Preliminary Selection Result of Subsidy Programme for the JCM Facility Introduction in FY2025 (9th Round)

Global Environment Centre (GEC) as an implementing organization for the Subsidy Programme for the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) Facility Introduction in FY2025, has been soliciting proposals for the Subsidy programme and is announcing one new project selected for the programme in FY2025 (9th round).
 

JCM Outline

Since 2013, Japan has established the JCM with 32 partner countries and over 270 projects have been selected. The JCM’s 32 current partner countries are: Mongolia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, Maldives, Viet Nam, Laos, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Palau, Cambodia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Chile, Myanmar, Thailand, Philippines, Senegal, Tunisia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Georgia, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Papua New Guinea, United Arab Emirates, Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Tanzania, India and Oman.

The JCM aims to reduce GHG emissions in developing countries and others by utilizing advanced decarbonizing technologies. Under the JCM scheme, Japan is facilitating the diffusion of leading decarbonizing technologies and infrastructure, etc. as well as the implementation of mitigation actions in partner countries. The JCM contributes to the achievement of Japan’s and partner countries’ NDCs while ensuring the avoidance of double counting through corresponding adjustments consistent with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

These JCM activities are in accordance with the “Plan for Global Warming Countermeasures (Cabinet decision in February 2025),” and so on.

(For further information of the JCM: https://www.jcm.go.jp/)

Subsidy Programme for the JCM Facility Introduction Outline

Subsidy Programme for the JCM Facility Introduction of MOE Japan provides financing support of up to 1/2 of the initial investment cost for projects. Representative participants in the Projects shall conduct measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) of GHG emission reductions. In addition, this financing support programme is expected to contribute to global decarbonization by disseminating and deploying advanced decarbonizing technologies while ascertaining in detail the needs of partner countries.

Overview of Selected Projects

GEC accepted project proposals for FY2025 between 7 April 2025 and 30 September 2025. One new project listed below was selected based on the results of reviewing proposals, conducting interviews, acceptance/rejection review and confirming that there is ‘no objection’ raised by the Joint Committee of respective partner countries. GEC will further examine the project contents and provide a notice to the representative participants for the final decision before the proposed projects are implemented.

Projects Selected in the ninth round for FY2025

No. Partner Country Representative Participant Project Title
Expected GHG Emission Reductions
(t-CO2/year)
10 Sri Lanka SETTSU WAREHOUSE Co., Ltd. Introduction of Cold Chain Technologies in Northern Province

3,772
[Outline of the project]

  • This project aims to establish an integrated cold chain in the Northern Region by introducing refrigerated transport facilities, including energy-efficient refrigerated and frozen trucks, solar power generation facilities equipped with battery storage systems, and high-efficiency refrigerated and frozen facilities coated with heat-reflective paint. This project consumes renewable energy within the own cold chain and a part of electricity generated during daytime is stored in the battery and consumed during evening periods for an efficient use of renewable energy.
  • By replacing part of the electricity derived from fossil fuels with renewable energy and reducing energy consumption throughout the cold chain, the project will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

[Reference 1] Positioning of the JCM in the Plan for Global Warming Countermeasures (Cabinet decision, February 2025) https://www.env.go.jp/earth/ondanka/keikaku/250218.html (Available in Japanese)

Japan will establish and implement the JCM in order to quantitatively evaluate contributions of Japan to GHG emission reductions and removals, which are achieved through the diffusion of, among others, leading decarbonizing technologies, products, systems, services, and infrastructures as well as through the implementation of measures in developing countries and others, and in order to use such contributions to achieve Japan’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). By doing so, through public-private collaborations, Japan aims to secure accumulated emission reductions and removals at the level of approximately 100 million t-CO2 by fiscal year 2030 and approximately 200 million t-CO2 by fiscal year 2040.

Organization Contacts

For further information, please contact:

Attn: Masami ISHIHARA, Michikazu SHIMA

Financing Programme Group, Tokyo Office Global Environment Centre (GEC)
7th Floor, Sumitomo Fudosan Hongo Bldg.,
3-22-5, Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
E-mail：jcm-info@gec.jp