Hanover (Germany): Climate change is the biggest task facing humanity, and technology has a huge role in solving the problem, former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe said on Sunday on opening the Germany's Hanover Fair alongside Chancellor Angel Merkel.
Abe, speaking as the special envoy of the Japanese government, said Japan was at the forefront of technologies to counter climate change and to move to a low-carbon society.
As Partner Country at the Hanover Fair, the world's largest industrial fair with a 60-year history, Japan's presentation would show its expertise in automated manufacture, robotics, energy technology and micro and nano technology, Abe said.
"I am of the opinion that climate change is the biggest task facing all of humanity and that a solution must be found by the political leaders," Abe said.
He noted that Japan had taken over the chairmanship of the Group of Eight (G8) from Germany at the beginning of the year, carrying on the climate change agenda put forward by Merkel last year.
"Technology, in particular, has a huge role to play in solving this problem," Abe said.
DPA
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