Japan has set an ambitious goal of becoming completely carbon neutral by 2050. The world’s third-biggest economy has increasingly come under pressure to make more forceful commitments to climate initiatives after initially promising just an 80 percent reduction in emissions by 2050, and no specific commitment on total carbon neutrality.
Japan’s prime minister Yoshihide Suga said in an address to parliament, “Responding to climate change is no longer a constraint on economic growth. We need to change our thinking to the view that taking assertive measures against climate change will lead to changes in industrial structure and the economy that will bring about growth.”
