Promotion of university efforts towards 2050

Under the Japanese government's 'Green Growth Strategy Through Achieving Carbon Neutrality in 2050', a series of measures is underway to support the development of university collaborations and development at the local and regional level. The objective of one of these measures is to facilitate collaboration between SMEs and universities in order to establish a human resource hub in each region. A network of universities and SMEs will be formed to promote human resouce development and R&D in the regions to achieve carbon neutrality. Moreover, information on internship programmes at universities and other institutions that contribute to the developent of human resources for carbon neutrality will be collected, promoting cluster collaboration and horizontal development.