f PTQ0596 UNCLASSIFIED PTQ0596 PAGE 01 TOKYO 01020 01 OF 03 050118Z ACTION OES-01 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005509591 Date 03 03 2015 IN INFO LOG-00 AGRE-DO AMAD-01 CIAE-00 CIP-OO COME-00 ITCE-OO SRPP-OO DS-OO EAP-01 EB-00 E-00 UTED-OO FRB-OO H-01 INR-OD IO-OO ITO-01 ADS-00 NASA-01 MAS-01 NSF-01 OIC-02 OMB-01 OPIC-01 PM-OO SP-00 SS-OO STR-00 TRSE-OO T-OO USIE-00 EPAE-OO PMB-OO DSCC-00 G-00 0501 182 I38 0 0501182 FEB 97 FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2326 INFO AMEMBASSY NAIROBI IMMEDIATE HQEPA WASHDC PRIORITY SCIENCE COLLECTIVE PRIORITY DOE WASHDC PRIORITY AMCONSUL NAHA AMCONSUL SAPPORO AMCONSUL FUKUOKA AMCONSUL NAGOYA AMCONSUL OSAKA KOBE AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON AMEMBASSY CANBERRA UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 TOKYO 001020 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 TOKYO 01020 01 OF 03 050118Z NAIROBI US UNEP PERM REP FOR AIS CLAUSSEN STATE FOR G-DHARWOOD FOR STROTHER DOE FOR HASPEL BRADLEY E O 12958 TAGS SENV PGOV ENRG JA REVIEW AUTHORITY Alan Flanigan Senior Reviewer UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2012-40055 Doc No Date 03 03 2015 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005509591 Date 03 03 2015 SUBJECT CLIMATE CHANGE GOJ LARGELY SUPPORTIVE OF USG PROTOCOL PROPOSAL REF A STATE 18963 B TOKYO 894 1 THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST -- SEE PARAS 17 AND 18 2 SUMMARY WHILE GOJ OFFICIALS HAVE YET TO REACH CONSENSUS ON THEIR OWN POSITION ON VARIOUS SUB-ISSUES THEY GENERALLY FIND THEY CAN WORK WITH THE USG PROPOSED CLIMATE CHANGE PROTOCOL EA SUPPORTS MUCH OF THE USG PROPOSAL BUT HAS RESERVATIONS ABOUT OUR PLAN FOR JOINT IMPLEMENTATION WITHOUT DEVELOPING COUNTRY EMISSION TARGETS AND OUR PROPOSAL MITI CONTINUES TO QUESTION THE CONCEPT OF EMISSIONS TRADING BUT MAY BE SHOWING A MORE OPEN MIND ON THE MATTER MOFA EMPHASIZES IT IS READYTO SEEK COMPROMISE WITH THE USG IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER IN CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS END SUMMARY 3 PER REFTEL A REQUEST ESTOFF RECEIVED SEPARATE BRIEFINGS FEBRUARY 4 FROM ENVIRONMENT AGENCY OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY ON CLIMATE CHANGE DIRECTOR KATSUNORI SUZUKI MITI GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS OFFICE DEPUTY DIRECTOR MICHIHIRO KISHIMOTO AND MOFA GLOBAL ISSUES DIVISION UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 TOKYO 01020 01 OF 03 0501182 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MASAMI TAMURA INTERAGENCY DISCUSSIONS n u-uu-u 4 THESE THREE KEY AGENCIES ARE STILL WORKING TO REACH CONSENSUS ON VARIOUS ISSUES INCLUDING EMISSIONS TRADING JOINT IMPLEMENTATION AND DEVELOPING COUNTRY COMMITMENTS SUZUKI SAID THE GOJ PROTOCOL PROPOSAL SUBMITTED AT THE DECEMBER AGBM SESSION IS NOTABLY THIN ON DETAILS BECAUSE THE GOJ DID NOT AND HAS NOT REACHED INTERAGENCY CONSENSUS ENVIRONMENT AGENCY EA 5 SUZUKI SAID EA SUPPORTS THE MULTI-YEAR EMISSIONS BUDGET APPROACH AND AGREES NEGOTIATORS MUST USE THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS TO DEVELOP THE FRAMEWORK AND PUT OFF DISCUSSION OF REDUCTION TARGETS UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005509591 Date 03 03 2015 5919CI L69609900 300 99001711031 3390 91918 J0 luew ede EIHJ SNOEIJS 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INFO ACDE-OO AGRE-OO AID-00 AMAD-01 COME-00 CTME-OO OASY-OO DINT-00 ANHR-01 DS-OO EAP-01 EB-OO E-00 FRB-OO H-01 TEDE-OO INR-00 ITO-01 ADS-00 M-OO NASA-01 MAS-01 NSF-01 OIC-02 OMB-01 OPEC-01 PM-OO CIO-OO SP-OO 83 00 STR-OO EPAE-OO PMS-00 DSCC-OO G-OO 9680E1 0501 1 92 I38 0 0501182 FEB 97 FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2327 INFO AMEMBASSY NAIROBI IMMEDIATE HQEPA WASHDC PRIORITY SCIENCE COLLECTIVE PRIORITY DOE WASHDC PRIORITY AMCONSUL NAHA AMCONSUL SAPPORO AMCONSUL FUKUOKA AMCONSUL NAGOYA AMCONSUL OSAKA KOBE AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON AMEMBASSY CANBERRA UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 03 TOKYO 001020 I UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 TOKYO 01020 02 OF 03 0501182 NAIROBI US UNEP PERM REP FOR CLAUSSEN STATE FOR G-DHARWOOD FOR STROTHER DOE FOR HASPEL BRADLEY UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No C05509591 Date 03 03 2015 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005509591 Date 03 03 2015 E O 12958 TAGS SENV PGOV ENRG JA SUBJECT CLIMATE CHANGE GOJ LARGELY SUPPORTIVE OF USG PROTOCOL PROPOSAL 77 WILL PRESS FOR INCREASED FINANCING THROUGH THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY SUZUKI NOTES THE G-TT IS NOT FOCUSING MUCH ON THE FINANCING QUESTION NOWAND HE DOES NOT WISH TO STIR THE POT FOR THAT REASON THE GOJ IS CONSIDERING DOWN- PLAYING DEVELOPING COUNTRY COMMITMENTS 11 APPROACH EA MITI AND MOFA ALL SAID THAT BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAIN SCIENCE IN MEASURING SOME GASSES THE GOJ OPPOSES THE BASKET APPROACH ON GREENHOUSE GAS GHG ACCOUNTING PREFERRING ACCOUNTING THE GOJ ALSO OPPOSES INCLUDING SINKS AS A WAY TO MEASURE AND CREDIT GHG REDUCTION BECAUSE OF SIMILAR MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTIES BECAUSE OF ITS LIMITED ARABLE LAND SPACE JAPAN IS AT A DISADVANTAGE WHEN IT COMES TO REFORESTATION MITI 12 KISHIMOTO MITI IS STILL STUDYING THE SPECIFICS OF THE USG PROPOSAL OVERALL IT WELCOMED OUR UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 TOKYO 01020 02 OF 03 050118Z APPROACH MITI GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR KAZUHITO SAKURAI WILL PROBABLY SHARE MITI VIEWS WITH US MORE THOROUGHLY AT THE FEBRUARY 7 8 ACAP MEETING IN SAN DIEGO THAT SAID KISHIMOTO REPEATED SOME OF THE POSITIONS WE HAVE HEARD FROM MITI BEFORE -- INSISTENCE ON DIFFERENTIATION AND RESERVATIONS OVER EMISSIONS TRADING 13 SUZUKI HOWEVER POINTED OUT THAT MITI MAY BE SHOWING GREATER FLEXIBILITY ON EMISSIONS TRADING AT A RECENT CONFERENCE IN TOKYO REFTEL B MITI DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS YUKIO ISHIUMI SAID EMISSIONS TRADING WAS AN IDEA WHICH WAS NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD PARTICULARLY AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MOFA u-u- UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc NO 005509591 Date 03 03 2015 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005509591 Date 03 03 2015 14 WHILE SECURING A TANGIBLE AGREEMENT WITH A POSITIVE AND EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IS IMPORTANT RESULT IS THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE FOR MOFA ON THE CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS ACCORDING TO TAMURA FOR ITS PART MOFA HAS FEW PROBLEMS WITH THE USG PROPOSAL AND WISHES TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER IN CLIMATE TALKS TAMURA ACKNOWLEDGED HOWEVER MITI AND EA MAY NOT BE AT THIS STAGE YET 15 EMISSIONS TRADING TAMURA SAID A KEY HURDLE FOR THE GOJ IS ITS UNFAMILIARITY WITH EMISSIONS TRADING -- PARTICULARLY HOW JAPAN WOULD IMPLEMENT SUCH A MECHANISM DOMESTICALLY ESTOFF SUGGESTED THE USG COULD INVITE GOJ OFFICIALS TO VISIT UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 TOKYO 01020 02 OF 03 0501182 THE UNITED STATES TO OBSERVE HOW THE ACID RAIN EMISSIONS TRADING SYSTEM OPERATES AND TO MEET WITH OFFICIALS WORKING ON THE SYSTEM TAMURA WILL SUGGEST TO THE JAPANESE EMBASSY THAT IT WORK WITH WASHINGTON AGENCIES TO SET UP SUCH A PROGRAM FOR MOFA SPECIAL AMBASSADOR FOR THE ENVIRONMENT TOSHIAKI TANABE WHO WILL BE IN WASHINGTON AND CHICAGO FROM MARCH 11-13 FOLLOWING THE AGBM MEETING NOTE TANABE WAS IN CHICAGO FROM 1992-1994 END NOTE 16 DEVELOPING COUNTRY COMMITMENTS TAMURA NOTED THE USG PROPOSALS ON JOINT IMPLEMENTATION AND DEVELOPING COUNTRY COMMITMENTS WERE THE STRONGEST OF THOSE PROPOSED THUS FAR AS HOST TO COP-3 MOFA IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY OF BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE USG PROPOSAL AND LIKELY DEVELOPING COUNTRY OPPOSITION 17 EMBASSY SUGGESTS DEPARTMENT COORDINATE WITH THE JAPANESE EMBASSY AND WASHINGTON AGENCIES TO INCLUDE BRIEFINGS ON THE ACID RAIN TRADING SYSTEM FOR AMBASSADOR TANABE DURING HIS VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES A VISIT TO THE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE WHERE ACID RAIN EMISSION CREDITS UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case NO F-2012-40055 DOC No 005509591 Date 03 03 2015 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005509591 Date 03 03 2015 UNCLASSIFIED PT00598 PAGE 01 TOKYO 01020 03 OF 03 0501192 ACTION INFO LOG-00 ACDE-OO AGRE-OO AMAD-01 CIAE-OO COME-00 CTME-OO ITCE-OO ANHR-O1 DS-OO E-OO UTED-OO FRB-OO H-01 INR-OO ITO-01 L-01 ADS-00 NASA-O1 MAS-01 NSAE-OO NSF-01 OMB-01 OPIC-01 PM-OO PRS-OO P-OO SS-OO TRSE-OO T-OO DSCC-OO G-OO 0501 1 92 38 0 0501182 FEB 97 FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2328 INFO AMEMBASSY NAIROBI IMMEDIATE HQEPA WASHDC PRIORITY SCIENCE COLLECTIVE PRIORITY DOE WASHDC PRIORITY AMCONSUL NAHA AMCONSUL SAPPORO AMCONSUL FUKUOKA AMCONSUL NAGOYA AMCONSUL OSAKA KOBE AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON AMEMBASSY CANBERRA UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 03 TOKYO 001020 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 TOKYO 01020 03 OF 03 0501192 NAIROBI US UNEP PERM REP FOR CLAUSSEN UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005509591 Date 03 03 2015 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005509591 Date 03 03 2015 STATE FOR G-DHARWOOD FOR STROTHER DOE FOR HASPEL BRADLEY PO-63 E O 12958 TAGS SENV PGOV ENRG JA SUBJECT CLIMATE CHANGE GOJ LARGELY SUPPORTIVE OF USG PROTOCOL PROPOSAL ARE TRADED COULD BE ESPECIALLY VALUABLE 18 EMBASSY REQUESTS DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS FROM SUZUKI REGARDING THE USG PROPOSAL -- ARTICLE 2 3 A COULD THE ALLOWABLE PERCENTAGE EXCEED 100 -- ARTICLE 2 4 COULD EACH ANNEX COUNTRY HAVE DIFFERENTIATED COMMITMENTS LE ANNEX B1 ANNEX BIZ ETC -- WHAT IS THE USG VIEW ON THE AUSTRALIA -- DID THE USG PURPOSEFULLY EXCLUDE ANY MENTION OF POLICY AND MEASURES IN ITS END ACTION REQUEST DEMING UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 TOKYO 01020 03 OF 03 0501192 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2012-40055 Doc No 005509591 Date 03 03 2015 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005509591 Date 03 03 2015 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case NO Doc No C05509591 Date 03 03 2015