Japan strengthens 2030 emissions cut target
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Japanaims tocutemissions46 percent by2030, significantly more than previously pledged, the country's prime minister announced Thursday ahead of a key US-hosted climate summit.
"We aim tocutgreenhouse gas (emissions) by 46 percent in fiscal2030from fiscal 2013," Yoshihide Suga told a meeting hours before the discussions called by US President Joe Biden begin.
Japan's fiscal2030will begin in April of the calendar year.
The newtargetrevises a previous goal of cuttingemissions26 per cent from 2013 levels by2030.
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Japanis still heavily reliant on fossil fuels, in part because many of its nuclear reactors remain offline after the Fukushima meltdown a decade ago.
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Suga last year set a 2050 deadline forJapanto become carbon-neutral, putting it on the same timeline as the European Union and ahead of China's 2060 goal.
Environmentalists have urged nations to take more immediate action ahead of the two-day virtual Earth Day summit organised by Biden.
Suga is one of 40 leaders attending the talks that kick off later Thursday, heralding a US return to the climate front lines after Donald Trump's term.
Several other countries have also announced revised targets for slashingemissionsand more pledges are expected at the meeting.
Speaking before Suga's announcement, Ken Tanaka from conservation group WWFJapansaid a reductiontargetof 45 percent was an "absolute minimum".
"Now it has set a 2050 net-zero goal in October, it is important forJapanto have an ambitious interimtarget" to achieve its long-term aim, he told.
Climate activists want to seeJapan, which was the sixth-biggest contributor to global greenhouseemissionsin 2017, reduce its reliance on coal.
"They are discussing the next energy-mix plan, and in the discussion there are still coal-fired plants remaining for the next decade," Tanaka said.
"The clear decision to phase out coal-fired plans is a critical thing forJapanto pursue."
Yuri Okubo, senior researcher at the Renewable Energy Institute, said more was still needed but the commitment was nonetheless "an important step forJapan" and could help build momentum for a move away from coal.