{"id":4743,"date":"2021-11-11T18:20:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T23:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/?p=4743"},"modified":"2021-11-11T18:20:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T23:20:39","slug":"japan-once-a-leader-on-climate-under-fire-for-coal-use-at-cop26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2021\/11\/11\/japan-once-a-leader-on-climate-under-fire-for-coal-use-at-cop26\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan, once a leader on climate, under fire for coal use at COP26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Link to article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/cop\/japan-once-leader-climate-under-fire-coal-use-cop26-2021-11-09\/\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/cop\/japan-once-leader-climate-under-fire-coal-use-cop26-2021-11-09\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, over 20 countries agreed to discontinue the use of coal for power, however Japan, who was once a world leader in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions refused to sign. Many critics called the Japanese Prime Minister\u2019s decision short-sighted and that Japan is taking a leap backwards. Over the last decade Japan has increased its dependency on coal, becoming the world\u2019s third largest importer of coal following the Fukushima disaster which led the country to phase out large parts of its more eco-friendly nuclear power plants in favor of coal powered plants. Despite this, Japan has increased funding for more eco-friendly energy sources and plans to shut down most coal plants by 2030, however, power companies have little or no plan for this.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This article is significant because Japan used to be one of the world leaders in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, hosting the Kyoto Protocols in the 1990\u2019s. While other countries have been moving away from coal power in recent years or phasing it out all together, Japan has become more reliant on coal power plants, with coal producing almost a third of Japan\u2019s energy. Although formerly getting a large portion of their power from nuclear energy, the Fukushima disaster caused a drastic decline in the amount of nuclear energy used, with many reactors shutting down. Japan\u2019s increased use of coal and reluctance to phase it out could lead to relations between Japan and other countries attending the U.N. climate talks to degrade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This article relates to this class because Japan is a sovereign state which has been attending climate talks hosted by the U.N. which is an NGO. Despite over 20 other countries agreeing to phase out coal, Japan has declined to sign the pact. Japan\u2019s increased use of coal power in recent years and refusal to phase out coal could have a negative impact on Japan\u2019s relation with other countries which are taking steps to reduce emissions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Link to article: https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/cop\/japan-once-leader-climate-under-fire-coal-use-cop26-2021-11-09\/ After the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, over 20 countries agreed to discontinue the use of coal for power, however Japan, who was once a world leader in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions refused to sign. Many critics called the Japanese Prime Minister\u2019s decision short-sighted and that Japan is taking a leap backwards. Over the&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2021\/11\/11\/japan-once-a-leader-on-climate-under-fire-for-coal-use-at-cop26\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4744,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743\/revisions\/4744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}