Article 59HCD Japan will become carbon neutral by 2050, PM pledges

Japan will become carbon neutral by 2050, PM pledges

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Justin McCurry in Tokyo
from Environment | The Guardian on (#59HCD)

Yoshihide Suga says dealing with climate change is no longer a constraint on growth as he sets out a bolder approach to the emergency

Japan's prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, has said the country will become carbon neutral by 2050, heralding a bolder approach to tackling the climate emergency by the world's third-biggest economy.

Responding to climate change is no longer a constraint on economic growth," Suga said on Monday in his first policy address to parliament since taking office.

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