Japan to sign global climate pact as soon as possible: minister

Yeah, it looks bad.

“We were surprised to see EU and some other nations to ratify the agreement so quickly,” a Japanese government official told Reuters.

Everyone else's governments are elected to work not just have endless meetings

Climate change needs urgent action. We are watching politicians rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic right now. We all need to cut back radically on the amount of energy we use. Politicians have no interest in helping.

How often do you hear climate changed discussed in the media or in schools in Japan? Pretty much never. Its just not an issue here for some reason. Too hard basket, or not care basket?

Japan can do the world a great favor every meal by not using disposable chopsticks. Why ,WHY , must a forest fall every 2 hours.

Ah, Japan and "as soon as possible". Ie. another 50 years or so, after asking why so many super typhoons are forming, why it's gotten so hot, and why the weather is so erratic in general. But hey, I've no doubt they'll hire some 'retired' amakudari types tomorrow to form a panel and talk about thinking about what to talk about tomorrow.

Signing is one thing, implementing and following the spirit as well as the letter of the "law" is something different.

This country has a tendency to agree to things on paper but then conveniently look the other way in practice.

Terrence C. Lotter

Those disposable chopsticks are made from culled forestry so it has no ill-effect to the forest and beneficial since it provides more room for healthy trees to grow bigger.