Despite the recent wave of tragic natural disasters that have struck the country, Japan is still going ahead with plans to significantly reduce its carbon emissions.
The country’s short term goal of reducing emissions by six percent by next year still remains a viable goal, in spite of recent events, explained Takehiro Kano, director of the Climate Change Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a recent press conference. However, the country may be forced to revisit its long-term goals.
Japan was originally hoping to cut emissions by 20 percent by 2020, but a large part of that plan involved a heavy reliance on nuclear energy. But with reactors damaged by earthquakes and tsunamis, that goal will either have to be revised or a new plan will need to be put into place to reach it.
Via Reuters
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