Japan is aiming to cut greenhouse gases to zero by 2050 and become a carbon-neutral society, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Monday as he unveiled a major shift in position on climate change.
Japan had previously said it would be carbon neutral as soon as possible in the second half of the century, rather than set an explicit date.
“Responding to climate change is no longer a constraint on economic growth,” Suga said in his first policy address to parliament since taking office last month.
