August 7th, 2013, Ms. Junko Yokota, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Lao PDR and H.E. Mr. Noulinh Sinbandhit, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Lao PDR, signed the bilateral document of the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) in Vientiane, Lao PDR. As a result, the JCM will be officially launched in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the seventh country after Mongolia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, Maldives, and Viet Nam.

Signed document
“BILATERAL COOPERATION ON THE JOINT CREDITINGMECHANISM FOR THE LOWCARBON GROWTH PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC”