The Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) announced on November 18, 2005 that CO2 emissions in fiscal 2004 by 35 categories of Japanese industries in the industrial and energy-converting sectors totaled 501.99 million tons, a 0.5 percent decrease from 1990 levels, achieving CO2 reduction targets for the fifth consecutive year since fiscal 2000. The announcement was based on its "Results of the Fiscal 2005 Follow-up to the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on Global Warming Measures."

Under the target "Endeavor to reduce CO2 emissions from the industrial and energy-converting sectors in fiscal 2010 to below fiscal 1990 levels," participating industries and companies have been making efforts to achieve this target. The decrease in CO2 emissions by these industries shows that increases in production have been more than offset by improvements made in emissions reduction through means such as energy conservation..

Keidanren estimated that CO2 emissions in 2010 of these 35 industrial sectors will be 2.6 percent below fiscal 1990 levels despite a 6 percent increase in production activities.

Japan is a world leader in energy efficiency and it is important to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions on a global scale through promoting the overseas transfer of advanced energy-saving technologies owned by Japanese companies.

http://www.keidanren.or.jp/english/policy/2005/086.pdf

Posted: 2006/04/26 02:57:41 PM
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