Japan's Climate Plan Sends 'Wrong Signal'
Written April 1, 2020
This year all countries are due to update their climate their climate targets under the 2015 Paris Agreement. The big question is will these countries strengthen their targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions? On Monday, Japan became the first of the world's richest countries to submit their new revised plan. Unfortunately there was nothing new written in the plan and it was the exact same one as five years ago. Their plan was and still is to reduce its emissions by 26 percent from their levels in 2013. According to the World Resources Institute Japan's unchanged target puts a more dangerous trajectory on the world. Targets from larger countries that also produce a lot of gas emissions have not yet sent in a new target. In theory, the new targets do not have to be submitted until the end of the year. The hope with that deadline is that these large countries will learn from the corona virus pandemic and try to improve the environment.
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This year all countries are due to update their climate their climate targets under the 2015 Paris Agreement. The big question is will these countries strengthen their targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions? On Monday, Japan became the first of the world's richest countries to submit their new revised plan. Unfortunately there was nothing new written in the plan and it was the exact same one as five years ago. Their plan was and still is to reduce its emissions by 26 percent from their levels in 2013. According to the World Resources Institute Japan's unchanged target puts a more dangerous trajectory on the world. Targets from larger countries that also produce a lot of gas emissions have not yet sent in a new target. In theory, the new targets do not have to be submitted until the end of the year. The hope with that deadline is that these large countries will learn from the corona virus pandemic and try to improve the environment.
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Its good we are learning from our mistakes,
ReplyDeleteDo you think that actions made to reduce emissions are too late to make a difference or do you believe that this is all steps in the right direction?
ReplyDeleteFrom reading this, I would now like to look more into what they all agreed to in this plan, because from what it seems,( it looks like larger industrial countries (like Japan) really aren't doing their part in the plan by not updating their efforts towards a cleaner future.
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