By announcing, on Monday 30 March, the climate plan it will submit to the UN, Japan has disappointed NGOs. And for good reason, since this plan does not increase Japan's ambition.
The main objective of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) would be the same as 2015, i.e. a 26% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 2013.
“While the whole world is phasing out coal, Japan's dependence on coal dilutes the efforts of the rest of the world and is a burden on...