To secure a green future, Japan must reckon with its nuclear past
The government panel shaping the nation's energy future sees the restart of almost every reactor halted after meltdowns in 2011 as necessary to meet climate goals.
Time for realism in the climate battle
After the one-year respite caused by COVID-19, carbon emissions will be staying stubbornly high, just as they were before the pandemic pushed down world energy demand for a while.
Bolder climate action could save millions of lives each year by 2040
New research highlighted how the potential health benefits of climate action could give added impetus to countries to submit more ambitious national climate plans.
Biden, in a burst of climate orders, rejoins the Paris Agreement
The moves represent a first step in healing one of the deepest rifts between the United States and the rest of the world after Trump defiantly rejected the Paris pact.
Climate change is a marathon, not a sprint: Japan will make greater progress if these issues are not politicized and all major parties agree on emissions reduction as a common goal.
As floods hit Borneo, Indonesia urged to boost climate action under Paris accord
The archipelago is already suffering the impacts of rising global temperatures, with its cities and coastal areas hit by regular flooding and rising sea levels.
Pandemic delays leave nations facing climate action catch-up in 2021
Governments are being urged to show "real climate ambition that communities will benefit from" in 2021 as their economies start to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.
After the virus: Getting back on the Paris climate track
Though the agreement initially met with doubts, its primary mechanisms are proving their efficiency and efficacy.
The prime minister has said Japan will this year provide roughly $11.8 billion in public and private funding to support global decarbonization.
Lofty climate goals get reality check at global summit
At the Climate Ambition Summit, one country after another failed to raise the bar, as leaders offered only incremental steps.
Suga vows to review Japan's efforts toward 2030 emissions-cut target
Japan will review progress toward its 2030 target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions with an eye on achieving its more ambitious goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Sunday during an online-leaders meeting marking the fifth anniversary of the ...
China is thus arguably the modern era’s first “hybrid” superpower: a global leader that does not yet have a fully advanced economy.
