Per capita CO2 emissions in Tokyo are 20-30% lower than in New York and London. Tokyo with a relatively high level of energy efficiency leads major cities in the world in climate change mitigation measures by launching activities designed to achieve further substantial reductions in CO2 emissions.

COUNTRIES MOST AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE

1. JAPAN (Climate Risk Index: 5.5)
2. PHILIPPINES (Climate Risk Index: 11.17)
3. GERMANY (Climate Risk Index: 13.83)
4. MADAGASCAR (Climate Risk Index: 15.83)
5. INDIA (Climate Risk Index: 18.17)
6. SRI LANKA (Climate Risk Index: 19)
7. KENYA (Climate Risk Index: 19.67)
8. RUANDA (Climate Risk Index: 21.17)

Climate change and poverty are deeply intertwined because climate change disproportionally affects poor people in low-income communities and developing countries around the world. Those in poverty have a higher chance of experiencing the ill-effects of climate change due to the increased exposure and vulnerability.

The government aims to reduce the more than 1 billion tons of greenhouse gases the country emitted in 2018, according to the trade ministry, to 930 million in 2030 and net zero by 2050. At the same time, the ministry projects that domestic demand for electricity will grow by between 30% and 50% by 2050.

For Japan to take the lead and become a role model in global climate change measures, it is imperative that at the government level they take several measures: 1) set ambitious GHG reduction targets such as 40-50% reduction by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050, 2) radically reform current coal-fired power policy.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.7% to a record low in the 2019 financial year that ended March 2020, government figures showed on Tuesday, thanks to growing use of renewable energy and lower energy consumption by manufacturers.

TOKYO — As Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared recently that Japan will become carbon neutral by 2050, the country has begun to move toward effectively slashing carbon dioxide emissions to zero within the next three decades. Japan will now expand the previous policy goal of an 80% cut by 2050.

The US has pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, with a 2030 emissions target to be announced shortly. Carbon pricing, feebates and a carbon price floor could all contribute, says the IMF.

The United Kingdom, Japan and the Republic of Korea, together with more than 110 other countries, have pledged carbon neutrality by 2050, and China has pledged to get there before 2060.

1. China. China is the largest emitter of carbon dioxide gas in the world, with 10.06 billion metric tons in 2018.
2. The United States. The U.S. is the second-largest emitter of CO2, with approximately 5.41 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions in 2018.
3. India.
4. The Russian Federation.
5. Japan.

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