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A6IP Center to co-organize “Forum on Advancing Article 6 Implementation through Business Engagement and JCM Project Matchmaking in the Philippines”

In-person registration: LINK

   **Registration due date:  9 January, 2026

Online registration: LINK

< Programme Overview >

Forum on Advancing Article 6 Implementation through Business Engagement and JCM Project Matchmaking in the Philippines

Date and time:  21st January 2026,  10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.  (Phillipine time)

Venue: Dusit Thani Manila (Makati City, Metro Manila)

Format: In-person and online (hybrid)

Language: English

Participation Fee: Free

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Program Highlights:

  • Facilitate the development of concrete JCM project pipelines in the Philippines.
  • Match low-carbon technology and solution providers from Japan with Filipino developers, industries, and other potential partners.
  • Promote business-driven contributions to climate goals and GHG emissions reductions in both countries.

For Filipino companies, the event offers:

  • Access to innovative, cost-sharing low-carbon technologies from Japan.
  • Opportunities to benefit from international financing frameworks, such as those under the JCM, which can help reduce capital costs and investment risks.
  • Improved business competitiveness in domestic and international carbon markets.
  • Direct engagement with government counterparts and investors to streamline project implementation under the Philippines’ NDC.

Focus Area of Technologies and Project Types:

  • Waste-to-energy and landfill gas capture/ improvement
  • Biogas/ MBT
  • Geothermal
  • REDD+ and Forest based emission reduction
  • Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) in Agriculture
  • (Inc. technology used for MRV)
  • High Efficiency Industrial Technologies
  • Hydro Power
  • Coal Early Retirement
  • Other Hard-to-abate sectors and high-impact mitigation options (Tri-brid Energy Storage System)

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Hosted by:

  • Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ)
  • Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the Philippines

Cooperating Organizations (tentative partners included):   

  • Embassy of Japan in the Philippines
  • Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center (OECC), Japan
  • Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership (A6IP) Center, Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)- Japan
  • The JCM Implementation Agency (JCMA), Japan
  • JICA Philippines Office (TBC)
  • JETRO Manila Office (TBC)

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Target Participants:

  • Filipino companies and project developers interested in participating in JCM or other carbon markets.
  • Japanese companies offering relevant climate-friendly technologies and solutions.

* Note: If the number of registrants wishing to attend in person exceeds capacity, priority will be given to corporate participants. Final selection will be made by lottery, and results will be communicated to the registered contact.

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Contact for Inquiries: 

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) 
Contact: Ito/ Inoue
Email: [email protected]