気候変動、日本経済にもリスク　黒田日銀総裁、ダボス会議で討論

　【ダボス時事】日銀の黒田東彦総裁は２４日、世界経済フォーラム年次総会（ダボス会議）のパネル討論で「気候変動リスクは日本にとって極めて現実的」と発言し、大型台風など自然災害の多発が日本経済にもたらす悪影響に懸念を示した。
　黒田総裁は、２０１９年１０～１２月期の日本経済が大型台風被害の影響もあってマイナス成長に陥った可能性を指摘。「日本では自然災害の脅威が強まっている」と述べ、気候変動が警戒すべきリスク要因になっているとの見解を示した。また、エネルギー効率という観点での日本経済の優位性を指摘し、「排出削減や気候変動リスクの緩和で、日本はさらに貢献する必要がある」と訴えた。（2020/01/24-23:10）

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Friday expressed concerns over adverse effects from climate change on the country's economy.
   Risks from global warming are extremely realistic for Japan, he said at a panel discussion held as part of an annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos.
   Japan faces greater threats of natural disasters, Kuroda said, citing the possibility of Japan's economy having fallen into negative growth in October-December 2019 due partly to damage from a series of powerful typhoons that struck the country, Kuroda said.
   According to Japanese government data released last month, the country's seasonally adjusted gross domestic product in July-September 2019 expanded 1.8 pct at an annual rate from the previous quarter in price-adjusted real terms, up for the fourth straight quarter.
   Pointing to the Japanese economy's superiority in terms of energy efficiency, Kuroda said that the country needs to make further contributions to the world in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and climate change risks.