The Group of Seven nations are expected to agree on basic principles for trading greenhouse gas emission reductions at a ministerial meeting in Sapporo on Saturday and Sunday, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
Japan is working to include the principles in a ministerial statement and outcome document following the G7 Ministers' Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment.
The government hopes to take the lead at the meeting in creating international rules to ensure that companies reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
