Shinjiro Koizumi, recently appointed Environment Minister of Japan said on September 22 that in order to motivate young people to act towards climate change is to make fight, “fun”. coal-dependent country has a new climate action idea to reduce carbon emissions and it is to make process “sexy”. As Japanese politician prepares himself for 74th United Nations General Assembly summit in New York, he said that re are various political issues, which get motous. refore, in order to tackle huge issues like climate change, Koizumi believes that it should be fun, cool, and sexy too. environment minister also claimed that Japan is committed to realizing importance of a decarbonized society and y shall contribute powerfully in fight against climate emergency.

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Japanese students protested

On September 20, during global climate strike which was initiated by a 16-year-old environment activist, Greta Thunberg, Japanese students in Tokyo took on streets. students expressed ir fear and anger over failure of control in Carbon emissions. In Japan, greenhouse gas emissions hit highest ever mark in 2018. In New York, as Koizumi speaks in UN, reportedly activists plan to float a blimp which will show Prime Minister of Japan appearing from a bucket of coal. protesters want to insist PM Shinzo Abe manufacture brand new coal-fired power plants. 

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Japan in climate summit

Japan's turn to speak on climate summit is t on September 23. However, Environment Minister will evidently stay in New York to gar more kwledge about state of negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions. Koizumi has also me plans to meet Japanese students while in city.

Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General, has insisted governments inhibit any new constructions of coal power plants in 2020. This has created a crucial position for Japan, which is w only G7 country to d coal-fired power generation capacity. Moreover, Japanese government and banks also provide funds to new coal plants in Asia.

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