Japan, U.S. non-state actors tie up to fight climate change

Japanese and U.S. non-state actors involving businesses and local governments signed a partnership on Thursday to take more aggressive climate change actions than those of their central governments for the achievement of goals set by the 2015 Paris Agreement.The Japanese Climate Initiative, comprised of more than 200 Japanese companies, municipalities and nonprofit organizations, signed a memorandum of understanding with America's Pledge during the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, which brings together some 4,000 activists against climate change."After the (1997) Kyoto Protoco…READ FULL ARTICLE