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FACTBOX-Five facts on Japan's Kyoto Protocol targets

22 Feb 2007 11:03:37 GMT
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Feb 22 (Reuters) - Japan's chief Kyoto Protocol negotiator Mutsuyoshi Nishimura said Japan was committed to a post-Kyoto framework, but will not specify targets for emissions reductions beyond the pact's expiry in 2012.

Here are five facts on Japan's current Kyoto status.

* Japan is Asia's third largest carbon-dioxide emitter and the fifth biggest polluter in the world after the United States, China, Russia and India.

* Nishimura said in Nov. 2006 that Japan will reverse its growth in greenhouse gas emissions to meet its Kyoto goal of cutting emissions to six percent below 1990 levels by 2008-12.

* In 2004, Japan's emissions were 6.5 percent above 1990 levels, according to United Nations data.

* Nishimura has also said Japan opposes penalties for countries that fail to meet their Kyoto targets by the end of the protocol's first phase in 2012.

* Boosting nuclear power and other domestic actions will achieve the bulk of Japan's cuts, as nuclear power plants emit smaller amounts of greenhouse gases than those using coal or oil.

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Last updated:Thu Feb 22 11:04:49 2007