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June 2, 2015
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government on Tuesday decided on its commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 26 percent by 2030 from 2013 levels, as part of efforts to reach a new international agreement at the end of the year to tackle climate change.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to explain about the emission goal at a summit of the Group of Seven industrialized nations starting Sunday in Germany, and submit it to the United Nations in July.
The target is "internationally comparable and ambitious," the premier told a government meeting on global warming. It "entails concrete measures and technologies" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, he said.
The new reduction target, however, only represents an 18 percent cut compared with the Kyoto Protocol base year of 1990 and is seen as insufficient among environmental activists and researchers.
International society is seeking to create a new framework to replace the Kyoto Protocol, the current international framework for fighting global warming, at the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP21, to be held in Paris in November and December to decide on a post-2020 regime for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Japan has lagged behind other countries in setting a post-2020 reduction goal amid uncertainty over its future energy policy in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima meltdowns, which brought all of the country's nuclear reactors offline by the end of September 2013.
Under the new goal, Tokyo plans to cut emissions to the equivalent of some 1.04 billion tons of carbon dioxide in 2030. It represents a 25.4 percent reduction from 2005 levels.
In the long term, industrialized countries have agreed to cut their combined emissions by 80 percent by 2050. Japanese government officials said they believe Tokyo's new reduction goal is consistent with the global target.
June 2, 2015
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Jun. 2, 2015 - Updated 05:13 UTC+2
Japan's government has decided to aim for a 26 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, compared to 2013 levels.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was on hand when a government task force on climate change made the decision on Tuesday. The government consulted experts and the ruling parties about the target.
The latest emissions data available comes from 2013. The target also translates to a 25.4 percent reduction compared to 2005, the previous baseline.
Cuts in carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and corporate activities are expected to make up the bulk of the reduction, or nearly 22 of the planned 26 percent.
The remainder is to be achieved through cuts in other greenhouse gases and by counting CO2 absorptions by forests and farmland.
Countries around the world are being asked to present their emissions reduction goals beyond 2020 before a UN climate change conference is held at the year-end.
The prime minister told the task force that Japan's target is ambitious and on a par with international standards. Abe said he will explain Japan's vision at the upcoming Group of 7 summit.
He also said Japan is determined to lead global debate in the run-up to the climate change conference, to realize a fair and effective framework to be joined by all nations to counter global warming.
The government plans to solicit public opinion for about one month, and present the target to the United Nations, possibly in July.
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