Regarding the fact that Mr. Syukuro Manabe was selected as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, a former executive of the Ministry of the Environment, who negotiated the Kyoto Protocol, the first international framework for global warming countermeasures, said, "I doubt global warming at that time. It was very encouraging for me to be in a position to engage in international negotiations because he showed me scientific knowledge in the presence of voices. "
Mr. Manabe became one of the authors of the first report of the United Nations IPCC = "Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change" issued in 1990, which had a great influence on global warming countermeasures in each country. ..
Hironori Hamanaka, a former executive of the Ministry of the Environment who was involved in international negotiations such as the Kyoto Protocol, the first international framework for global warming countermeasures adopted in 1997, said "Mr. Manabe's" The research provided us with the scientific knowledge that is the basis of the current climate change countermeasures, and I think it is significant that the award was decided in the important phase toward the implementation of the Paris Agreement. I am deeply moved. "
On top of that, "Current climate science provides us with the material to judge that such emission reductions are necessary to prevent global warming, but there is research by Mr. Manabe and others on the basis of this. I will negotiate. At that time, there were voices suspicious of global warming, especially in the American industry, but it was very encouraging that the researchers who studied in Japan and went to the United States showed their scientific knowledge. " I looked back.