How Should Each Country Promote Actions under the Paris Agreement?

Under the Paris Agreement that characteristically differs from the Kyoto Protocol, it is of fundamental importance for parties to the agreement to set their respective greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and consider and implement measures to attain the targets. [...] The parties will enhance the targets and measures through the process in order to attain the global goal. [...] Diversity of Initiatives in Major Countries What initiatives are countries planning to achieve the ultimate global goal of net carbon neutral status? This paper reviews the viewpoints for initiatives to realize carbon neutral status in the world, the United States and China through opinions presented by experts at the Fourth IEEJ/APERC Joint International Energy Symposium’s Session 3 titled “What. [...] Dadi Zhou of the Energy Research Institute of the China National Development and Reform Commission noted that China has designated green development as one of five development ideas under the 13th Five-year Plan, given national priority to environment-friendly development and played a key role in effectuating the Paris Agreement, planning to maintain its international commitments and implement cli. [...] The approach at the latest Climate Action Summit seems designed to attract attention from the international community with the assessment of country-by-country actions for net-zero emissions by 2050 and to encourage countries outside the list to take such actions.