

- COP 26 Japan Pavilion Website: 
http://copjapan.env.go.jp/cop/cop26/en/index.html

Attachment 1: List of Pavilion exhibitions 
https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/attach/202111022694-O1-QeC4v9P7.pdf

Attachment 2: Tentative seminar schedule 
https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/attach/202111022694-O2-30sBDuM5.pdf


Source: Ministry of the Environment