As an industrialized nation Japan must deal with tough environmental issues. Japan is the world’s leading importer of exhaustible energy resources and the world’s fifth largest emitter of greenhouse gases. It is a signatory of the Kyoto Protocol and also the country which hosted the conference in 1997. Under the Kyoto Protocol treaty Japan is obligated to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions to a level 6% lower than its 1990 levels. In addition, Japan must take other steps to curb global climate change.
Nuclear power provides about 35% of Japan’s electricity. There are currently 63 nuclear power plants operating in Japan making it the second largest user of nuclear power in the world. All of these power plants produce waste which much be dealt with. Especially dangerous is HLW, or high-level radioactive waste. To address this issue the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant was built in Ibaraki, Japan. There are many opponents to the opening of the plant, including Greenpeace, which feel the plant poses danger to surrounding residents. The opponents also feel Japan should be investing money in cleaner and safer renewable energy sources.
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Environmental issues nowadays have an ever increasing attention from all levels of the social order. Each entity in society started to voice their concern about the environmental issues, or at least consider it an important issue which is related to their life. These environmental issues involve things like global warming, species extinction, air quality, water quality, effect of these environments on our health and many more.
All of these environmental unwell-beings are caused by us human ourselves, where we are too hungry to achieve rapid development, innovation, wealth and power; we tend to forget the importance of our environment’s well-being. Manufacturing plants, vehicle emission, some household products and appliances, and as well our attitude and awareness concerning the environment all have a fair contribution towards the current environmental state.
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Because of the continued use of industrial technology, the world more and more wonders, “Where on earth are we going to be in the near future environmentally?” More people would admit that they are very worried, if one were to ask how they felt about the current state of the environment. There are a number of primary causes and effects that the general public should be aware about regarding some key issues. Global warming is at the top of this list of concerns and one must acknowledge what strategies various agencies have in place and educate the general public on how they can eventually make the world a better place.
With the world’s increased use of emissions, coupled with a current state of anti-terrorism, there are a number of treaties that have been erected that will hope to resolve environmental conflicts before they start. The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty was erected to prohibit the testing of nuclear weapons in all environments. Another strategy is the Kyoto Protocol, which is an internationally set forth agreement which sets limits on emissions of greenhouse gases from industrial countries. Participating countries agree to only emit a certain amount of carbon. If a country can’t afford to meet this limit, they can buy credits from a country that has produced less than the agreed amount.
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