Climate Changed
Japan Has ‘Complex Feelings’ in Overcoming Coal Addiction
- Environment Minister Koizumi says Japan needs to send signal
- Japan faces $71 billion in stranded assets if it pursues coal
Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
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Japan needs to overcome what United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres labeled a “coal addiction,” and the issue is causing mixed feelings among its officials attending climate change talks this week in Madrid.
The COP25 meeting in Spain may boost awareness among the Japanese public of the need to reduce dependency from coal energy, Japan Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi told reporters on Wednesday.