Climate Change
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【News】COP27 concludes without progress on GHG reductions
COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, concluded on November 20. While the agreement to establish financial support specifically for loss and damage caused by climate change was a major achievement, no progress was made on measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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【Report】IEA releases World Energy Outlook 2022
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its World Energy Outlook 2022, stating that we are entering a critical decade to achieve a more secure, sustainable, and affordable energy system.
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【News】Hydrogen/Ammonia, CCS/CCUS related information
JBC provides a list of reports and papers on the technologies related to Japan’s decarbonization strategy.
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【News】Julien Vincent awarded 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize
Julien Vincent, Executive Director of Market Forces, an Australian environmental organization, has been awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize 2022. Vincent has been deeply involved in climate change shareholder action in Japan.
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【News】A first in Japan, institutional investors submit shareholder proposal to J-Power to strengthen decarbonization strategy
A first in Japan, on May 11 a shareholder proposal was submitted by institutional investors to Japanese energy company J-Power, calling for a stronger decarbonization strategy.
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【News】Four shareholder proposals submitted by NGOs to accelerate climate measures
On April 11, NGOs and individual shareholders submitted shareholder proposals calling for stronger climate change policies to four companies in the finance, trading, and electricity industries.
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【Report】IPCC releases AR6 Climate Change 2022 (WG III) report on climate change mitigation
On April 5, 2022 (JST), the Working Group III (WG III) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) on the mitigation of climate change.
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【News】U.S. Dept. of Energy’s CCS Demonstration Projects: “Significant” Economic Risk
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report stating that the Department of Energy faces the risk of wasting large sums of money by supporting carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects
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【Report】IPCC Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Releases AR6 Climate Change 2022 (WG2) Report: Human-induced climate change is already causing clear, widespread negative impacts.
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【News】With no coal exit policy, Japan falls short at COP26
Japan was awarded the “Fossil of the Day ” award at COP26, but there were a number of ways in which Japan fell short while the rest of the world made progress at COP26.
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【News】Prime Minister Kishida’s COP26 speech wins Japan “Fossil of the Day” award
Repeating last year’s win, on November 2nd Japan was again awarded the “Fossil of the Day” award at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Glasgow, UK
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【Report】IPCC WG1 released AR 6 Climate Change 2021
On August 9th, Working Group I of the IPCC released the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), which presents the most up-to-date scientific data and understanding of climate change and its impacts.