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CLIMATE CHANGE

Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Dec 16, 2022
Amid World Cup criticisms, is it time for sport to be greener?
Monitoring groups say Qatar deserves a 'yellow card' over its carbon-neutral pledge as many emissions have been overlooked.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 15, 2022
Developing nations demand more money at crunch U.N. biodiversity talks
The thorny issue of how much money wealthy countries are willing to pony up to protect the world's remaining biodiversity took center stage Wednesday at U.N. talks in Montreal aimed at creating a "peace pact with nature."
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 14, 2022
Deforestation of Brazilian savanna surged around 25% in a year
Such an increase would mean more than 10,000 square kilometers of native vegetation were destroyed over 12 months — the most since 2015.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 14, 2022
NASA to conduct first global water survey from space
The advanced radar satellite is designed to give scientists an unprecedented view of the planet, shedding new light on the mechanics and consequences of climate change.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 12, 2022
New technologies offer more accurate nature health checks
Researchers and companies are creating tools to track and protect biodiversity.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 12, 2022
Big Oil does little to act on climate despite vows, U.S. House panel says
Documents show major oil companies discussing the strategy of selling off oil and gas fields to smaller companies to lower their own emissions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 10, 2022
Horror of a hotter world on stark display in parched eastern Africa
The grim reality confronting east Africa is a frightening portent of what could come elsewhere due to climate change.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 9, 2022
Disappearing plant populations jeopardize a green future
With jungles and boreal forests still being destroyed, at least 40% of the world's remaining plant species are in trouble.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 7, 2022
Polluters' policies would see warming above 1.5 Celsius limit, analysis says
The assessment found that the United States, Canada, Australia and the European Union are working off plans that could see warming between 2.1 C and 3.4 C.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 7, 2022
EV battery-makers face emissions challenge, Panasonic unit head says
Customers are now adding carbon footprints as a measurement when assessing batteries, the senior executive said.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2022
Japanese climate activist Kimiko Hirata makes BBC's 100 influential women list
Hirata, the executive director of a Tokyo-based climate change think tank, leads a campaign to stop the construction of coal-fired power plants.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 6, 2022
From flickering fireflies to lowly dung beetles, insects are vanishing
Amid deforestation, pollution and climate change, bugs are struggling — along with the crops, flowers and animals that rely on them to survive.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 6, 2022
U.S. and EU weigh climate-based tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum
The move would mark a novel approach, usually employed in trade disputes, to further their climate agenda.
WORLD
Dec 6, 2022
25 years after Kyoto Protocol, U.N. climate process stumbles on
The ultimate failure of the protocol offers a cautionary tale on how such international deals can fall short, but also the capacity of climate action to evolve.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2022
Climate change costs are eating up the money needed to avert it
Rich countries need to meet their ODA commitments, which would more than double the money available to avert the effects of climate change.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 5, 2022
Qatar World Cup spotlights health risks of a hotter planet
Researchers see a troubling pattern emerging among low-income migrants across the globe's hottest regions: an epidemic of chronic kidney disease.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2022
From Kyoto Protocol to ‘fossil’ awards: Japan’s climate image stained by inaction
A quarter century after Japan hosted the COP3 climate talks where the Kyoto Protocol was adopted, the country's record at the national level is a study in contrasts.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Dec 4, 2022
Japan Times 1997: 160 nations adopt Kyoto Protocol
Environmental concerns hit the front pages of newspapers in 1997, with the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol, and 1922, when residents tried to appease an 'angry tree.'
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Japan buys first South Korean rice in over two decades as prices surge
Bags of rice at a warehouse in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Japan imported South Korean rice for the first time since 1999 this month amid soaring domestic prices for the staple grain.
Nvidia CEO lobbies Japan to generate more power to fuel AI
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang answers questions from reporters after his meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Monday.
Nvidia CEO urges LDP to build up Japan’s AI infrastructure
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba receives a gift from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the start of their meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Monday.
Yen on the march as Plaza Accord 2.0 debate grows
The yen strengthened dramatically this month — hitting ¥139.9 to the dollar on Tuesday — and could become a topic of conversation in trade talks between the United States and Japan.
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
The floor is art: Takuro Tamayama transforms mundanity
Takuro Tamayama’s sculpture “Models (Pair, 6 sets, 12 rings)” comes with a mathematical formation that scales it for different spaces.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Calling all Potterheads: ‘The Goblet of Fire’ comes to Tokyo
The Tokyo version of the globe-trotting exhibition features a Ministry of Magic set, which includes an imposing replica of the Magic Is Might monument representing magical fascism.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.

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