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Tue, 06/17/2008 - 14:01
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JAPAN, EU AHREE TO WORK TOGETHER ON NEW ENERGY DEVELEPMENT
TOKYO, June 17 Kyodo - Japan and the European Union agreed Monday to cooperate in the development of new energy technologies as part of their efforts to address climate change, Japanese officials said.
Japanese industry minister Akira Amari and Janez Potocnik, EU commissioner for science and research, agreed during talks in Tokyo to reinforce cooperation between Japan and EU energy research institutions and organize a joint workshop in Japan early next year, the ministry officials said.
It is the first time that Japan has formed an international partnership based on the country's technology roadmap to aim for a 50 percent cut in global carbon dioxide emissions from current levels by 2050, the officials said.
In addition to organizing a workshop, Japan and the European Union are hoping to launch together a research and development project and other concrete sets of programs to mitigate climate change and ensure energy security, they said, adding that other countries may be invited to join their cooperation framework
in the future.
The Japanese roadmap, released in March, identified 21 emerging technologies, including near-zero emission coal-fired power plants, fuel cell vehicles and carbon capture storage, as promising in trying to address global warming.
The European Union also has a similar innovative technology roadmap.
Potocnik held talks with Amari, minister of economy, trade and industry, after attending a Group of Eight major nations' science ministers meeting in Okinawa on Sunday.
Japanese industry minister Akira Amari and Janez Potocnik, EU commissioner for science and research, agreed during talks in Tokyo to reinforce cooperation between Japan and EU energy research institutions and organize a joint workshop in Japan early next year, the ministry officials said.
It is the first time that Japan has formed an international partnership based on the country's technology roadmap to aim for a 50 percent cut in global carbon dioxide emissions from current levels by 2050, the officials said.
In addition to organizing a workshop, Japan and the European Union are hoping to launch together a research and development project and other concrete sets of programs to mitigate climate change and ensure energy security, they said, adding that other countries may be invited to join their cooperation framework
in the future.
The Japanese roadmap, released in March, identified 21 emerging technologies, including near-zero emission coal-fired power plants, fuel cell vehicles and carbon capture storage, as promising in trying to address global warming.
The European Union also has a similar innovative technology roadmap.
Potocnik held talks with Amari, minister of economy, trade and industry, after attending a Group of Eight major nations' science ministers meeting in Okinawa on Sunday.
