Act Partially Amending the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures (Act No. 54 of 2021). Country/Territory Japan Document type Legislation Date 2021 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Air & atmosphere, Energy Keyword Climate change Air quality/air pollution Emissions Monitoring Ozone layer Pollution control Protection of environment Policy/planning Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract This Act amends some of the provisions of the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures (Act No. 117 of 1998) (2006 Ed.). The Revised Act can be seen as part of a series of measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in response to the Paris Agreement, which was ratified by Japanese Government on November 8, 2016, as well as the 2050 Carbon Neutral Declaration made in the Prime Minister's policy speech at the 203rd Extraordinary Diet Session on October 26, 2020. Full text Japanese Website policy.asiapacificenergy.org References - Legislation Amends Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures (Act No. 117 of 1998) Legislation | Japan | 1998 (2006) Keyword: Climate change, Air quality/air pollution, Emissions, Monitoring, Ozone layer, Pollution control, Environmental standards, Standards, Protection of environment Source: FAO, FAOLEX