New Japanese PM Resets Emission Cut Target To 25% By 2020

Tokyo, Japan (AHN) – Incoming Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama announced Monday his administration will have a more ambitious greenhouse gas emission cut target of 25 percent by 2020.

The rate announced at the Asahi World Environment Forum in Tokyo is 17 percent higher than the target set in June by the outgoing prime minister Taro Aso.

However, Hatoyama said in his speech that higher reduction targets by other major countries will be a precondition for Tokyo’s new target.

Hatoyama said he will give more details about his climate policy at a summit to be held at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Sept. 22.

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