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In 1993, Japan concluded the Japan-Korea Environmental Conservation Cooperation Agreement with the Republic of Korea. Based on the Agreement, the Japan-Korea Joint Committee on Environmental Conservation Cooperation meets on a periodical basis to promote working-level policy dialogue on their respective environmental policies and bilateral and multilateral environmental cooperation.
| Year | Venue | Outline |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Dialogue (1994) |
Tokyo | |
| 2nd Dialogue (1995) |
Seoul | Confirmed continuation of Research for Advancement of Environmental Conservation Technologies and other projects in progress; agreed to launch Aerial and Ground Monitoring of Airborne Acids and Oxidants in East Asia and other new projects. |
| 3rd Dialogue (1996) |
Tokyo | Confirmed continuation of Aerial and Ground Monitoring of Airborne Acids and Oxidants in East Asia and other projects in progress; agreed to launch Joint Research on Environmental Impacts of High Technology Substances and five other new projects. |
| 4th Dialogue (1998) |
Seoul | Confirmed strengthening of cooperation with the view to further promotion of respective efforts to address climate change, hazardous substances, acid rain and marine conservation in the Northwest Pacific. |
| 5th Dialogue (1999) |
Tokyo | Discussed bilateral cooperation for the upcoming new century; agreed on joint implementation of 32 projects including Monitoring of Long-distance Transport of Air Pollutants and Acid Deposition in Northeast Asia. |
| 6th Dialogue (2000) |
Seoul | Discussed joint implementation of 29 projects including Monitoring of Long-distance Transport of Air Pollutants and Acid Deposition in Northeast Asia. |
| 7th Dialogue (2001) |
Tokyo | Exchanged candid views on respective environmental policies as well as cooperation of the two countries on 21st-century environmental challenges in Northeast Asia and the entire globe. Confirmed continuation of 23 research projects in progress, including Monitoring of Long-distance Transport of Air Pollutants and Acid Deposition in Northeast Asia; discussed launch of 4 new joint projects. |
| 8th Dialogue (2003) |
Seoul | Discussed respective environmental policies and other environmental problems; decided to continue the 19 projects in progress and to launch 4 new projects. |
| 9th Dialogue (2006) |
Tokyo | Discussed future course of action on the issue of marine litter drifting onto Japan Sea coasts; presented Japan's policy measures on asbestos; confirmed pursuit of negotiations for a Japan-Korea Migratory Birds Protection Treaty that the government leaders of both countries had agreed to initiate. |
| 10th Dialogue (2007) |
Seoul | Discussed global environmental issues, environmental cooperation in Northeast Asia and respective environmental policies. |
| 11th Dialogue (2008) |
Tokyo | Extensive and productive opinion exchanges were had on steps needed to strengthen collaboration on transboundary air pollution problems including dust and sandstorm as well as marine litter problems including waste plastic tanks, with the view to protecting Clean Air and Clean and Rich Sea and to further promote cooperation in the field of the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) for solid waste. |
| 12th Dialogue (2009) |
Seoul | Exchanged views on climate change, biodiversity and other global environmental issues as well as environmental cooperation in Northeast Asia. |
| 13th Dialogue (2010) |
Nagasaki | Discussed multilateral/regional environmental cooperation such as climate change and concerns between the two countries including marine litter, and discarded and disposed fishing equipment. Agreed to enhance environmental cooperation within several frameworks. |
| 14th Dialogue (2011) |
Seoul | Exchanged opinions on actions for climate change, and cooperative actions for combating desertification and air and marine pollution in the region as well as the enhancement of environmental cooperation framework in the Northeast region. |
| 15th Dialogue (2012) |
Saga | Exchanged ideas and opinions on measures to reduce marine waste, cooperation in the area of marine pollution, cooperation on the Green Climate Fund (GCF), and the 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBC) being held in the Republic of Korea in 2014. |
| 16th Dialogue (2013) |
Seoul | Discussed cooperation through the GCF, for the 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBC) held in the Republic of Korea in 2014, and transboudary air pollution in East Asia aiming to strengthen the bilateral cooperation on responses to climate change, protection of biodiversity, and joint response to air and marine pollution. |
| 17th Dialogue (2014) |
Tokyo | Confirmed the continuous, close bilateral cooperation on global environmental issues such as climate change and biodiversity, regional environmental cooperation in North-East Asia through the Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting (TEMM), Northwest Pacific Action Plan (NOWPAP), and marine environmental issues. |
| 18th Dialogue (2016) |
Hongcheon | Confirmed close cooperation on global environmental issues, such as climate change, and regional environmental cooperation in North-East Asia, such as the Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting (TEMM) and marine environmental issues. |
| 19th Dialogue (2017) |
Tsukuba | Exchanged opinions about and confirmed close cooperation on bilateral environmental cooperation and global environmental issues such as climate change. |
| 20th Dialogue (2018) |
Jeju | Exchanged opinions about and confirmed close cooperation on bilateral environmental cooperation, countermeasures againt marine debris, and global environmental issues such as climate change. |
| 21th Dialogue (2019) |
Shizuoka |
