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Supplementary Budget for 2021

Third Supplementary Budget for 2020

Third supplementary budget

Japan's finance law contains a number of climate-relevant clauses. 2020 third supplementary budget 
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<li>encourages increases in energy efficiency in ventilation equipments as a co-benefit to COVID-19 air renewal measures.</li>
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 2021 budget and supplementary budgets
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<li>100 billion yen allocated to domestic battery storage production&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>1 billion yen <a href="https://www.env.go.jp/guide/budget/r02/r02-hos_03-gaiyo/008.pdf" target="_self">allocated to</a> technology demonstration projects and research and development to reduce CO2 emissions in hygiene-related products through increased energy efficiency</li>
<li>8 billion yen <a href="https://www.env.go.jp/guide/budget/r02/r02-hos_03-gaiyo/006.pdf" target="_self">allocated to</a> independent solar power generation equipment and storage batteries including electric vehicles through on-site PPA</li>
<li>800 million allocated to the maritime sector to help on decarbonisation efforts</li>
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Other budget lines are allocated to the decarbonisation of buildings (5.5 billion yen), decarbonisation of residential homes (4.5 billion yen), creation of a Green Innovation Fund Business (2 trillion yen), heat pumps (46.5 billion yen), low-carbon energy equipment installations in facilities (3.76 billion yen), Offshore wind power generation (2.75 billion yen), solar power (5 billion yen), sewage sludge-to-energy conversion (5 billion yen), program to achieve zero-carbon cities (20 billion yen), development of GOSAT-GW satellites to monitor emissions of GHGs (3.853 billion yen), R&amp;D into fusion nuclear energy, livestock biomass energy solutions such as biogas (2.8 billion yen), and increased subsidy to EVS and fuel cells vehicles.
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 2022 budget
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<li>diplomacy expenditure shall notably be directed to humanitarian assistance needs, including on climate change countermeasures.</li>
<li>Subsidies to solar power, offshore wind power, and geothermal power, and clean energy vehicles, and accelerate R&amp;D for the practical use and diffusion of hydrogen, ammonia, etc. (about ¥100bn). Establishing a grant to provide continuous and comprehensive support for local governments that are making efforts to decarbonize (¥20bn).</li>
<li>budget allocated to public works expenditures related to disaster prevention and disaster mitigation.</li>
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