Roger OngThis Saturday, 6 November, Fridays For Future Japan will be holding a World Climate Action 1106 event in Shinjuku, Tokyo to protest against Japan’s support in coal.
Fridays For Future Japan is demanding the abolition of coal-based energy generation. This concern directly impacts the MAPA, most affected people and areas. Developed countries often turn a blind eye to the worsening climate effects affecting people from these areas, like Kiribati. Yet, developed countries continue to be among the worse carbon emitters, continuing to use coal-fired energy generators.
Japan is among the offenders, like how Nagasaki Prefecture allowed building a new coal plant in Matsushima, and how Japanese companies as Sumitomo Corporation and JICA are constructing a coal-fired power plant in Matarbari, Bangladesh, one of the MAPAs. Fridays For Future Japan is taking action against these climate injustices.
You can join in this Saturday’s international climate action, and this is what you can expect from Japan’s Friday For Future. They will be holding an event at the Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal in Tokyo (JR Shinjuku Station South Exit) between 4 pm and 6 pm JST. Five selected speakers from the organizing Fridays For Future cells around Japan will be speaking, including Tokyo and Aichi representatives, who will be on stage at the event, and three representatives online from Shiga, Miyagi and Hokkaido.
It is a good opportunity, too, as they will be connecting with the COP26 in Glasgow to get the latest updates. The event will be broadcast to Fridays For Future Japan’s Youtube and Instagram accounts. You can also prepare a tweet to join the tweetstorm, scheduled for 5 pm, with the hashtag #JapanStopCoalFirst.
[Website] Fridays For Future #JapanStopCoalFirst (Japanese)
