Global warming issues lies in the rise of temperature of earth's surface brought by gradual increase of the Green House Gases (GHGs) such as CO
2, CH
4, N
2O, etc., in the atmosphere. The problem is also called Climate Change and is expected to cause various climatical troubles on the earth. Most of the GHGs, mainly CO
2 gas, are associated with energy consumption and are produced by the human activities. Since industrial revolution, CO
2 gas has been accumulated gradually in the atmospere.
The third Conference of Parties (COP 3) was held in Kyoto in December 1997 and Kyoto protocol was formed in which it was agreed that Japan reduce CO
2 emission by 6% by the year 2010, the U.S. by 7% the EU by 8% etc.
The Japanese pulp and paper industry laid out the Self-imposed Action Plan for Environment at Feb. 1997, in which we pledged that;
1. we will achieve by the year of 2010 another 10% reduction of purchased-energy consumption per product-unit from the 1990 level.
2. We are recycle-oriented industry undertaking various measures from tree plantation to wastepaper utilization. Through plantation, biomass fueling and wastepaper recycling, we are greatly contributing to sequestration of carbon and CO
2 emission. We set up a goal to promote it at home and abroad so that total area owned in fee or under management may reach 550 thousand ha. by the year of 2010.
3. We will endeavor to attain the utilization goal of 56 percent for the wastepaper by the year of 2000.
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