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Japan and Moldova Sign the Memorandum of Cooperation for Establishing the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM)

Moldova becomes the 21st JCM partner country

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September 6, 2022

Joint press release with the Ministries of the Environment and Foreign Affairs

Energy and Environment Policy

On September 6, 2022, Japan and Moldova agreed to establish the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), and Mr. KATAYAMA Yoshihiro (Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Moldova) and Ms. Iuliana CANTARAGIU (Minister of Environment) signed the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on this agreement. Moldova is now the 21st JCM partner country.
Moving forward, Japan and Moldova will bolster their cooperation on the environment and energy through this JCM.

On September 6, 2022, Mr. KATAYAMA Yoshihiro, Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Moldova, and Ms. Iuliana CANTARAGIU, Minister of Environment, signed the MoC to establish the JCM.

The JCM contributes to developing countries' sustainable development through diffusion of leading decarbonization technologies and implementation of mitigation actions within them. They also appropriately evaluate contributions from Japan to greenhouse gas emission reductions or removals in a quantitative manner, and use them to achieve its NDC (nationally determined contribution). Japan is accelerating consultations with relevant countries, aiming to increase the JCM partner countries up to around 30 by 2025. Thanks to this MoC, there are now 21 JCM partner countries.*

*The prior 20 JCM partner countries: Mongolia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, Maldives, Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Palau, Cambodia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Chile, Myanmar, Thailand, the Philippines, Senegal, Tunisia, and Azerbaijan. Moldova is the 21st.

Through this JCM with Moldova, Japan will start projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within Moldova and contribute to both countries achieving their NDCs. The JCM is implemented as a market mechanism—detailed in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement—and contributes to worldwide decarbonization efforts by encouraging countries around the world to reduce and remove greenhouse gas emissions and develop sustainably.

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