BBC: Japan wants 50% greenhouse gas cut
BBC reports that Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has said the world should halve emissions of greenhouse gases by the year 2050. It is the first time Japan has set a firm target to replace the present Kyoto protocol, which expires in 2012:
"We must create a new framework which moves beyond the Kyoto Protocol, in which the entire world will participate in emissions reduction," Mr Abe said in a speech in Tokyo.
He made it clear that his country wanted to take a leading role in efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.
But Mr Abe said he believed those efforts would fail unless the countries which are among the biggest polluters, China, India and the United States, could be persuaded to take part.
BBC: Japan eyes 50% greenhouse gas cut
Global warming is expected to top the agenda at next month's Group of Eight summit in Germany. Shinzo Abe is expected to call on the international community to cooperate toward creating a new framework. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is unsure whether the upcoming Group of Eight summit will produce an agreement on an action plan for a new framework to fight global warming. NHK says Ms Merkel spoke to Germany's parliament on Thursday, and that she referred to global warming as a main topic for the summit to be held at the Baltic resort of Heiligendamm from June 6-8.
Stay tuned.
"We must create a new framework which moves beyond the Kyoto Protocol, in which the entire world will participate in emissions reduction," Mr Abe said in a speech in Tokyo.
He made it clear that his country wanted to take a leading role in efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.
But Mr Abe said he believed those efforts would fail unless the countries which are among the biggest polluters, China, India and the United States, could be persuaded to take part.
BBC: Japan eyes 50% greenhouse gas cut
Global warming is expected to top the agenda at next month's Group of Eight summit in Germany. Shinzo Abe is expected to call on the international community to cooperate toward creating a new framework. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is unsure whether the upcoming Group of Eight summit will produce an agreement on an action plan for a new framework to fight global warming. NHK says Ms Merkel spoke to Germany's parliament on Thursday, and that she referred to global warming as a main topic for the summit to be held at the Baltic resort of Heiligendamm from June 6-8.
Stay tuned.
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