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The Tokyo Cap-and-Trade Program (TCTP) implemented on the 1st of April 2010 is the first such scheme in Asia and Japan. The programme is a stepped-up measure of the Tokyo Carbon Reduction Reporting Program that started in April 2002. Under the former reporting programme, eligible facilities were required to annually report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reduction plans, and were encouraged to reduce emissions. This initiative resulted in an average reduction in GHG emissions of 2%. By the end of FY2012 the current TCTP reached a total GHG emission reduction of 22% from baseline emissions (2009).

Since 2000, the City of Tokyo has been taking measures to mitigate the impacts of the urban heat island effect, including covering roofs and walls with greenery in order to lower the surface temperature of buildings. To further these efforts, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government passed the Nature Conservation Ordinance in 2001, requiring the greening of building roofs and walls in addition to ground-level greenings for all new construction as well as existing buildings undergoing renovations.