The World Wide Fund for Nature has called on Japanese businesses to establish a council to fight global climate change and take a leading role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions before a key conference in December in Kyoto.
The appeal was made at the the Second WWF Japan Corporate Supporter's Meeting Business Symposium in Tokyo July 7. To facilitate a reduction in greenhouse gases, the WWF also announced at the meeting that it will sponsor a study by Japanese scientists, based on a similar survey conducted in Europe, to determine how to implement emissions-reduction policies.
The WWF hopes to have the survey published before the the third U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change at the end of the year and present concrete numerical goals for emission cuts. The business community has a vital role to play in the emissions-reduction process and it is in its interest to promote new energy-efficient technologies, said Andrew Kerr, European coordinator for the WWF's Climate Change Campaign.