Japan's PM-elect raises greenhouse gas target to 25%

Times of India , Monday, September 07, 2009
Correspondent : REUTERS
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.

 
SOURCE : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/environment/global-warming/Japans-PM-elect-raises-greenhouse-gas-target-to-25/articleshow/4980549.cms
 


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