Trents in Environmental Field
At the United
Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de
Janeiro in 1992, the seriousness of environmental issues was widely recognized
throughout the world. The agenda 21 was adopted as guidelines for an approach
to global environmental issues, and achievement of sustainable development was
determined as a common global goal.
The United
Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) was held in June 1997, five
years later, and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted at the UN
Millennium Summit, which was held subsequently in September 2000, advocated “to
ensure environmental sustainability.”
In the USA,
environmental issues in developing countries are recognized as important issues
that have a serious impact not only on the developing countries concerned but
also on international communities and environmental measures through ODA have
conventionally been emphasized.
We have
realized concrete plans in the environment field based on these basic
principles and action plans. However, our past efforts took various forms of
aid and crossed over several sectors. We established our Global Environment
Department on April 1, 2010, to build a system that allows consistent effective
and efficient operation, from identification of issues to formulation and
implementation of a project, in order to address complicated problems in
developing countries. In addition, our Guidelines for Environmental and Social
Considerations targeting all the projects were formulated and implemented in
2010.
We accumulate
know-how in the global environmental conservation field to develop and
implement effective aid methods. To address the complicated environmental
issues, we extensively implement cooperation for global environment problems
based on a conventional approach consisting of:
o Nature conservation
o Environmental management
o Prevention.