Climate Politics
Japan Aims for 60% Emissions Cut by 2035 in Target Seen as Lax
- New goal follows country’s plan to boost nuclear, renewables
- Nations are upgrading climate pledges under Paris Agreement
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Japan is pushing through a new target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2035, even as the plan faces criticism as lacking in ambition.
Making the reductions from 2013 levels will put the nation, among the world’s top carbon polluters, on track to hit net zero by 2050, according to officials from a joint panel of the trade and environment ministries, which announced the strategy on Tuesday. The plan will now go through a public comment period before final approval from Japan’s cabinet.