UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005509671 Date 03 03 2015 PTQ2590 IN CONFIDENTIAL PT02590 PAGE 01 TOKYO 10346 '01 OF 03 0900262 ACTION INFO LOG-00 CEO-00 CIAE-OO CIP-OO COME-00 OASY-OO SRPP-DO EAP-01 EB-OO E-OO H-01 TEDE-OO IO-OO ITC-01 L-01 ADS-00 M-OO NASA-01 NAS-01 NSF-01 OMB-01 PA-OO PM-OO PRS-OO P-OO CIO-OO STR-OO TRSE-OO T-OO EPAE-00 G-00 1034W 0900272 I38 0900022 NOV 96 FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9432 INFO DOE WASHDC PRIORITY HQEPA WASHDC PRIORITY SCIENCE COLLECTIVE PRIORITY AMCONSUL NAHA AMCONSUL SAPPORO AMCONSUL FUKUOKA AMCONSUL NAGOYA AMCONSUL OSAKA KOBE AMCONSUL HONG KONG AMEM BASSY WELLINGTON AMEMBASSY CANBERRA CO ENTIALSECTION 01 OF 03TOKYO 010346 STATE FOR G-DHARWOOD AUTHORITY Alan Flanigan Senior Reviewer CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 TOKYO 10346 01 OF 03 0900262 FOR STROTHER DOE FOR HASPEL BRADLEY PO-63 E O 12958 TAGS SENV PGOV ENRG JA SUBJECT CLIMATE CHANGE MITI CALLS FOR DIFFERENTIATION AND DEVELOPING COUNTRY INVOLVEMENT UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2012-40055 Doc No 005509671 Date 03 03 2015 UNCLASSIFIED U S Depa mentof State Case No F-2012-40055 DOC No C05509671 Date 03 03 2015 1 CONFIDENTIAL - CLASSIFIED BY GERALD J WHITMAN EST MIN- COUN REASON SUMMARY AND PARTICIPANTS 2 SUMMARY IN HIS MEETING WITH OES AIS CLAUSSEN MITI DIRECTOR GENERAL INAGAWA DISCUSSED A RANGE OF TECHNICAL MATTERS REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE AND POSSIBLE PROVISIONS FOR A COP-3 PROTOCOL MITI CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE A DIFFERENTIATION OPTION FOR ANNEX ONE COUNTRIES MITI ALSO BELIEVES A NEW CLIMATE CHANGE PROTOCOL MUST INVOLVE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BUT THE SPIN SHOULD BE ON NATIONAL SELF-INTEREST RATHER THAN MANDATORY MEASURES MITI EXPRESSED RESERVATIONS ABOUT INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS TRADING BUT DID NOT RULE IT OUT AIS CLAUSSEN SAID BILATERAL COOPERATION TO DEVELOP ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY COULD WORK BETTER THROUGH A VEHICLE LIKE CLEAN TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE END SUMMARY 3 MITI ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND INDUSTRIAL LOCATION BUREAU DIRECTOR GENERAL YASUHIRO INAGAWA HOSTED A WORKING CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 TOKYO 10346 01 OF 03 0900262 LUNCH OCTOBER 31 FOR OES AIS EILEEN CLAUSSEN DCM DEMING EST MINISTER COUNSELOR WHITMAN OES POLICY ADVISOR KIM- MITCHELL OES SPECIAL ASSISTANT LAPHAM AND ESTOFF COMPRISED THE USG SIDE FROM THE GOJ SIDE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY DIVISION DIRECTOR KAZUO MATSUNAGA GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS OFFICE DIRECTOR KAZUHITO SAKURAI AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR MICHIHIRO KISHIMOTO AND AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY ANRE DIRECTOR FOR COORDINATION OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES TORU KOBAYASHI ATTENDED THE LUNCH FOLLOWING THE LUNCH AIS CLAUSSEN CALLED ON MITI VICE MINISTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS HISASHI HOSOKAWA SEPTEL GOJ THREE CLIMATE CHANGE PRINCIPLES 4 DG INAGAWA OUTLINED THE THREE KEY PRINCIPLES ON WHICH MITI BASES ITS VIEWS ON CLIMATE CHANGE FIRST A FUTURE PROTOCOL MUST FOCUS NOT JUST ON THE LE UNTIL 2010 BUT ALSO ON ADDRESSING THE LONG-TERM CLIMATE CHANGE SITUATION SECOND EACH 002 EMISSIONS DIFFER UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2012-40055 Doc No C05509671 Date 03 03 2015 H 9609900 30CI 9390 31918 40 'S n NVO HOLOEIS EIHJ HOIHNI A8 IEDHE WEIEIJ 30 NOISIA 9H9 SVE J SIXEI LEA I ON SEOCI EIHJ EIHJ EIEICIISNOO NEIN OSFI EIHJ IVS 81V '9 POO NO SMEIIA ESOHL SELLV LS EIHJ LHEDFIOHJ AEHJ l Q NOLLOFICIHEI EIALLISOCI 3H1 CIIVS VNIVEDVNI NEIN ON CIVH EIH L aanma NI 38 SNOISSIWS TIV VMVEDVNI EIHJ CINV 3H1 OJ EONVEH 318808 EIH L SHEIEIWEIIN 03 80 ZOO JEIEMVL iV'Izl TIVHEIAO NV EEHSV FIE EIHJ HOIHNI NI FIE NV OJ 1'13 EIHJ CIIVS EIH EIH L CINV KNIV LIEI8 LVEEIE NI SIH SNEIIA BAOEIV EHJ CIEIHVHS EIH NI WOEH CIVH VNIVOVNI '9 2930060 90 L0 QVEOL OM01 I70 ZVNIVEJVNI AEILNFIOO EICIITIONI ZOO NVO NO EIINIEDEIEI 08 d0 AJEHEIVA NO CIESVS 39190 LAQGOSSOO 9390 91918 40 I I UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2012-40055 Doc No 005509671 Date 03 03 2015 CONFIDENTIAL PTQ2591 PAGE 01 TOKYO 10346 02 OF 03 0900272 ACTION DES-01 INFO LOG-00 ACDE-OO AGRE-OO AID-00 CEO-00 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SIGNAL A SERIOUS COMMITMENT BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO REDUCE GHG EMISSIONS OVER THE LONG-TERM 10 AIS CLAUSSEN TOLD INAGAWA THE USG VIEWS THE NEXT TWO AGBM SESSIONS AS KEY VEHICLES TO HAMMER OUT AGREEMENT ON THE FRAMEWORK OF A LEGAL INSTRUMENT WITHOUT FOCUS ON THE TARGET LEVELS DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING TARGET LEVELS WILL ONLY START TO MAKE SENSE ONCE NEGOTIATORS AGREE ON A FRAMEWORK INAGAWA SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THE USG POSITION ON THE SEQUENCE OF DISCUSSIONS BUT SAID A TARGET LEVEL CALLING FOR CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 TOKYO 10346 02 OF 03 0900272 REDUCTIONS RATHER THAN EMISSION STABILIZATION AFTER 2000 COULD THE DEBATE ON PAST PRACTICES AND METHODS AND ULTIMATELY PREVENT CONSENSUS AT COP-3 AIS CLAUSSEN REPEATED THE VIEW IN SUPPORT OF A FLAT RATE WITH MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY OF WHICH EMISSIONS TRADING COULD BE AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT EMISSIONS TRADING 11 INAGAWA AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY DIVISION DIRECTOR MATSUNAGA EXPRESSED MITI RESERVATIONS REGARDING AN INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS TRADING REGIME QUESTIONING WHAT BASELINE WOULD BE USED AND WOULD SET THE ALLOCATION AIS CLAUSSEN SAID AN EMISSIONS TRADING REGIME WAS THE MOST FLEXIBLE COST-EFFECTIVE AND EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO ACHIEVE REAL EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS THE USG IS PREPARING A PAPER ON THIS ISSUE AND HOPES TO PRESENT IT AT AGBM-5 AIS CLAUSSEN SAID 1990 MADE THE MOST SENSE AS A BASELINE FOR A TRADING REGIME AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT ESTABLISHING AN ACCOUNTING SYSTEM TO ALLOCATE LEVELS WOULD BE THE KEY ISSUE FOR DISCUSSION SHE ALSO SAID THE USG COULD ACCEPT AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE AT COP-3 FOR A TRADING REGIME WITH A LATER CERTAIN FOR FORMAL ACCEPTANCE CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2012-40055 Doc No 005509671 Date 03 03 2015 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2012-40055 Doc No 005509671 Date 03 03 2015 CONFIDENTIAL PTQ2592 PAGE 01 TOKYO 10346 03 OF 03 0900272 ACTION OES-01 INFO LOG-00 ACDE-OO AGRE-OO AID-00 CEO-00 CTME-OO OASY-OD DODE-OO SRPP-OO EAP-01 EB-OO FRB-OO H-01 ITC-01 ADS-00 M-OO NSAE-DO NSF-01 OMB-01 OPIC-01 PA-OO PM-OO P-OO Clo-00 SP-OO SS-OO TRSE-OO DSCC-OO G-OO 79ECD2 0900272 I38 0900022 NOV 96 FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9434 INFO DOE WASHDC PRIORITY HQEPA WASHDC PRIORITY SCIENCE COLLECTIVE PRIORITY AMCONSUL NAHA AMCONSUL SAPPORO AMCONSUL FUKUOKA AMCONSUL NAGOYA AMCONSUL OSAKA KOBE AMCONSUL HONG KONG AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON AMEMBASSY CANBERRA CONFIDENTIALSECTION 030F03TOKYOO10346 STATE FOR OESIEGC G-DHARWOOD CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 TOKYO 10346 03 OF 03 090027Z FOR STROTHER UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2012-40055 Doc No 005509671 Date 03 03 2015 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No C05509671 Date 03 03 2015 DOE FOR HASPEL BRADLEY PO-63 E O 12958 TAGS SENV PGOV ENRG JA SUBJECT CLIMATE CHANGE MITI CALLS FOR DIFFERENTIATION AND DEVELOPING COUNTRY INVOLVEMENT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 12 A18 CLAUSSEN TOLD INAGAWA SHE BELIEVED THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ISSUE WOULD BE THE MOST DIFFICULT ISSUE AT COP-3 THE USG ALSO HOPED TO PRESENT A PAPER ON THIS MATTER AT THE AGBM MEETING IN DECEMBER SHE LAID OUTA LIST OF OPTIONS IMPROVED REPORTING ON MEASURES TAKEN AGREEMENT TO TAKE ACTIONS JOINT IMPLEMENTATION AND AGREEMENT THAT NON-ANNEX ONE COUNTRIES WOULD BE BOUND BY REQUIREMENTS AIS CLAUSSEN SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES UNDERSTAND NOW WHAT OPTIONS THEY MAY FACE SO DISCUSSION CAN BEGIN AND ADVANCE IN THE LEAD UP TO COP-3 13 INAGAWA SAID DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CAN SEE A SELF- INTEREST IN 002 REDUCTION AS IT IMPROVES ENERGY EFFICIENCY THE GOJ THEREFORE FEELS THE INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES SHOULD FOCUS ON A SYSTEM TO ASSIST DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY RATHER THAN EMPHASIZING MANDATORY ACTIONS REQUIRED OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AIS CLAUSSEN CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 TOKYO 10346 03 OF 03 0900272 AGREED A FOCUS ON NATIONAL INTEREST IS STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT BUT AT THE SAME TIME ONE COUNTRIES SHOULD NOT BE LED TO BELIEVE THEY ARE NOT BOUND BY WHAT IS ULTIMATELY REACHED AT COP-3 ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATION 14 INAGAWA SAID SIGNIFICANT TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGHS WILL BE NECESSARY FOR THE WORLD TO ACHIEVE MEANINGFUL REDUCTION OF GHG EMISSIONS AND ENERGY USE OVER THE AND OUR TWO COUNTRIES SHOULD INCREASE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATION BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN ARE CLEAR LEADERS IN THE FIELD CLAUSSEN TOLD INAGAWA SHE ALWAYS QUESTIONED WHAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005509671 Date 03 03 2015 CZOgmmi mU C m Umbmnama ow m nm m Zom 000 20 Oommommi 0m mu omxowhmogm 2 memSZO MCOI Sam Mm 0 u_ucm_02 gin mm mIm mI_Ormm AINOCQI _umO Orm 2 0020 10902 3 Em 20 mr00 m0 20 Ummocmmaz 20 Elm0mm0 _2 rm 0 Eu 00pm m 20 Im 55 mm _2 2 20 4 0 Emmg 5 20 Em _um0 0mm 0A Swim om Om ow 2 530mm moocm 55 mm Hm 0_20_ mm Imr0 5 0mm 5 Orm mm0 czogmg mo c m 9n m mnm zo 000 20 Oommomm 096 omeEQ m 4 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005509671 Date 03 03 2015 CONHDENWAL UNCLASSIFIED US Department of 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