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Title in national language: 
地球温暖化対策の推進に関する法律
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
1998
Effective Start Year: 
2006
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Act
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power, Multi-Sector
Energy Types: 
All, Power, Other
Issued by: 
Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan
Notes: 
Bilngual document
Overall Summary: 
The purpose of this Law is to promote global warming countermeasures by formulating a plan for attaining targets under the Kyoto Protocol and taking measures to promote the control of greenhouse gas emissions due to social, economic, and other activities, thereby contributing to the health and cultural life of the Japanese people, both now and in the future, as well as contributing to the wellbeing of all humankind.
Environment
Energy environmental priorities: 
Members of the general public shall strive to develop measures for the control of greenhouse gases with regard to activities of their daily lives, and shall cooperate with programs of the national government and local governments for the control of greenhouse gases.
Pollution control action plans: 
The national government shall conduct monitoring and observation to determine changes in the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and related climate changes and ecological matters, and shall formulate and implement comprehensive, plan-based global warming countermeasures.---The national government shall implement programs for the control of greenhouse gases and take care to ensure that its programs related to the control of greenhouse gases will contribute to the control of greenhouse gases in a manner that is consistent with attaining the goals of those programs.---The national government shall take measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to maintain and improve greenhouse gas absorption with regard to its own administration and undertakings, support the programs of local government bodies for the control of greenhouse gases, and endeavor to provide technical advice and other measures to promote activities by businesses, citizens, and private groups organized by businesses or citizens (hereinafter referred to as "private entities") with regard to the control of greenhouse gases.---Local governments shall implement programs for the control of greenhouse gases in accordance with the natural and social conditions of their local areas.---The national government shall implement a plan (referred to hereinafter in this article as the "National Government Action Plan") for measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to maintain and improve greenhouse gas absorption with regard to its own administration and undertakings, in line with the Kyoto Protocol Target Achievement Plan.
Decarbonization strategy: 
The national government shall conduct monitoring and observation to determine changes in the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and related climate changes and ecological matters, and shall formulate and implement comprehensive, plan-based global warming countermeasures.---The national government shall implement programs for the control of greenhouse gases and take care to ensure that its programs related to the control of greenhouse gases will contribute to the control of greenhouse gases in a manner that is consistent with attaining the goals of those programs.---The national government shall take measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to maintain and improve greenhouse gas absorption with regard to its own administration and undertakings, support the programs of local government bodies for the control of greenhouse gases, and endeavor to provide technical advice and other measures to promote activities by businesses, citizens, and private groups organized by businesses or citizens (hereinafter referred to as "private entities") with regard to the control of greenhouse gases---The national government shall conduct surveys regarding global warming and the prediction of its effects, surveys regarding technologies for the control of greenhouse gases, and other surveys needed to formulate global warming countermeasures.---Business operators shall strive to develop measures for the control of greenhouse gases regarding their business activities (including measures to contribute to the control of greenhouse gases by others), and shall cooperate with programs of the national government and local governments for the control of greenhouse gases.---The national government shall establish a plan for attaining the targets prescribed in Article 3 of the Kyoto Protocol (hereinafter referred to as the "Kyoto Protocol Target Achievement Plan").---The Global Warming Prevention Headquarters [...]shall be established under the Cabinet for the comprehensive, plan-based implementation of global warming countermeasures.---The national government shall implement a plan (referred to hereinafter in this article as the "National Government Action Plan") for measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to maintain and improve greenhouse gas absorption with regard to its own administration and undertakings, in line with the Kyoto Protocol Target Achievement Plan.
Carbon markets: 
The national government shall take the measures needed to fulfill its commitment pursuant to Article 3 of the Kyoto Protocol, including acquisition of the quantities stated in Paragraph (6), Items (iii) and (iv) of the preceding article, and participation in emissions trading as prescribed in Article 17 of the Kyoto Protocol.---The Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry shall open accounts (hereinafter referred to as "Management Accounts") for the acquisition, holding, and transferal of carbon dioxide equivalent quotas (hereinafter referred to as "Carbon Dioxide Equivalent Quota Management") and shall prepare a quota account inventory in accordance with international decisions regarding the calculation of quotas pursuant to Article 7, No. 4 of the Kyoto Protocol (hereinafter referred to as "International Decisions").
Cooperation in env.: 
The national government shall take the measures needed to fulfill its commitment pursuant to Article 3 of the Kyoto Protocol, including acquisition of the quantities stated in Paragraph (6), Items (iii) and (iv) of the preceding article, and participation in emissions trading as prescribed in Article 17 of the Kyoto Protocol.---The national government shall endeavor to take the necessary measures to ensure international collaboration for the effective implementation of the monitoring and observation prescribed in Paragraph (1), international cooperation for implementation of the surveys prescribed in the preceding paragraph, and other international cooperation related to global warming; and shall endeavor to provide information and take other necessary measures to promote activities by local governments or private entities for international cooperation regarding the control of greenhouse gases.