Climate Politics

Japan Vows to End Construction of New Unabated Coal Plants

  • PM Kishida makes commitment at COP28 climate talks in Dubai
  • Nations including UK, Canada pushed for action on coal plants

Coal in a storage yard in Japan.

Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg
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Japan pledged not to start building any more unabated coal-fired power plants at home, adding to international efforts aimed at curbing the largest source of global emissions.