火力発電めぐり「化石賞」　環境ＮＧＯが日本に

　【グラスゴー時事】英北部グラスゴーで開かれている国連気候変動枠組み条約第２６回締約国会議（ＣＯＰ２６）で、国際的な環境ＮＧＯ「ＣＡＮ」は２日、地球温暖化対策に後ろ向きな国に贈る「化石賞」に日本を選んだ。同日の首脳級会合で行った岸田文雄首相の演説の内容が、温室効果ガスの排出源となっている火力発電を推進していると受け止められた。
　岸田首相は演説で、石炭火力発電廃止への言及を避けた一方、温室効果ガス排出を抑制できるとするアンモニアや水素を利用した発電に取り組むアジア諸国への支援を表明。ＮＧＯは「これらの未熟でコストが掛かる技術が、化石燃料の採掘につながることを理解する必要がある」と批判した。（2021/11/03-09:29）

An international nongovernmental organization working to reduce global warming granted Japan on Tuesday the Fossil of the Day Award.
   Climate Action Network gives the award to a country which it believes is slow to act in the fight against climate change.
   CAN granted the award to Japan at the 26th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP26, taking place in Glasgow, Scotland.
   Japan was picked as the recipient of the award as CAN believes that a speech delivered by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a COP26 summit Tuesday contained elements leading to the promotion of thermal power generation, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.
   In the speech, Kishida pledged Japan's support to developing nations in Asia that promote power generation using ammonia and hydrogen, believed to be effective in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while failing to mention whether Japan will end coal-fired thermal power generation.