Abstract
Although the coastal port city of Yokohama has carried out a campaign to improve conditions for marine ecosystems, the nation of Japan has not yet utilized coastal waters as an option for global warming countermeasures. Based on the concept of blue carbon ecosystems advocated by the United Nations Environment Programme, since 2011 Yokohama City has been conducting a social experiment called the Yokohama Blue Carbon Project, which serves to counter climate change and includes a novel carbon offset campaign. Yokohama City, which was chosen by the Japanese government as an environmental Future City in countering global warming, is aiming to transition from being a port city to a marine environmental city. In this chapter, we describe the successes and challenges of the Yokohama Blue Carbon Project and we report on the project’s involvement in the World Triathlon Series held in Yokohama as an example of a carbon offset credit framework utilizing coastal waters.
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We thank Yokohama Municipal Fishery Cooperative, Yokohama Hakkeijima Inc., Yokohama Seaside Triathlon Convention Executive Committee, Yokohama City University, Yokohama Blue Carbon Review Committee, and local wind surfers for their cooperation in the Yokohama Blue Carbon Project.
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Nobutoki, M., Yoshihara, S., Kuwae, T. (2019). Carbon Offset Utilizing Coastal Waters: Yokohama Blue Carbon Project. In: Kuwae, T., Hori, M. (eds) Blue Carbon in Shallow Coastal Ecosystems. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1295-3_12
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