Climate Change Policy in Japan: From the 1980s to 2015

by Yasuko Kameyama

Overview

Amidst growing environmental concerns worldwide, Japan is seen as particularly vulnerable to the effects of changing climate. This book considers Japan’s response to the climate change problem from the late 1980s up to the present day, assessing how the Japanese government’s policy-making process has developed over time. From the early days of climate change policy in Japan, through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change conferences and Kyoto Protocol, right up to the 2015 negotiations, the book examines the environmental, economic, and political factors that have shaped policy. As the 2015 Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change projects forward beyond 2020, the book concludes by analyzing how Japan has placed itself in the global climate change debate and how the country might and should respond to the problem in the future, based on the findings from accumulated history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138838598
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/28/2016
Series:	Routledge Studies in Asia and the Environment
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Yasuko Kameyama is Deputy Director at the Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan

Table of Contents

1. Framing Japan's response to climate change

2. Emergence of the climate change problem and adoption of the UNFCCC (1980S-1994)

3. COP3 and the Kyoto Protocol (1995-2002)

4. Struggling to find the "Post-Kyoto" Regime, 2002-2010

5. The Tohoku earthquake and reconsideration of Japan's energy policies (2011-2015)

6. Conclusion

Annex 1: Chronicle of Japan's Climate Change Policy