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Your environmental type diagnosis!

You use new knowledge and technology to create positive change for the environment. You have the courage to take action and try new things.

You face challenges and take steps to change the current situation. Environmental issues cannot be solved by awareness alone. You ask, “Is this really enough?” and turn that question into action. As the Revolutionary type, you have the power to turn environmental efforts into real, visible change.

  • Improve
  • Challenge
  • Action

When the son arrives home, his mother calls out to him with a troubled look on her face. “Did you leave the air conditioner running in your room again?” The son lowers his head apologetically and says, “Sorry…” His mother also points out that the electricity bill has already become quite high. The son suddenly remembers something and picks up his smartphone. “Oh right, we have a smart home remote.” A smart home remote is a device that allows home appliances such as TVs, air conditioners, and lights to be controlled using a smartphone. The son checks that by using the smart home remote, he can turn off the air conditioner even when he is away from home, and control multiple devices at once. Seeing this, his mother says in surprise, “You can do that? I want one in the other rooms too.” By using the smart home remote, it becomes possible to prevent leaving the air conditioner on by mistake, helping avoid unnecessary electricity use. At the end of the comic, a message appears: “Your curiosity makes the world better.”

In responding to the three global crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, there is a growing worldwide need to build socio-economic systems that integrate measures such as net-zero, nature-positive, and a circular economy. In Japan, the Basic Environment Plan has been formulated in order to promote policies for environmental conservation across the entire government in a comprehensive and systematic manner.

The Sixth Basic Environment Plan, approved by the Cabinet in May 2024, puts “the quality of life, level of happiness, well-being and economic welfare of each person present and in the future” (hereinafter referred to as “well-being/quality of life”) as its top objective, and also positions this as contributing to “the welfare of humankind.”

“Well-being/quality of life” consists of both market value and non-market value, and includes subjective well-being such as self-affirmation, representing true “affluence” in modern society. This plan is based on a strong sense of urgency regarding the three crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.

Decarbonization (Carbon Neutrality): Net Zero

To address climate change, a global challenge, we aim to achieve carbon neutrality by reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero overall. Achieving net zero requires both reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preserving and enhancing natural absorption processes.

Nature Positive

By halting and reversing biodiversity loss to place nature on a path to recovery, this approach goes beyond simply protecting nature. It seeks to transform society and the economy as a whole so that they contribute to the conservation of biodiversity and related goals.

Circular Economy

To build a circular society, it is essential to shift away from a one-way, linear economic model based on mass production, mass consumption, and mass disposal. Instead, we must promote a circular economy that uses resources efficiently and sustainably, circulating them within the system.

Actions best suited for the Revolutionary

  • Decarbonization

    You rethink how energy is used and shift toward choices and actions that reduce environmental impact.

  • Nature Positive

    You notice when nature is being harmed and take steps toward improvement and positive change.

  • Circular Economy

    You reconsider everyday habits and support systems that encourage reuse and circulation.

The Revolutionary's Role

Your strength as the Revolutionary is the ability to turn awareness into real change. By taking a brave first step, you can move people and systems forward and help environmental action progress.

Environmental Types
About the Sixth Basic Environment Plan (PDF)
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