Climate activists gather ahead of G20 summit

Ahead of the G20 summit in Japan, environmental activists and residents in Kobe called on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to end funding for coal-fired power plants. The activists also demanded more aggressive efforts by the Japanese government to help curb climate change. According more than 50 non-governmental groups Japan is one of the largest funders of coal fired-power stations overseas. Japan ramped up use of coal-fired generators inside the country after most nuclear power plants were shut down post the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima.