Koizumi Environment Minister NY exchanges opinions with Japanese youth September 23 12:20
Minister Koizumi, visiting New York to attend the United Nations Global Warming Countermeasures Summit, exchanged opinions with Japanese university students.
In New York, where the Global Warming Summit is held, there are many young people from all over the world who appeal to the crisis of global warming, and Japanese university students and high school students also participate.
Minister Koizumi exchanged opinions with four Japanese university students and high school students at hotels in the city, and the opinion that students should abolish all coal-fired power plants that lead to global warming by 2030. There was a request to think about the impact on women and children.
After the completion, Minister Koizumi stated, “It is important to think about an approach that young people can participate together.
Mr. Katsunori Hori, who participated from a university in Tokyo, said, “Japan needs to have the courage to change more. We want to work hard to become the world leader.”
With regard to global warming, young people are playing a central role in demanding urgent measures from governments and companies around the world. The