Environment

Jaitapur nuclear power project: Protesters write to Japan PM, warn of stepping up pressure

Say in light of its own experience, Japan should not put profits of its nuclear industry before the environment.

Publication Date: 
11/12/2015
Indian Express (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Jaitapur, Nuclear Power Plants, Environmental Security, Nuclear Power Corporation Of India (NPCIL), Environment Clearance (EC), Japan, Nuclear Accidents, Environment
Environment

Inequalities in global trade: A cross-country comparison of trade network position, economic wealth, pollution and mortality

In this paper we investigate how structural patterns of international trade give rise to emissions inequalities across countries, and how such inequality in turn impact countries’ mortality rates. We employ Multi-regional Input-Output analysis to distinguish between sulfur-dioxide (SO2) emissions produced within a country’s boarders (production-based emissions) and emissions triggered by consumption in other countries (consumption-based emissions). We use social network analysis to capture countries’ level of integration within the global trade network.

Publication Date: 
07/12/2015
Christina Prell, Laixiang Sun, Kuishuang Feng & et al
PLoS ONE
1-18
Tags:
Trade, Consumption Patterns, Globalisation, Industrial Pollution, Health Effects, Infant mortality, Health Care, India, China, United States Of America (US), Germany, Japan, Imports
Natural Disasters

Japan's Mt. Aso has small eruption, spews smoke 700 meters into air

Mount Aso in Japan's southwestern Kumamoto Prefecture erupted Monday morning, but the weather agency said the eruption was small.

Publication Date: 
07/12/2015
Shanghai Daily (China)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Volcanic Eruptions, Japan
Climate Change

Climate funding piles up, but nations argue over how quickly

Developed nations have mobilized some $80-$90 billion per year to help the poorest survive a warmer world, delegates at Paris climate talks said, but emerging countries dispute the figures and say

Publication Date: 
07/12/2015
Reuters
Tags:
Climate Change, COP 21 (Paris), Global Warming, Developing Countries, OECD, United Kingdom (UK), France, Germany, Japan, India, Renewable Energy, Extreme Weather Events
Energy

Can Japan improve on its INDC-based target for CO2 intensity in the electricity sector? estimation of renewable electricity and nuclear power in 2030

This paper assesses the potential for improving the CO2 intensity of Japan’s electricity sector—the units of carbon dioxide emitted per units of electricity generated—by examining the potential for the feasibility of restarting nuclear power plants and increasing renewable electricity generation by 2030.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2015
Takako Wakiyama, Akihisa Kuriyama
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Tags:
Carbon Intensity, Carbon Dioxide, Electricity, Renewable Energy, Nuclear Power, Japan, Nuclear Power Plants
Health

Gambia: Japan, Gambia to Sign U.S.$95,000 Ebola Prevention Project

The Ambassador of Japan based in Senegal, Takashi KITAHARA, will on the 27 November 2015 attend in Banjul a ceremony for two projects granted by the government of Japan to fight against the Ebola e

Publication Date: 
27/11/2015
All Africa
Tags:
Health, Ebola Virus Disease ( Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever), Infectious Diseases, Epidemics, Gambia, Japan, Africa
Water Supply

Japan to extend tens of billions of yen in loans for Iraq water project

Japan is seeking to extend tens of billions of yen in new loans to Iraq for building a water purification plant in Samawah, the first large-scale aid offered by Tokyo to the southern Iraqi city in

Publication Date: 
23/11/2015
Japan Today (Japan)
Tags:
Water Supply, Drinking Water, Japan, Iraq
Energy

OECD countries agree to restrict financing for overseas coal power plants

A compromise struck by the United States, Japan and several other major nations will restrict export financing to build coal power plants overseas, but not eliminate it completely.

Publication Date: 
19/11/2015
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Energy, Coal, Thermal Power Plants, OECD, Finance, Japan, United States Of America (US), Developing Countries
Climate Change

Global dimming and urbanization: did stronger negative SSR trends collocate with regions of population growth?

Global dimming refers to the decrease in surface solar radiation (SSR) observed from the 1960s to the 1980s at different measurement sites all around the world. It is under debate whether anthropogenic aerosols emitted from urban areas close to the measurement sites are mainly responsible for the dimming. In order to assess this urbanization impact on SSR, we use spatially explicit population density data of 0.08° resolution to construct population indices (PI) at 157 high data quality sites.

Publication Date: 
06/11/2015
A. Imamovic, K. Tanaka, D. Folini & et al
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions
15
31133–31151
Tags:
Global Warming, Urbanisation, Population Trends, Aerosols, Europe, Japan, Russia, China, Solar Radiation, Air Pollution
Science And Technology

Unbreakable glass that's as strong as steel created by scientists in Japan

Researchers in Japan have created an unbreakable new glass that is reportedly as strong as steel.

Publication Date: 
03/11/2015
International Business Times
Tags:
Science And Technology, Scientists, Japan

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