CAN Collectibles: JApan!
23 May 2012
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| Main export goods: | Baseball players and hybrid cars, besides Playstations |
| Annual tuna consumption (raw): | 500,000t 4kg per person |
| Best things about Japan: | Best sushi restaurants in the world. Cherry blossom beautiful asset now flowering in March rather than in April because of global warming. |
| Worst things about Japan: | Dangerous addiction to nuclear and oil. 80% of the population is allergic to cedar because we planted too many of them |
| Things you did not know: | CO2 emissions in 2011 did not increase compared to 2010, even though Japan had to stop several nuclear reactors. (Amazing commitment by people/firms to save energy made this possible!) There are studies and analyses showing that the 25% target by 2020 is achievable even if Japan phases out nuclear |
| Existing unconditional pledge on the table: | (None) |
| Existing conditional pledge (upper end): | 25% below 1990 levels by 2020, but under review towards LOWERING the pledge |
| Next step to increase ambition by COP18: | At least confirm 25% GHG below 1990 levels by 2020 by Bangkok and make it unconditional. Set a concrete target at least 80% by 2050 in the process of Low Carbon Development Strategy planning. |