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Japan-U.S. High-Level Consultations on Climate Change

August 7, 2007

  1. The ‘Japan-U.S. High-Level Consultations on Climate Change’ will be held in Tokyo (at Mita House) on August 8 (Wed).
     
  2. This meeting will be attended on the Japanese side by Ambassador Koji Tsuruoka, Director-General for Global Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Hajime Ito, Deputy Director-General for Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Mr. Ryutaro Yatsu, Councilor for Global Environment, Ministry of the Environment, and other officials, and on the American side by Mr. James L. Connaughton, Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), and Dr. Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, Department of State and other officials.
     
  3. This meeting will be held on the two leaders’ agreement to enhance, strengthen and streamline the bilateral dialogue on climate change, which was included in the ‘US-Japan Joint Statement on Energy Security, Clean Development and Climate Change’ released in April this year, when Mr. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, visited the United States.
     
  4. Both sides will discuss a range of issues, including long-term goals and future undertakings in the international arena.
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