Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will announce the creation of a ministerial-level dialogue framework on decarbonization at a meeting of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris early May, he said in a recent written interview with Nikkei.
With Japan chairing the OECD this year, Kishida will address the climate change issue on May 2 in Paris, where the organization is headquartered.
A total of 58 countries is expected to participate in the ministerial dialogue. In addition to the 38 OECD members, which are mostly developed countries, emerging and developing “Global South” countries such as South Africa and Zambia will also join the framework.
Kishida said that the ministerial dialogue is aimed at providing a platform for participating countries to share decarbonization technologies and environmental data to cooperate in achieving numerical targets set by each country. It will address decarbonization policies by involving regions with significant population and industrial growth.
“Japan’s leadership will advance cross-border climate change efforts,” Kishida said in the interview. “We will try to be a ‘running mate’ for the growth and development of emerging countries.”
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