Decarbonization
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【Report】Global GHG emissions break records, enhancement of climate pledges required
UNEP released a report “Emissions Gap Report 2023: Broken Record – Temperatures hit new highs, yet world fails to cut emissions (again).”
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【Report】Japan’s GX Policy is misaligned with 1.5°C target
Influence Map released a report that shows Japan’s Green Transformation (GX) Policy is significantly misaligned with the 1.5°C target.
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【Report】IEA updates landmark report “Net Zero Emissions by 2050”
New IEA report “Net Zero Roadmap: A Global Pathway to Keep the 1.5°C Goal in Reach” provides updated net zero scenario, roadmap to achieving net zero by 2050
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【News】Citizens protest ”coal zombie” GENESIS Matsushima project
On October 30, citizens dressed up as zombies took action in front of the main office of J-POWER, to protest the company’s GENESIS Matsushima project.
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【News】”No More Jurassic JERA” Campaign
The “No More Jurassic JERA Campaign” is being launched against JERA and a full-page advertisement was placed in the Finacial Times Asia calling on JERA to shift to renewable energy.
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【News】 Petition filed to stop JERA’s “Zero CO2 Thermal Power” ads
On October 5, Kiko Network and the JELF filed a petition to the JARO about JERA’s “Zero CO2 Emission Thermal Power Generation” advertisements.
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【Report】BloombergNEF releases “New Energy Outlook: Japan”
BloombergNEF published the “New Energy Outlook : Japan”. It examines the opportunities and challenges associated with Japan’s transition to 2050 net-zero.
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【Report】 IEA predicts investment in solar power will exceed oil in 2023
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published the report “World Energy Investment 2023”, which estimates that investment in clean energy will significantly exceed investment in fossil fuels in 2023.
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【Report】IEEFA report: Can CCS really save the power sector?
A report published by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) reveals that adding CCS to fossil-fired power plants will have implications on electricity prices, with the public, businesses and governments likely to suffer from the immense costs.
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【News】Climate-related shareholder proposals submitted again to J-POWER
Continuing from last year, shareholder proposals were submitted to Japan’s Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. (J-Power) to strengthen the company’s decarbonization strategy.
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【Report】IEA “CO2 Emissions in 2022” Report: Global CO2 emissions hit new record in 2022
IEA published a report analyzing GHG emissions from energy production in 2022, showing that global CO2 emissions rose less than initially feared.
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【Report】The 2035 Japan Report – Japan can achieve a 90% clean electricity share by 2035
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s “The Japan 2035 Report” and Climate Integrate’s “Decarbonizing Japan’s Electricity System: Policy Change to Trigger a Shift” were released simultaneously, showing that Japan’s electricity sector can increase its share of renewable energy to 70% by 2035.
