コロナ復興と温暖化対策議論　国際オンライン会議開催―政府

　政府は３日、新型コロナウイルスで落ち込んだ経済の復興と地球温暖化対策をテーマとした国際オンライン会議を開催した。米中を含め７０を超える国・地域が参加。コロナ禍でも温室効果ガス削減への取り組みを進め、経済と社会の仕組みを「脱炭素型」に移行させる必要性などを確認した。
　安倍晋三首相はビデオメッセージを寄せ、政府が石炭火力発電所を段階的に休廃止する方針を掲げたことを踏まえ、「長年続けてきた政策を抜本的に転換した」と強調。国連のグテレス事務総長もビデオを通じ、「日本が海外の石炭火力発電所に対する融資をやめ、２０５０年までの温室ガス排出実質ゼロを約束するよう期待する」と述べた。（2020/09/03-22:12）

Japan on Thursday hosted an online international conference to revive the global economy hurt by the novel coronavirus pandemic and step up the fight against global warming.
   Participants from more than 70 economies, also including the United States and China, confirmed the need to work harder to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and realize a shift to carbon-free social and economic structures despite the COVID-19 crisis.
   In a video message, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that Japan has drastically changed its energy policy by deciding to stop and scrap coal-fired thermal power plants in stages.
   U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a separate video message, expressed hope that Japan will stop loans for foreign projects to build such power plants and promise to realize net carbon neutrality by 2050.
   It is essential to change the economic and social structures into more sustainable ones during the process of post-COVID recovery, Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, chair of the conference, said at the outset of the session.