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U.N. climate chief urges Japan to set emission cut goal

LIMA, Peru - Achim Steiner, executive director of the U.N. Environment Program, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Dec. 10, 2014, in Peru's capital Lima where an international climate change conference is under way. He urged Japan to set a drastic target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions so it may show an example for others.

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Global warming-induced damage to cost $500 bil. a year

TOKYO, Japan - A residential area in Ayutthaya, Thailand, is seen flooded in this file photo taken in November 2011. The U.N. Environment Program estimates that up to $500 billion will be needed per year through 2050 to address global warming-induced damage caused by floods and droughts in developing nations.

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Minamata Convention

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Japanese Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (C) serves as president of an international conference organized by the U.N. Environment Program in Kumamoto City on Oct. 10, 2013. Delegates from across the world adopted "the Minamata Convention on Mercury," an international treaty to regulate the use and trade of mercury, at the conference later in the day.

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Minamata Convention

KUMAMOTO, Japan - An international conference organized by the U.N. Environment Program is held in Kumamoto City on Oct. 10, 2013. Delegates from across the world adopted "the Minamata Convention on Mercury," an international treaty to regulate the use and trade of mercury, at the conference later in the day.

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Minamata Convention

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Japanese Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara speaks at an international conference organized by the U.N. Environment Program in Kumamoto City on Oct. 10, 2013. Delegates from across the world adopted "the Minamata Convention on Mercury," an international treaty to regulate the use and trade of mercury, at the conference later in the day.

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UNEP envoy Kato to perform during Johannesburg summit

TOKYO, Japan - Singer and U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) goodwill ambassador Tokiko Kato will hold concerts in the Johannesburg suburbs on Aug. 28 and 29 to promote conservation, organizers said Aug. 17. The city is the site of the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development from Aug. 26 to Sept. 4. Photo was taken when Kato staged concerts with South African musicians in Tokyo in June 2001.

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Japanese singer Kato named new U.N. goodwill envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese singer Tokiko Kato (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on Oct. 30 after being officially appointed by Mori as new goodwill ambassador to the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP). Kato is the first Japanese to hold the post.

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Japanese singer Kato to be new U.N. goodwill envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Internationally known Japanese singer Tokiko Kato (file photo) is appointed Oct. 27 to be the new goodwill ambassador to the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP), the first Japanese to hold the post.

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UNEP envoy Kato to perform during Johannesburg summit

TOKYO, Japan - Singer and U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) goodwill ambassador Tokiko Kato will hold concerts in the Johannesburg suburbs on Aug. 28 and 29 to promote conservation, organizers said Aug. 17. The city is the site of the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development from Aug. 26 to Sept. 4. Photo was taken when Kato staged concerts with South African musicians in Tokyo in June 2001. (Kyodo)

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Exhibition of Japanese A-bomb photos held at U.N. Nairobi office

A U.N. official looks at a panel of photos showing the aftermath of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of two Japanese cities -- Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- at an exhibition held at the U.N. Office in Nairobi on Aug. 6, 2015. The exhibition was organized by Takehiro Nakamura, who works for the U.N. Environment Program headquartered in the Kenyan capital, and other Japanese U.N. officials. Nakamura's parents were victims of the Hiroshima bombing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. agency awards for environmental crime fighters

The United Nations Environment Program on May 20, 2015, gives awards to 13 individuals and organizations for their remarkable contributions to tackling the illegal trade in wildlife, chemicals and waste in the Asia-Pacific region. Photo was taken at the United Nations Bangkok Office. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. climate chief urges Japan to set emission cut goal

LIMA, Peru - Achim Steiner, executive director of the U.N. Environment Program, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Dec. 10, 2014, in Peru's capital Lima where an international climate change conference is under way. He urged Japan to set a drastic target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions so it may show an example for others. (Kyodo)

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Japanese singer Kato named new U.N. goodwill envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese singer Tokiko Kato (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on Oct. 30 after being officially appointed by Mori as new goodwill ambassador to the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP). Kato is the first Japanese to hold the post.