Japan
Key Statistics
- Global Rank
5th
- Per Capita Global Rank
23rd
- Percent Global total
5.09%
- Tons Per Person
- 148.1T
Cumulative CO2 Emissions from Energy (1990-2005)
- Kyoto Target, Compared to 1990
-6%
- Emissions Change (1990-2007)
+8.2%
Kyoto Goals and Status
Key Negotiators
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Sakihito Ozawa
Head of Delegation, Minister for the Environment
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Tetsuro Fukuyama
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
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Akihiko Furuya
Ambassador for Global Envrionment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Copenhagen Positions
| Long Term Temperature Goal | +2 Degrees Celsius |
| 2020 Target | -25% (Compared to 1990 levels) |
| 2050 Target | -80% (Compared to 1990 levels) |
| Annex I 2020 Target |
Historical and Projected Data
| 1990 | 2007 | 2020 | 2030 | |
| Polluter Rank–Per Capita (Annual)1 | 48th | 37th* | ||
| Polluter Rank–Gross (Annual)2 | 6th | 6th | ||
| Total Annual GHG Emissions (CO2e, millions)3 | 1,180.6Mt | 1374Mt4 | ||
| Percent of Global Emissions5 | 3.9% | 3.6%* | ||
| Tons of CO2 Per Person (Annual) | 9.6T | 10.8T | ||
| Percent of World Population6 | 2.3% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1.3% |
| Population (thousands) and Rank7 | 123,537/7th | 127,537/10th | 121,520/11th | 113,520/14th |
| C02 Emissions from Energy Use (CO2e, millions) | 1,068Mt8 | 1,195Mt9 | 1,170Mt10 | |
| C02 Emissions from Land Use Change & Forestry (CO2e, millions) | -74Mt11 | -81Mt12 | ||
| Responsibility and Capacity Index13 (Percent of Global) | 6.6% | 5.5% | ||
| G-20 Low Carbon Competitive Index14 (Rank/Index) | #2/.66 | |||
* 2005 Data
- Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) Version 6.0. (Washington, DC: World Resources Institute, 2009. ↩
- Ibid ↩
- CAIT. GHG emissions from C02, CH4, N20, PFCs, HFC, SF6, excluding Land-Use Change & Forestry ↩
- UNFCCC, Summary of GHG Emissions for Japan(pdf) ↩
- CAIT ↩
- U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base (IDB) ↩
- Ibid ↩
- UNFCCC Annex I Party Common Reporting Format, submission of Government of Japan, JPN-2009-1990-v.1.xls, Table 10s1
1,235Mt[14. Ibid ↩ - CAIT, Greenhouse Gas Emission Projections, using IEA, World Energy Outlook 2008 data set. ↩
- Ibid ↩
- UNFCCC, Summary of GHG Emissions for Japan(pdf) ↩
- Ibid ↩
- The Greenhouse Development Rights Framework, The Right to Development in A Climate Constrained World (pdf), p.6, September 2008. ↩
- G20 Low Carbon Competitiveness Report. (pdf) ↩
International Climate Policy
As one of the world’s largest economies and 6th largest greenhouse gas polluters, Japan has played a pivotal role throughout the UN Climate Negotiations, most notably for their role as host of the Kyoto Protocol negotiations in 1997. Japan has historically been in close alignment with the position of the Unites States, who they collaborate on their negotiation strategy through the “Umbrella” Group (add link).
Relative to other umbrella group members, Japan has a much lower per capita emissions footprint, and has often citied its higher energy efficiency and the lack of significant low cost emission reduction opportunities as justification for its difficulty in its Kyoto target, as well as the basis for its previously announced target for Copenhagen, which was -15% below 2005 by 2020. This previous target translates to just -9% below 1990, only slightly stronger than Japan’s -6% target for 2008-2012 under the Kyoto Protocol.
New Japanese Prime Minister & Copenhagen Target
With the recent national election in Japan and change in the ruling party, the Japanese negotiating position for Copenhagen has experienced a significant shift. Following through on his campaign pledge, incoming Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama announced new 2020 reduction target of -25% below 1990 levels. However, Japan has indicated that its commitment to this reduction was preconditioned on similar to other major economies taking commitments,Negotiation Bloc: Umbrella Group
Participant in: G8, G20, Major Economies Forum (MEF)Recent Reports
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