Im Vorfeld und während der Klimakonferenz von Bali plane ich, eine Vielzahl interessanter Beiträge und Analysen hier ins Netz zu setzten, Artikel aus aller Welt, die die deutschen Medien eher geneigt sind zu ignorieren. AchGut Leser, die das Thema internationale Klimapolitik langweilig finden, sind hiermit höflichst vor einem beschleunigenden Tempo gewarnt. Am besten ignorieren sie einfach meine Beiträge. Das erspart Ihnen Ärger und erhöhten Blutdruck.
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Japans Kyoto-Harakiri
Increasingly feeling the heat over the Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming, Japan is going on a spending spree to buy rights from around the world to emit carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping greenhouse gases.
With the clock ticking toward the start of the United Nations treaty’s “first commitment period” of 2008-2012, more and more dark clouds are hanging over Japan’s commitment to reach its protocol goal.
Although Japan must reduce its annual greenhouse gas (GHG)emissions by 6% during that period on average from the 1990 levels, its emissions in fiscal 2006, which ended on March 31 this year, were 6.4% above the fiscal 1990 levels, according to preliminary government figures released recently. [...]
Japan’s businesses, already among the world’s largest credit buyers, plan to further increase their purchases. The nation’s two major CO2 emitting industries, electricity and steel, for example, have announced recently they will significantly increase their credit purchases, to a total of 164 million tonnes CO2 equivalent. The Finance Ministry also said recently that the government alone may have to spend up to 1.2 trillion yen (US$10.9 billion) on credits. [...]
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/IK30Dh03.html