Japan’s Annual Emissions Drop as Industrial Pollution Shrinks
- Steel output decline helps lower emissions, government says
- Nation needs more pollution cuts to meet 2030 climate goals
The data comes amid concern that the country isn’t doing enough to reduce its emissions.
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Japan’s emissions inched lower led by a contraction in pollution from the industrial sector.
Emissions from the world’s fourth-largest economy slipped 2.3% in the year ending March 2023 to 1.085 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, the Ministry of Environment said Friday. While the new figure represents a 23% reduction from 2013 levels, it’s still a way off from the 46% reduction the government has pledged to make by 2030.