(MENAFN- QNA) Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged further assistance to developing countries in disaster mitigation at a high-profile global climate change conference.
In addressing the UN Climate Summit, Abe said that "global warming is unequivocal" and called for action, promising Japan would assist in the training of 14,000 people over the next three years in the area of climate change and spur technology innovation to help trim global emissions, according to Japan's (Kyodo) News Agency.
The Japanese Prime Minister had said earlier that Japan will not restart closed-down nuclear plants unless safety is restored 100%.
Japan is currently "completely dependent on fossil fuels," Abe said and that his government is looking to introduce renewable energy sources at a fast pace.
Regarding nuclear power, "only when safety is established will plants return to operation," Abe said.
Abe's comments come nearly two weeks after Japan’s nuclear regulator approved the restart of a nuclear power station, the first step to reopening an industry that has been idle since the Fukushima disaster in 2011.
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