JFS Newsletter No.90 (February 2010)
In fiscal 2008, a total of 1.216 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) were emitted in Japan. These emissions represent an increase of 6.3 percent from 1990, the base year under the Kyoto Protocol, although they were also a decrease of 6.7% from fiscal 2007 -- the year Japan's emissions hit a record high. It has been argued that the main factor in this decrease was a serious economic downturn. Looking at the country's emissions by sector, those from the industrial sector have decreased by 13% from the 1990 level, whereas emissions from transportation, commercial (services, offices, etc.), and household sectors increased by 8.5%, 41.3 %, and 34.7%, respectively. These results indicate that the commercial and household sectors need to make better efforts to reduce CO2 emissions.
|

Let's make fuller use of rainwater!







