Japanese companies and climate groups called on the nation's government on Wednesday to step up the introduction of renewable energy and quickly adopt carbon pricing to tackle global warming.
The Japan Climate Initiative , an alliance of companies, local governments and NGOs, issued the message ahead of the meeting of climate ministers of the Group of Seven countries on April 15-16 in Sapporo where Japan will chair the event to discuss efforts to address climate change.
To achieve a goal which was agreed by G7 last year to decarbonise all or most of the power sector by 2035, Japan should take appropriate measures and implement regulatory reforms to boost renewable energy, it said, urging support for the faster development of offshore wind power and mandatory installation of solar power generation in new buildings.is especially important to the Asian nation, as it is critically dependent on imports for a majority of its energy needs, including for oil to LNG.
But its G7 allies such as Canada, Germany, U.K. and Italy have already reached Japan's 2030 targets, the JCI said.scheme this fiscal year in stages, combining emissions trading and a carbon levy to encourage companies to curb pollution. But the levy will be introduced only from around the 2028/29 fiscal year.
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