Established in 2020, Climate Dialogue Japan is a non-profit leveraging its expertise in strategic communications to inform and strengthen media debate and public discourse in the country on issues relating to the climate crisis.
We are the Japan representative of Global Strategic Communications Council (GSCC), an international, collaborative network of communications professionals in the fields of climate, energy and nature. The network has 400 members in over 20 major economies in Asia, Europe, North and South America, Australia and Africa, focusing on media debate and public discourse.
Vision & Values
We endeavor to put just, inclusive, and equitable solutions to the planetary emergency at the core of political, social, and economic discourse in order to make a world with a safe and stable climate for current and future generations.
Impact
Trust
Courage
Innovation
Nimbleness
Strategy
We seek to increase public support and political space for ambitious climate action by channeling our expertise into support for voices and stories that drive change.
We identify and fill strategic gaps between where we are and where we need to go with respect to effective climate communications.
Support a diverse range of stakeholders and partners across sectors and geographies, helping them add their voices, views and insights to the conversation, providing training, newsletters and briefings to inform and boost capacity as appropriate.
Provide media and stakeholders with helpful background information, data, and a broad range of experts from across the political spectrum.
Promote science-based stories about zero-carbon transition and its benefits, while highlighting the consequences of inaction.
Thematic Areas of Focus
Climate Science & Impacts
IPCC, health, carbon budgets, attribution, economic cost of inaction, systemic shocks
Energy Systems & Sectors
Phasing out coal, oil and gas, transitioning heavy industry, driving renewables, transport
People & Communities
Mobilization, migration, human rights, engaging new voices
Economics & Finance
Debt reform, transition finance, public and private finance, economics
International Fora
UNFCCC, G7, G20, UNGA
We collaborate with GSCC experts across the world in the following areas:
Research
Research and insight, horizon-scanning, strategy, data analysis
Audience Insights
Polling, social listening, audience segmentation, audience targeting
Digital
Online engagement and mobilization, content development, organic and paid digital media
About GSCC
Global Strategic Communications Council (GSCC) is an international network of communications professionals in the fields of climate, energy and nature.
Established in 2012, its philanthropically funded work focuses on media debate and public discourse at the global level and in major economies across Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia and the Americas.
Themes covered include climate science and impacts, food and nature, finance and economics, energy, transport, industry, and multilateral climate processes.
GSCC has been operating in Japan since 2016, with Climate Dialogue Japan established in 2020 as a Japan representative.
Our External Partners
We work with over 200 partner organizations from a wide range of sectors, both domestically and internationally, in the fields of science, health, business, industry, finance, academia, politics and civil society.
Leadership Team
Ayumi Goto
Representative Director / GSCC Japan Director
With expertise in Japan's climate sector, her career encompasses key roles at an environmental policy advocacy organization, a government-affiliated think tank, and the secretariat of a corporate alliance advancing decarbonization initiatives. She also holds a leadership position at International Climate Politics Hub, an informal diplomatic advisory service, where she facilitates strategic partnerships in climate policies in the country. As the founder of Climate Dialogue Japan, she has been spearheading GSCC activities in Japan since 2016.
Ami Torii
Senior Manager
With over 15 years of marketing experience across multiple corporations, she brings deep expertise in strategic planning driven by target audience insights and comprehensive marketing across the entire customer lifecycle. At Climate Dialogue Japan, she marries audience insights with data to drive strategic climate and energy communications in the country.
Tomomi Shibata
Senior Associate
During her extensive career spanning over 15 years in broadcast journalism, she has produced news programs and documentaries for major media outlets. Her expertise extends to domestic and international media marketing for local governments. She was honored with the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan Award in the Educational Television Program category in 2009.
Updates
A guide for journalists: Reporting extreme weather and climate change
The Japanese version of a reporting guidebook for journalists covering extreme weather events and climate change. The guidebook was developed by World Weather Attribution (WWA), an international group of scientists that provides rapid analyses of the effects of climate change on extreme weather events around the world.
Update: 2022/5/18
Extreme Weather and Climate Change: An Analysis of Global News Coverage
A comparative analysis of media coverage examining the relationship between extreme weather events and climate change has been released, highlighting distinct reporting patterns across major news organizations. The study, focusing on leading media outlets in Japan, the US, the UK, and Germany, revealed that Japanese media associated extreme weather events with climate change in approximately one-third of cases, notably lower than their Western counterparts.
Update: 2024/03/29
Joint Expert Statement
The joint expert statement emphasizes that as Japan finalises its plan, it is essential that it provides the framework for emission cuts in line with other leading countries that are committed to delivering on the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Update: 2024/11/29
Latest Event
Climate Impacts Webinar Series #2｜Heat and Heavy Rainfall: Increasing Disaster Risks with Climate Change
July 19 2023
Heat waves and extreme precipitation stand out as Japan's primary concerns among weather events reportedly influenced by climate change. In this webinar, the leading researchers at the forefront of their respective fields provided insights into the growing frequency and intensity of extreme events in Japan, examining both the scientific evidence through event attribution analysis and the resulting disaster risks posed by these weather phenomena.
Organizational Background
Name
Climate Dialogue Japan, General Incorporated Association
Representative Director
Ayumi Goto
Board Members and Auditors
Kenji Fukuda, Board Member
Lawyer at Waseda Legal Commons LPC
Kianu Taylor, Board Member
Associate at Global Strategic Communications Council
Hironori Hamanaka, Auditor
Former Chair of the Board of Directors at Institute for Global Environmental
Strategies
Established in
June 2020
Address
2-20-6-101 Numama Zushi Kanagawa, 2490004, Japan
Funding
Philanthropy funded
