Governance

• Reference to gender or women:
  No, There’s no direct reference to women or gender in the INDC.
   

• Context for the reference:
  No reference to gender or women.
   

• The ways in which women are positioned in the NDC:
  No reference on women positioned as beneficiaries.
   

Planning

• The existence of gender-responsive budgeting in the NDC:
  No mention.
   

• The existence of a participatory planning process for the NDC:
  No mention.
   

Implementation

• The existence of a mechanism or process for monitoring or implementing the NDC:
  A little mention, Japan establishes and implements the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) in order both to appropriately evaluate contributions from Japan to GHG emission reductions or removals in a quantitative manner achieved through the diffusion of low carbon technologies, products, systems, services, and infrastructure as well as implementation of mitigation actions in developing countries, and to use them to achieve Japan’s emission reduction target.

Governance

• Reference to gender or women:
  There’s no direct reference to women or gender in the revised NDC.
   

• Context for the reference:
  No Reference to gender or women.
   

• The ways in which women are positioned in the NDC:
  No reference on women positioned as beneficiaries.
   

Planning

• The existence of gender-responsive budgeting in the NDC:
  No mention.
   

• The existence of a participatory planning process for the NDC:
  Yes, NDC was considered through discussions open to the public at the Joint Experts’ Meeting of the Central Environment Council and the Industrial Structure Council. Energy policies and the energy mix were considered through open discussions at the Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy. Based on these discussions, the Global Warming Prevention Headquarters (ministerial decision-making for global warming countermeasures) developed a draft NDC. After going through public comment procedure, it made a final decision on the NDC.
   

Implementation

• The existence of a mechanism or process for monitoring or implementing the NDC:
  Not Mentioned.

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