Two Energy Futures
Two Energy Futures

Author: American Petroleum Institute

Publisher:

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13:

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Examined in this American Petroleum Institute (API) publication on energy technology and energy policy, is the future potential of oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear energy, synthetic fuels, and renewable energy resources. Among the related issues emphasized are environmental protection, access to federal lands, government policies, and the national benefits of reducing energy imports. By developing domestic resources more efficiently and consuming energy more wisely, the API contends that the United States can reduce its oil imports by as much as 50% between 1980 and 1990. Analyses of the nation's energy past, present, and future are presented together with future policy choices. (WB)

Climate Change Policy in Japan
Climate Change Policy in Japan

Author: Yasuko Kameyama

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-11-25

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1317559428

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Amidst growing environmental concerns worldwide, Japan is seen as particularly vulnerable to the effects of changing climate. This book considers Japan’s response to the climate change problem from the late 1980s up to the present day, assessing how the Japanese government’s policy-making process has developed over time. From the early days of climate change policy in Japan, through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change conferences and Kyoto Protocol, right up to the 2015 negotiations, the book examines the environmental, economic, and political factors that have shaped policy. As the 2015 Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change projects forward beyond 2020, the book concludes by analyzing how Japan has placed itself in the global climate change debate and how the country might and should respond to the problem in the future, based on the findings from accumulated history.