U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon opened the first formal talks in the drawn out process of drawing up the successor to the 1997 Kyoto climate change pact, telling attendees “the world is waiting for a solution that is long-term and economically viable.” Speaking on Monday in a video address to the 1,000 delegates […]
submit_url = ‘http://www.TheCarbonBlog.com/a-failure-to-lead-japans-nuclear-standstill/’;In a recently released white paper, Japan’s Atomic Energy Commission failed to emphasize the role nuclear power needs to play in order to ensure a stable supply of electric power in the country. Electric power that the nation desperately needs as another hot summer is about to start, and pushing the existing […]
With the 2012 expiration date of the Kyoto Protocol fast approaching, Japan is already thinking about its future emissions goals.
Japan is one of the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases and has vowed to cut those emissions by 6% from 1990 levels between 2008 and 2012. The country’s environment minister, Ichiro Kamoshita, even went as […]
