Japan PM Yoshihide Suga sets 2050 deadline for carbon neutrality

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday set a 2050 deadline for the world’s third-largest economy to become carbon neutral, significantly firming up the country’s climate change commitments.“We will bring the total amount of greenhouse gas [emitted by Japan] to net zero by 2050, meaning carbon neutral,” Suga said in his first policy address to parliament since taking office.“I declare we will aim to realise a decarbonised society,” he added, to applause from Diet members.Yoshihide Suga:…

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