Abstract
This note reviews how Japan and countries around the world are taking actions to develop various policies and projects to achieve 2050 Carbon Neutral Goal; resource circulation is also expected to reach that goal. The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) argues that there can be no dispute about the fact that human activity is the major factor for global warming since the mid-20th century. It also asserts that by capping the world’s temperature at 1.5°C, it is possible to reduce the probability of an extremely high temperature phenomenon occurring once every 50 years, which has occurred in recent years, by about 30%. There is an international movement making efforts in line with this view and Japan has also declared its pledge to reach carbon neutral by 2050. Policies and projects linked to the 2050 goal, determined by the 2030 emission target, are already in place. All industries are now engaged in the race for realizing a decarbonized society. It is essential to build technologies and systems that take into consideration further development of resource circulation including plastics and a variety of other materials.
