Key emitters aiming for 'difficult' medium-term CO2 cut targets

Key emitters aiming for 'difficult' medium-term CO2 cut targets

CHIBA, Japan - Koji Tsuruoka (L), director general for global issues at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, and Daniel Price, assistant to U.S. President George W. Bush for international economic affairs, speak at a press conference in Chiba on March 14. Senior officials involved in a U.S.-led meeting of the world's major greenhouse gas emitters tried to lay the groundwork for setting medium-term greenhouse gas reduction targets in a post-Kyoto Protocol framework, but their positions remained far apart.

Abe unveils climate change initiative to halve emissions by 2050

Abe unveils climate change initiative to halve emissions by 2050

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a speech to Asian political and business leaders at a banquet at a Tokyo hotel on May 24. Abe unveiled a Japanese initiative featuring the goal of halving global greenhouse gas emissions from the current levels by 2050 to fight climate change and the creation of a new post-Kyoto Protocol framework.

Abe unveils climate change initiative to halve emissions by 2050

Abe unveils climate change initiative to halve emissions by 2050

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a speech to Asian political and business leaders at a banquet at a Tokyo hotel on May 24. Abe unveiled a Japanese initiative featuring the goal of halving global greenhouse gas emissions from the current levels by 2050 to fight climate change and the creation of a new post-Kyoto Protocol framework. (Kyodo)

Key emitters aiming for 'difficult' medium-term CO2 cut targets

Key emitters aiming for 'difficult' medium-term CO2 cut targets

CHIBA, Japan - Koji Tsuruoka (L), director general for global issues at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, and Daniel Price, assistant to U.S. President George W. Bush for international economic affairs, speak at a press conference in Chiba on March 14. Senior officials involved in a U.S.-led meeting of the world's major greenhouse gas emitters tried to lay the groundwork for setting medium-term greenhouse gas reduction targets in a post-Kyoto Protocol framework, but their positions remained far apart. (Kyodo)

Fukuda unveils post-Kyoto climate plan, eyes nat'l emission targ

Fukuda unveils post-Kyoto climate plan, eyes nat'l emission targ

DAVOS, Switzerland - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a speech on Jan. 26 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Fukuda said Japan is committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by setting a quantified national midterm target beyond the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol and urged other major polluters to follow suit. (Kyodo)