'Fossil of the Day' award for Japan

OneWorld UK

Japan won the 'extremely-opposite-of-prestigious" Fossil of the Day Award at the climate change negotiations in Bali, Indonesia, on Tuesday.

The award is given by a network of NGOs to countries 'doing their best to stop the negotiations".

It was received by a Japanese youth delegate who said, "I am extremely unproud of receiving this award."

He attributed the decision to Japan's failure to menton the need for legally binding emissions cuts when the country's official delegate addressed the conference.

Japan also won second place "for desecrating the Kyoto Protocol on its 10th anniversary. When most of us think about tenth anniversary gifts, we think of a beautiful vacation or a romantic dinner. But when it came to Kyoto, Japan wants to break up."

And it tied with the United States and Canada for third place, for trying to undermine transfer of technology commitments: "They can talk the tech talk", said the citation, "but they can't walk the tech walk."

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