FOREWORD
Opening Interview
The Next 10 years Will Decide the Ocean’s Future

Japan and the World’s Ocean Initiative
1. Toward Achieving Ocean-based Carbon Neutrality
  1 A Need for Ocean Based Climate Change Countermeasures
    (1) IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Working Group I Report
    (2) Assessments for the Oceans and Coastal Areas
    (3) The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference（COP26）and the Oceans
  2 Decarbonizing Shipping
    (1) Background of Shipping Decarbonization
    (2) Discussion toward the Decarbonization of Shipping
    (3) Current Status of Decarbonization of Shipping
    (4) Current Status of Technology Development
    (5) Challenges for the Future

2. The Fully Autonomous Ship Program MEGURI2040
  1 Fully autonomous navigation at Sarushima, Yokosuka
  2 Smart Coastal Ferry
  3 Verification Testing of Fully autonomous Technologies Using Coastal Container Vessels and Car Ferries
  4 Designing the Future of Full Autonomous Ship
  5 Development of Fully Autonomous Amphibious Driving Technology

3. Conservation of the Marine Ecosystem
  1 International Efforts for Conservation of the Marine Ecosystem
    (1) Introduction
    (2) What Should We Achieve by 2030?
    (3) The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
    (4) G7 Summit and Nature Compact
  2 New National and International Developments Surrounding Marine Plastics
    (1) International Developments
    (2) National Developments
  3 International and National Developments in and Around the Arctic Region
    (1) Developments at the Arctic Council
    (2) Japan’s Recent Initiatives regarding the Arctic

Reference Materials
  1 Articles from the “Ocean Newsletter”
       The Natural World Heritage Site Amami Trail
       A New Approach for a Fertile Seto Inland Sea
  2 CARBIS BAY G7 SUMMIT COMMUNIQUÉ Our Shared Agenda for Global Action to Build Back Better
  3 G7 2030 Nature Compact
  4 IPCC Sixth Assessment Report -Working Group I
       Headline Statements from the Summary for Policymakers
  5 IPCC Sixth Assessment Report -Working Group Ⅱ
       Headline Statements from the Summary for Policymakers
  6 IPCC Sixth Assessment Report -Working Group Ⅲ
       Headline Statements from the Summary for Policymakers
 
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