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Tokyo to reach CO2 targets without its carbon trading scheme
2014-03-15 17:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Tokyo will meet carbon reduction targets without the need to use carbon credits in its emissions trading scheme, mainly as a result of increased energy efficiency after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster threatened a crunch in power supply. Japans capital, one of the worlds largest cities, became the first urban area in Asia to impose emissions caps and carbon trading at the start of the decade, blazing a trail for other cities that are using the market to control climate-changing gases. But...
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