How a grassroots movement challenged Japan's coal expansion
Following the Fukushima disaster, Japan saw a surge in new coal plant proposals. This video explores how climate advocate Kimiko Hirata led a civil society movement to confront these fossil-fuel dependencies and advocate for a renewable energy future.
After the shutdown of Japan's nuclear reactors following the Fukushima disaster, the coal industry moved rapidly to bridge the resulting energy gap. This period saw the emergence of numerous coal plant proposals designed to secure long-term energy needs, but each project threatened to lock in decades of future carbon emissions.
Kimiko Hirata details the strategies used by a small, determined civil society movement to bring these developments into the light. The movement focused on making fossil fuel expansion impossible to ignore, ultimately working to shift public and political momentum toward renewable energy alternatives.
Source: Kimiko Hirata: A cheat sheet for accelerating clean energy
