2019年2月2日

Can we achieve post carbon society in Japan?

●Topic1
Which option do you prefer? Tell us your choice with reason.

1)You will leave Japan tomorrow morning for one year. Which do you eat before leaving, udon or soba?

2)You are in a super sento now. You still have one hour of free time to stay there. Which do you do, reading manga or taking massage.

3)Which type of person do you prefer as your partner, a person often having body contact with you sometimes even outdoor or a person showing almost no reaction even when you talk to.

●Topic2
Agenda: Can we achieve post carbon society in Japan?

At the end of last year COP24 was held in Poland and the specific rules to operate the Paris agreement was adopted there.
Japan is facing the deadline to submit the long-term strategy for reducing carbon dioxide.

1)From the individual point of view
Tell us your habit or routine in your daily life which lead to or increase carbon dioxide emission.
Can you stop or change that lifestyle?

2)From the social point of view
If Japanese government plan to raise fuel tax for example by 10-20% as French government tried to last year, do you agree to that?

Nuclear power generation is recognized as low carbon emission technology, and also recognized to be safe enough to export. If nuclear power plant will be planned to be built for example in Misakicho or Awajishima, do you agree to that?

Which renewable energy do you think has a big potential, wind power generation, photovoltaic power generation, biomass power generation, hydrogen utilization or other?

Do you know another technology or social system for post carbon society?

3) Can we achieve post carbon society in Japan? Do you believe that?
Or just as the United States did, should we withdraw the Paris agreement?

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/12/17/editorials/stage-set-fight-climate-change/#.XEKPEi_APOQ