Japan—US$376 million With scarce and rapidly dwindling fossil fuel resources of its own, Japan engages in only a small amount of domestic oil and gas exploration. It relies heavily on fossil fuel imports to meet its energy needs, particularly since the accelerated phase-out of nuclear power following the Fukushima disaster in March 2011. So while...
66% of people surveyed did not know that Japan was one of the highest GHG emitting countries in the world. This report is a summary of three polls conducted in 2016 with findings on the attitudes to climate change amongst the Japanese population. The first poll is the “Poll on Environmental Awareness 2016” (this source...
Japan: (1)Strengthen country pledge to the Paris Agreement; (2) Reduce the amount of coal in the country’s energy mix; (3) Set new standards for the thermal insulation of houses and buildings. Japan should strengthen its NDC in 2 ways. First, Japan should reduce the amount of coal in its projected energy mix for 2030. According...
