ＣＯＰ２６へ協力確認　ケリー米特使と会談―小泉環境相

　小泉進次郎環境相は３１日、訪日中のケリー米大統領特使（気候変動問題担当）と環境省内で会談した。１０月末から英グラスゴーで国連気候変動枠組み条約第２６回締約国会議（ＣＯＰ２６）が開かれることを踏まえ、小泉氏は「成功に向け、共に協力の深化を確認する機会にしたい」と呼び掛けた。
　ケリー氏は、日本が米国や欧州連合（ＥＵ）などと同様に、産業革命前からの気温上昇を１．５度に抑える水準で温室効果ガスの排出削減目標を立てていることに「感謝している」と述べた。
　一方で、「他の多くの国々が同じようにしないと（１．５度の目標は）達成できないかもしれない」と指摘。世界第１位の排出国で、日本の後に訪問する予定の中国などを意識し、世界全体の対策強化の必要性を訴えたとみられる。（2021/08/31-12:54）

Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and John Kerry, U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, confirmed on Tuesday their countries' cooperation in the 26th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP26.
   At his meeting in Tokyo with Kerry, who was visiting Japan for the first time in his role as a U.S. special envoy, Koizumi said he wants the bilateral talks to be an "opportunity to confirm the deepening of (Japan-U.S.) cooperation for the success" of COP26, to be held in Glasgow, Scotland, from late October.
   Kerry said that the U.S. government is grateful for the Japanese government's pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to curb the rise of the global temperature from levels before the industrial revolution to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
   Meanwhile, he said that the goal for the global temperature may not be achieved unless many other countries follow suit.
   His remark was apparently aimed at highlighting the need for related steps on a global scale, prior to his coming visit to China, the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter.