The Kyoto Prefecture government announced on September 7, 2011, that its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in fiscal 2009 (preliminary figures) decreased to 12.34 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent, down by 3.4% from the previous year (0.44 million tons of CO2), or a reduction of 16.4% (2.43 million tons of CO2) compared to the 1990 level. The prefecture has achieved its fiscal 2010 target of a 10-percent reduction from the fiscal 1990 base year level under the Kyoto Prefectural Ordinances against Global Warming (enacted in fiscal 2005) for two consecutive years.