Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases remains a vital issue that the international community has yet to tackle. Failure to adequately respond to the threat of global warming will bring devastating results to human beings.
Developed countries especially have a great responsibility to take sufficient measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases because their industrial activities have emitted huge amounts of such gases over many decades.
Regrettably the Japanese general public's interest in the issue appears to be low these days, and very few political leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party government are ready to take the initiative to deal with global warming. The Abe administration must drop its indifferent attitude toward the issue and accelerate efforts to mitigate global warming.