Japan
Ambassador Mutsuyoshi Nishimura
Japan is an Annex I Party to the Kyoto Protocol, having ratified the accord on June 4, 2002. Japan hosted negotiations that led to the Kyoto Protocol in December 1997. Mutsuyoshi Nishimura is Japan’s Ambassador for Global Environment. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Nishimura’s address to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Seminar of Governmental Experts in Bonn, Germany, on May 16, 2005.Upon entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol, the government of Japan decided on a new implementation plan on April 28, recognizing that the Kyoto Protocol is an important step toward long-term global action.Basically, what…
