TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister-elect Yukio Hatoyama said on Monday that Japan will aim for a 25% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 compared with 1990 levels. The target was premised on a deal on ambitious goals being agreed by major nations, Hatoyama said in a speech to a Tokyo symposium on climate change.
Hatoyama, who will take office on September 16 after a vote by parliament, made the commitment in a speech to a symposium on climate change.
The outgoing government's 2020 target announced in June, is equivalent to a cut of 8% below the 1990 levels.
The new target is part of a more aggressive green policy laid out by Hatoyama's Democratic Party, which is facing resistance from industry over the new goal.