TOKYO -- Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga plans to announce a 2030 target of cutting Japan's carbon emissions by 46% from the country's 2013 level at a U.S.-led virtual climate summit on Thursday, Nikkei has learned.
Japan, like the U.S., has fallen behind Europe when it comes to lowering emissions. The European Union logged a 22.5% reduction between 1990 and 2018, compared with just 2.5% for Japan. The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden looks to make Washington a global leader on the issue, in a complete turnaround from the approach taken by predecessor Donald Trump. Biden signed an executive order on the first day of his presidency to return the U.S. to the Paris climate accord and announced the upcoming summit shortly thereafter.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also will be attending the summit. Russia plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030 from 1990, according to its proposal to the U.N. It likely hopes to improve its deteriorating ties with the U.S. through cooperation on climate change. Separately, India has proposed to decrease its emissions intensity per gross domestic product by 33% to 35% by 2030 from 2005 levels. The country has faced growing pressure from the international community to curb its emissions, which have surged with its economic growth.
Carbon emissions have skyrocketed worldwide since the 1970s due to the increased use of coal and petroleum, and currently outpace the amount that plants and the ocean can absorb. This means that atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases are only expected to rise.
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