The nation’s net greenhouse gas emissions in the fiscal year ending March 2025 fell 1.9% to a record low, partly due to a slight uptick in nuclear and renewable energy, the government said.
Japan is heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels and is the world’s fifth-largest single-country emitter of carbon dioxide, although it is aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050.
In the 2024 fiscal year, net greenhouse gas emissions reached 994 million tonnes, marking the first time the net total has fallen below the one-billion-tonne threshold, the environment ministry said.
It is the lowest level since the 2013 fiscal year, which Japan uses as its base to compare changes in emissions. — AFP
