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Jul 24, 2024 - Fossil Free Japan
Solidarity Statement with the People of Bangladesh
The Fossil Free Japan coalition stands in solidarity with the student and youth protestors of Bangladesh in their call for equal access to employment, and with the citizens of Bangladesh facing grave human rights violations amidst the politicization of the protests.
Nov 30, 2023 - Oil Change International
Backgrounder: Japan’s fossil finance threatens to derail the energy transition in Asia and globally
Japan is driving the expansion of liquified gas (LNG) and other fossil-based technologies like ammonia co-firing across Asia and globally. This will worsen the climate crisis and harm communities and ecosystems. Communities and movements are rising up – particularly in the Global South – to oppose Japan’s efforts to derail the transition to renewable-based energy systems.
May 19, 2023 - Andy Rowell
G7 meeting: 50 actions around the world call on world leaders to stop peddling fossil fuels and false solutions
Hundreds of civil society organisations from dozens of countries have taken to the streets around the world to demand that the G7 stop peddling fossil fuels to developing countries and stop promoting false solutions to the climate crisis. The particular focus of concern is the host nation Japan, which is driving gas expansion and promoting fossil-based false solution technologies like ammonia, nuclear and carbon, capture and storage.
May 19, 2023 - Environmental NGOs
Open Letter: G7 countries must not leave room for fossil fuels, climate destruction
180 organizations and supporters from regional and global movements and networks from 27 countries, wrote a letter to G7 leaders, raising their demand for powerful nations to stop peddling fossil fuels to developing countries. G7 climate and energy ministers fell short of their commitment to end fossil fuels – leaving the door open for investments in new fossil gas infrastructure and fossil fuel-based technologies heavily promoted by G7 host Japan.