Japan proposes halving emissions by 2050
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Japan called Thursday for the world to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, proposing a successor to the Kyoto Protocol it hopes will win over top offenders the United States and China.
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Japan will push for a year after 1990 to be used as the reference point for greenhouse emission cuts in a post-Kyoto deal as chair of the G8 summit in July, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Saturday.
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Japan urged China to use its growing influence to make an impact on key global issues such as climate change during summit talks Friday that reflected the countries' warmer ties.
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Asia-Pacific nations, including China and the United States, will accept for the first time global goals to reduce emissions, according to a draft statement prepared for an APEC summit on Saturday.
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Japanese lawmakers approved a proposal Friday that would rein in the country's fiscal deficit by shifting spending and authority from the national government to regional entities, providing a boost to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's reform agenda.
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Pacific Rim business leaders say governments must make polluting more costly to businesses and make investing in expensive energy-efficient technologies more attractive if they want to reduce global warming.
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The Kyoto Protocol, which aims to slow down global warming, will come into effect on Wednesday.
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Science & environment: Â· Party unveils blueprint for tackling climate change Â· End of the road by 2040 for petrol-driven cars
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President Bushâs new proposal is a potentially useful tool for gaining consensus on cutting worldwide emissions linked to global warming.
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Australian and Japanese researchers are working on a prototype &quot;near zero-emission&quot; coal-fired electricity plant in an effort to reduce a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, they said.
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If the world is to end the threat from climate change, we need to be able to produce more with less energy.
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TOKYO: Japan outlined plans on Monday to cut spending and curb ballooning bond issuance in next fiscal yearâs budget, but worries over massive state debt remained due to an ageing population and a weaker economic outlook.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Leaders of the Group of Eight were close on Thursday to agreeing a need for "substantial" cuts in world greenhouse gas emissions, falling short of European calls to halve emissions by 2050.
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Japan is trying to take the lead on climate change at this week's G-8 summit, but the world's second-largest economy is falling behind on its existing obligations to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Japan has drawn up an action plan to  spearhead efforts to develop the next generation of more  environmentally friendly vehicles and batteries to help reduce  its reliance on oil.
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Europe, Japan, US, and developing nations are divided over how to handle greenhouse-gas emissions.
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HAMBURG, Germany  - Turning ocean winds into gold while cutting greenhouse emissions in the process might sound like some sort of alchemy for the 21st century.