Suga to declare Japan will go carbon neutral by 2050 in policy speech

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga plans to pledge a cut in greenhouse-gas emissions in Japan to net zero by 2050 in his first policy speech in parliament next week, government sources said Wednesday.It will be the first time a Japanese prime minister has presented a specific timeline for realizing a carbon-free society.Amid mounting concerns on climate change around the globe where abnormal weather conditions associated with natural disasters have been frequently observed recently, a number of economies including the European Union have already set the same goal.Suga is expected to announce the…READ FULL ARTICLE