Trees have the ability to absorb CO2, but did you know that kelp has similar powers too? Kelp can absorb five times as much CO2 as cedar, plus it can grow up to four meters in just four months! Such hidden powers didn’t get unnoticed by...
In a previous article, “IPCC forecasts unavoidable climate change damage to oceans, food and Asia,” we looked at how much worse the outcomes for the world will be the higher the degree of global warming. In the second part of its Sixth Assessment...
Circular Economy helps us tackle the climate crisis in the long run, especially with system change. The relationship between the two is not immediately apparent, but a circular economy can help achieve some targets of the SDGs 13, Climate Action...
IPCC Sixth Assessment Report on climate change was released on Feb 28. Every five to six years, scientists recommended by governments evaluate the latest findings from scientific research on climate change and publish an assessment report. From this...
The best way to tackle the problem of global warming and increasing carbon emissions is to look at the carbon cycle, or in a more straightforward sense, where carbon should be. Remember, carbon is not the enemy, but it is more about putting carbon...
Fridays for Future Japan and Fridays For Future Bangladesh have collaboratively launched an international campaign to stop Sumitomo Corporation & JICA from building the Matarbari Coal Power Plant in Bangladesh. In a joint symposium last Friday...
Update: a(n)action’s crowdfunding project is a success. Congratulations! Climate change is has been having a huge negative impact across the globe in recent years. In the summer of 2021, a temperature of 49.6 degrees Celsius was recorded in...
On October 31, we will vote for the first general election in Japan in four years. Before that, on October 17, Fridays For Future Japan (FFFJ) held a public debate on climate action with members representing each political party. One of the two...
One can call the efforts of the youths of Fridays for Future Japan against climate change valiant. Despite Year Two of the pandemic preventing their activism from being more visible, their online strides have been consistent and unrelenting...
The fight against climate change requires drastic action in Japan and around the world. To that end, there have been several significant international efforts to reduce carbon emissions. One of the most well-known is the Paris Agreement, an...