The Center for Coordination, Promotion and Communication (CCPC) is responsible for a wide spectrum of cross-project, cross-domain investigations, research, and supports that concern the entire institute. It has three divisions. The Division of Coordination maps out RIHN's mid- and long-term research trajectory and facilitates the cooperative arrangements necessary for its realization. The Division of Promotion develops and maintains the laboratory facilities necessary for research and fieldwork, and builds the databases and archives supporting past and ongoing research. The Division of Communication decides how the fruits of research may be best communicated in appropriate academic and popular fora. Several recent activities are described in the pages on Science Communication. The CCPC also collaborates with the RIHN Research Department and Administrative Office to coordinate the task forces, working groups and administrative units involved in RIHN's day-to-day operation.

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In RIHN's second phase, the Core Research Hub will be established within the CCPC. Its tasks are the realization of the Futurability Initiatives introduced on this page, review of Completed Research projects, and facilitation of the Initiative-based projects adopted within them. These tasks will require it to maintain a high level of coordination with RIHN's many partner institutes and to draw upon the collective wisdom of the wider environmental research community.

The CCPC plays a key role in facilitating RIHN's environmental networking and communication, especially between academic institutions, cultural institutions, and the general public. It is involved in the creation and maintenance of Asian environmental databases and project archives. It also supports the development of environmental studies curricula in Japan's public elementary, junior high and high schools. The CCPC promotes cooperation between RIHN and research institutes both at home and abroad. One such activity is the Regional Environmental Information Network, a project to create environmental information networking nodes among twenty-four research centers at nineteen universities in the greater Asian region.

The Division of Promotion maintains eighteen laboratories in the ground level of RIHN's main building, including specialized facilities for DNA and stable isotope analysis and mass spectrometry, as well as several rooms for chemical and biochemical analysis, microscopy, incubation, hazardous materials, fieldwork preparation, sample preparation and cold storage (please also see this page).

Thermal-ionization mass spectrometer	Double-focusing high precision ICP multi-collector mass spectrometer

The RIHN archive holds about 200,000 posters created by children from around the world and submitted since 1991 to the United Nations' Environmental Poster Contest. Posters are evaluated by a UN-appointed council and especially notable contributions are exhibited at the UN Building and published as calendars and postcards.

RIHN has also incorporated these posters into the traditional Japanese memory game “karuta” and held karuta-playing workshops in elementary schools in Japan and the US. As the posters reflect the child-artists' geographic area, culture, age, and perception of nature and environment, playing the game gives children insight into the environmental experiences of their peers around the world. Workshops have been held in Aichi, Nara and Kyoto prefectures, and at Atorium Elementary School in Cambridge and the Boston Children's Museum in the United States.

RIHN booth at COP10 (Nagoya, Oct. 2010)	Ecology Education Program: Karuta workshop using UN children's environmental art (Atrium Elementary school, Boston, USA, Jan. 2011)