Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fall 3.9% in FY 2018

Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fell 3.9 percent in fiscal 2018 from the previous year, thanks in part to an increased reliance on nuclear energy, the Environment Ministry said Tuesday.The equivalent of 1.24 billion tons of carbon dioxide was emitted in the year ended March 2019, a fifth annual decline and representing a low among comparable data going back to fiscal 1990. However, Japan remains far from achieving its commitment under the Paris Agreement on climate change.Emissions fell 12 percent compared with fiscal 2013, against its pledge for a 26 percent reduction by fiscal 2030, a ta…READ FULL ARTICLE