当前位置: X-MOL 学术Social Science Japan Journal › 论文详情
Our official English website, www.x-mol.net, welcomes your feedback! (Note: you will need to create a separate account there.)
Climate Change Policy: Can New Actors Affect Japan’s Policy-Making in the Paris Agreement Era?
Social Science Japan Journal ( IF 0.478 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-11 , DOI: 10.1093/ssjj/jyaa051
Yasuko KAMEYAMA 1
Affiliation  

Abstract
This article examines changes in Japan’s policies related to climate change, focusing on three notable events that could have significantly altered Japan’s decisions on climate change: (a) the hosting of the Third Conference of the Parties (COP3) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in December 1997, (b) the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident in March 2011, and (c) the adoption of the Paris Agreement in December 2015 and its early enforcement in November 2016. The study shows that the Japanese government’s position remained fundamentally the same throughout these events. It called for emission reduction targets that would not harm the Japanese economy, considered nuclear power to be the least costly way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and avoided any mention of a 2°C mean global temperature rise as the long-term target. Meanwhile, after the Paris Agreement came into effect in 2016, an increasing number of Japanese private companies and local governments started taking voluntary actions to reduce their respective emissions, independent of national policy. These changes by sub/non-state actors have begun to alter decision-making at the national government level and could be a sign of transformational changes in Japan, wherein these new actors’ voices have a greater influence on Japan’s climate change policy than those of the traditional state-based actors.


中文翻译:

气候变化政策:新参与者是否会影响《巴黎协定》时代的日本政策制定?

抽象的
本文研究了日本与气候变化相关政策的变化,重点关注可能显着改变日本对气候变化的决定的三大事件:(a)主办《联合国气候变化框架公约》第三次缔约方会议(COP3)。气候变化(UNFCCC)和1997年12月通过的《京都议定书》,(b)2011年3月的福岛第一核电站事故,以及(c)2015年12月通过的《巴黎协定》,并于2016年11月提前执行研究表明,在这些事件中,日本政府的立场基本保持不变。它呼吁制定不损害日本经济的减排目标,认为核电是减少二氧化碳排放的最经济的方式,并避免提及将全球平均气温上升2°C作为长期目标。同时,自2016年《巴黎协定》生效以来,越来越多的日本私人公司和地方政府开始采取自愿行动,以减少各自的排放量,而与国家政策无关。次国家/非国家行为者的这些变化已经开始改变国家政府一级的决策,并且可能是日本转型变革的标志,其中,这些新行为者的声音对日本的气候变化政策的影响要大于日本的变化。传统的基于国家的演员。越来越多的日本私人公司和地方政府开始采取自愿行动,以减少各自的排放,而与国家政策无关。次国家/非国家行为者的这些变化已经开始改变国家政府一级的决策,并且可能是日本转型变革的标志,其中,这些新行为者的声音对日本的气候变化政策的影响要大于日本的变化。传统的基于国家的演员。越来越多的日本私人公司和地方政府开始采取自愿行动,以减少各自的排放,而与国家政策无关。次国家/非国家行为者的这些变化已经开始改变国家政府一级的决策,并且可能是日本转型变革的标志,其中,这些新行为者的声音对日本的气候变化政策的影响要大于日本的变化。传统的基于国家的演员。
更新日期:2021-03-18
down
wechat
bug