Many of the measures and policies developed under the Achievement Plan on the Kyoto Protocol generated successful reduction effects, but some of them were evaluated with less effective results. When working on future measures and policies, it will be critical to add proper evaluations to past measures and effects, and to refer to advanced cases in Western countries so that we can add and strengthen the necessary measures and policies. These measures will help to create employment by stimulating local economies and enhancing the competitiveness of related industries. In addition, introduction of renewable energy will contribute to establishing a self-independent distributed energy system that possesses high capabilities for disaster response.

Chart. 120 Measures against global warming for the Achievement Plan for the Kyoto Protocol, conducted by MLIT

Name of countermeasures	Emission reduction (10,000 tons-CO2)
Latest achievement Note (2) (FY2007-2010)	Target for FY2010 Note (3)
1. Measures/policies related to reduction, absorption, etc., of greenhouse gas emissions
CO2 emissions from fuel combustion	8,503	9,430~9,560
Transportation Sector	5,375	5,520~5,650
1 Promoting the use of environmentally-conscious automobiles (Greening of road haulage operations by diffusing and promoting eco-drive, etc.)	145	139
2 Measures for individual automobiles	2,252	2,470~2,550
3 Limitation of the maximum speed for large trucks on highways	85	47.1~96.8
4 Implementation of various and flexible highway toll systems	24	20+α
5 Motor transportation demand adjustment	29	30
6 Promoting Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) / (ETC)	22	20
7 Promoting Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) / (VICS)	235	240
8 Reduction of road construction	65	68
9 Measures to prevent bottle-necks at railroad crossings, etc.	15	18
10 Comprehensive measures for greening the shipping trade*	132	126
11 Modal shift to railway cargo transportation *	-2	80
12 Improving the efficiency of truck transport	1,519	1,389
13 Reducing the distance of land transport for international cargo*	227	262
14 Promoting marine transport that contributes to energy saving	2	0.94
15 Promoting the utilization of public transportation	327	375
16 Improving railroad transportation energy efficiency	84	44
17 Improving aerial transportation energy efficiency	215	191
18 Realization of Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST)	-	-
19 Promoting CO2 saving by cooperation between freight owners and logistics service providers	-	-
20 Promoting green management certification systems	-	-
21 Promoting and strengthening of voluntary action plans in the transportation sector (17 industries under the jurisdiction of MLIT)	-	-
22 Commercial/residential Sector	3,106	3,890
23 Improvement of energy saving functions in houses*	660	930
24 Improvement of energy saving functions in buildings	2,390	2,870
25 Promoting energy saving and new energy measures in drainage facilities, etc.*	53	90
26 Development of long-life housing	-	-
27 Promoting and strengthening of voluntary action plans in the commercial sector (6 industries under the jurisdiction of MLIT)	-	-
28 Industry Sector (Construction work field)	22	20
29 Dissemination of fuel-efficient construction machinery in the field of construction work	22	20
30 Promoting and strengthening of voluntary action plans in the industry sector (6 industries under the jurisdiction of MLIT)	-	-
31 Designing low-carbon cities and regions	0.7~3.2	0.5~2.3
32 Realizing low-carbon urban cities through the improvement of the heat environment using countermeasures for heat islands including greening activities, etc.	0.7~3.2	0.5~2.3
33 Realization of compact cities	-	-
34 Measures at the district and zone levels	-	-
35 Promoting area energy networks	-	-
Dinitrogen monoxide	76	126
36 Upgrading combustion in sewage sludge incineration facilities*	76	126
Greenhouse gas absorption measures (Note 4)	71	74
37 Promoting urban greening, etc.	71	74
38 Foundational policies
39 Promoting studies related to climate change and strengthening observation/monitoring systems	-	-
40 Securing international links and promoting international cooperation for measures against global warming	-	-
41 MLIT Total	8,650	9,630~9,760

Note: 1 Measures/policies whose field for the “Emission reduction” is marked “-” are qualitative measures/policies whose effects cannot be measured quantitatively. Emission reduction owing to promotion and strengthening of the Voluntary Action Plan is not calculated because the target year and status of counting achievement are different by industry.

2 The latest achievement refers to the latest record for each item taken from records marked in the respective fiscal years 2007 to 2010.

3 In the Achievement Plan on the Kyoto Protocol, the reduction amount averaged from FY2008 to FY2012 is set as the target value, so the values in FY2010 are set as the goal, for convenience.

4 Emission reduction regarding measures concerning absorption of greenhouse gases indicates the absorption amount.

6 Sectors managed by ministries other than MLIT are partially included.

Source: Developed by MLIT, from materials issued by Global Warming Prevention Headquarters