Kurokawa, Satoshi, and Dabner, Justin (2013) Japan's new direction on climate change. East Asia Forum, 3 July 2013.

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[Extract] In one dramatic moment in 2011, Japan;s national strategy to curb carbon emissions was thrown into chaos.

At the 2010 UN climate change conference Japan committed to reducing its emissions by 25 per cent (relative to 1990 levels) by 2020 and 80 per cent by 2050. While these reductions were, in part, to be achieved through an emphasis on clean energy, the lynchpin of the program was to be its reliance on nuclear energy and the introduction of a price on carbon at the national level. But the triple disasters in March 2011 not only saw the closure of the country's nuclear reactors but the difficult economic conditions that followed made it impossible for the government to contemplate introducing a carbon price. So it was no surprise when the government subsequently admitted that its pledges were no longer viable.

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