EU and Japan Agree on Joint Climate Change Efforts

Tokyo, 23 April - The EU and Japan confirmed their commitment to fighting climate change and announced they would work together to find a fair and effective global mechanism to replace the Kyoto Protocol after 2012 at their summit in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Tokyo, Japan Climate change topped the talks at the annual EU-Japan summit. The EU delegation was headed by Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (right), while Japan was represented by its prime minister, Yasuo Fukuda (middle). Photo: Kyodo News/STA

Tokyo, Japan
Climate change topped the talks at the annual EU-Japan summit. The EU delegation was headed by Prime Minister Janez Jansa (left) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (right), while Japan was represented by its prime minister, Yasuo Fukuda (middle).
Photo: Kyodo News/STA

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