Japanese Climate Diplomacy And Its Implications For China

Since the end of the Cold War, in face of increasingly severe climate change, Japan launched a series of climate diplomacy. This paper systematically studies the development of Japan's climate diplomacy, analyzes the reasons that Japan carries out climate diplomacy, constraints and problems, and its enlightenment to China are also summarized.This paper analyzes the three stages of Japan's climate diplomacy, Japan's climate diplomacy are the mechanisms surrounding the construction of the three United Nations climate process, "the period of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change concluded " "the period of the Kyoto Protocol built" and "post-Kyoto period."Then it analyzed the causes of climate diplomacy carried out in Japan, its constraints and problems. The major diplomatic push is from the national security, the country's overall economic interests and national strategy. On the whole, it is relatively smooth, but on its road of seeking for "climate leadership", there are also many negative factors, it contains the contention of EU; the division of the United States and the policy of the large developing country. At the same time, there are some drawbacks, the primacy problems are the environment utilitarianism and hegemony.The last chapter is the summary of Japan's climate diplomacy. It indicates some good experience of Japan's climate diplomacy is worth china learning, and is helpful for China to develop low-carbon economy, ensure energy security. At the same time, we must remain on your guard on the problems.