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Japan pledges 26% emissions cut by 2030
2015-07-18 07:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Japan, the world's sixth biggest greenhouse gas polluter, has pledged to cut emissions 26 percent from 2013 levels by 2030, a target observers judged inadequate to avert calamitous global warming. In order to achieve this goal, nuclear energy, deeply unpopular and offline since the 2011 tsunami-induced Fukushima disaster, must provide about 20-22 percent of electricity production by then, said the country's official UN filing late Friday. Renewable electricity production, including hydro power,...
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