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Activists hand a statement to the Japan Bank for International Cooperation condemning its decision to provide up to US $850m for the LNG Canada Project
[Friends of the Earth Japan]
JAPANESE environmentalists have slammed the government for continuing to fund fossil fuel extraction worldwide despite the climate emergency.
A group of NGOs handed in a statement signed by 93 organisations from 30 countries to the Japan Bank for International Co-operation today, condemning its decision to provide up to $850 million (£630m) to the LNG Canada project, which plans to liquify shale gas extracted in British Columbia for export to Asia.
The statement came on the same day that Japan’s parliament re-elected Fumio Kishida as prime minister, following the Liberal Democratic victory in the October 31 election.
As fossil fuels have had their day, JOSIE MIZEN makes it clear that it is now the government’s responsibility to initiate the transition to alternative employment in a manner that is organised, efficient and effective
