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CLIMATE CHANGE

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Dec 31, 2021
2021: The year of results
The world hasn't exactly received a glowing report card in terms of what it has managed to achieve over the past 12 months.
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WORLD
Dec 29, 2021
Run, rebuild, repeat as floods eat away at India's indigenous land
With limited work options and a high dependence on natural resources, the Mising — like other indigenous communities around the world — often suffer the worst of the extreme weather.
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WORLD
Dec 29, 2021
How world leaders can make their COP26 deforestation pledge a reality
More than 100 leaders agreed to halt and reverse harm to forests and land by 2030, but similar zero-deforestation pledges had repeatedly been made and not met.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 26, 2021
Global coal hypocrisy
India's supposed crime in Glasgow was to join China in insisting on a last-minute change to the final declaration in which countries pledged to “phase down” rather than “phase out” coal.
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BUSINESS
Dec 26, 2021
How 2021 became the year of ESG investing
Major wins for ESG investors pushing for changes at companies this year included the replacement of three directors at Exxon Mobil.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Dec 26, 2021
Saori Iwano: ‘Anyone who wants to make lasting change in the world is an activist’
Saori Iwano had a busy year that was capped off with her attendance at the United Nations Climate Change Conference where she picked up a few new ideas on how to approach the topic in Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 21, 2021
As climate anxiety rises, chat groups tackle isolation and taboos
A growing network of discussion groups offer spaces for people to open up about their feelings on the changing climate.
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BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2021
2022 is a year to call out greenwashing in China
Since Xi's climate pledge, several Chinese companies have announced net-zero deadlines, but many of the proposals consist of vague promises rather than concrete measures.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Dec 20, 2021
Inside the deadly water crisis threatening Iran’s leadership
The nation's long-brewing crisis over water scarcity is the result of decades of unchecked industrial expansion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2021
Amid the climate change crisis, the GDP metric’s days are numbered
The core idea of a new GDP metric is to create a comprehensive balance sheet to demonstrate that economic progress today is illusory when it comes at the expense of future living standards.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 16, 2021
Goldman-founded energy firm says Japan must do more on climate
There is an ongoing struggle in Japan as the country aims to fulfill ambitious climate change goals while maintaining a secure and stable energy system.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2021
The cost of cutting carbon is sure to shock investors
The Paris climate agreement would cost $50 trillion in 2030, or $140 per American. Yet a recent survey found that a majority would vote against even a $24 annual climate tax.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 15, 2021
Trends in Arctic report card: ‘Consistent, alarming and undeniable’
The Arctic is heating up more than twice as quickly as the rest of the globe, exposing 'vulnerabilities' that will similarly 'unfold for our entire planet.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 14, 2021
HSBC says clients must have plan to exit coal by end of 2023
Built on earlier promises to phase out coal, the policy would stay in line with the science of climate change and be reviewed annually.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 14, 2021
Russia blocks U.N. move to treat climate as security threat
Russia's derailment of the measure underscored the challenges faced by the United Nations in uniting the global community to combat climate change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 10, 2021
What to watch in climate finance next year
But what can finance — whether public or private — do about climate change? Here are the biggest issues to watch for in the coming year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 10, 2021
'Silent financier': How Bangladesh's poor are paying the costs of climate damage
As climate change disasters and losses surge around the world, the world's poorest, who can least afford it, are paying the bulk of the costs.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Dec 9, 2021
Meet the new climate refugee in town: coyotes
Drought and heat waves are not only fueling catastrophic wildfires in California, they're also driving wildlife into the streets in search of food and water.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2021
Saving the dinosaurs: Startups drive to electrify fossil-fuel cars
EV conversion is a cottage industry that's emerged over the past five years, and been turbo-charged by advances in battery technology and electric motors in the past two.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2021
Wall Street holds fast to fossil fuels as climate pressure grows
How quickly lenders pull off a transition to finance a lower carbon economy will play a major role in determining the planet's chances of avoiding a cataclysmic degree of overheating.
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.
Pope Francis, radical leader who broke the papal mold, dies at 88
Pope Francis blesses the faithful during the weekly general audience at the Vatican in August 2023.
Japan mulls reviewing car safety rules to strike deal with Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister and top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Friday.
Japan tariff negotiator rules out quick U.S. deal despite push by Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Friday, a day after talks in Washington.
Shohei Ohtani announces birth of daughter
Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka attend a Lakers game in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 2024.
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.
LDP and CDP lawmaker groups propose 0% consumption tax on food
A vegetable stand displays prices at a supermarket in Tokyo in 2023. Some lawmakers are proposing lowering the consumption tax on food to 0%, which is expected to result in a loss of up to ¥5 trillion in tax revenue annually.

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