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Oct 8, 2024 - Fossil Free Japan
How Prime Minister Ishiba Can Turn Japan into a Global Climate Leader
Newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has a critical opportunity to change his predecessors’ misguided energy and climate policies. Here are 6 actions he must take to put Japan on track to support the Asian region and the world to address the climate and energy crises.
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.