As part of a three-day official visit to the Asian country, the secretary general of the organization, Ban Ki-moon stressed today the importance of such power in the reduction of polluting gases after a meeting with the prime minister, Taro Aso. Ban praised the Japanese government’s efforts to reduce by 15 percent its emissions of pollutants with respect to their 2005 levels, as confirmed by the head of government of that country. And he said to those achievements, which could be extremely beneficial to give the poorest nations financial and technological assistance to enable them to also reduce their emissions.
The UN chief stressed that combating climate change is of great importance for humanity, which is the primary active participation of the developed nations and those that do not support significant progress due to lack of resources.
In that sense, felt that Japan should demonstrate its leadership in this area during the next World Climate Summit to be held in Copenhagen in December next, to take comprehensive actions to be undertaken after the expiration of the Kyoto Protocol in 2012.
