THE PRESENT STATUS OF CARBON-DIOXIDE REMOVAL IN JAPAN

The Action Program of Japan to arrest global warming was announced on October of 1990. As a core research organization for the purpose of tackling the growing threat the global environment problems, the research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) was established. In Japan many national laboratories, universities and private companies research new technologies and develop new processes for mitigating global warming. The present status of the research and development on CO2 removal and disposal technologies in Japan is described.