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2020年10月29日(木)

Suga outlines carbon-neutral society by 2050 -NHK WORLD -JAPAN 10 hours ago

Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has pledged to pursue all options for Japan to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

In the Lower House of the Diet on Wednesday, lawmakers asked Suga about his policy speech on Monday.


The head of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party, Edano Yukio, welcomed Suga's plan to realize a net zero carbon society by 2050, but he urged Suga not to boost reliance on nuclear energy in achieving the goal.

Suga said the government aims to thoroughly the level of reliance on nuclear power as much as possible.

Suga added that achieving a carbon-neutral society by 2050 will not be easy. He stressed the importance of efforts by the energy sector, which is responsible for more than 80 percent of greenhouse gases. He said the government will pursue all options, including not only renewable energy but also nuclear power, and promised intensive debates with no foregone conclusion.

Edano also raised the issue of six scholars who were not appointed as new members of the Science Council, Japan's leading academic body.
Asking whether it was Suga's own decision not to appoint them, he also asked who made the decision and on what basis.

The law governing the council calls for the prime minister to appoint new members, based on their selection and recommendation by the council.

Suga said the government's consistent view is that appointments are not necessarily required to made exactly as recommended by the council, and the Cabinet Legislation Bureau approved this view.

He said he made the decision as a person authorized to make appointments. He said he did so, bearing in mind that a state-funded institution must have the support and understanding of the public. He also stressed the need for diversity of members, with few chosen from among younger candidates or from the private sector and also the lack of balance in terms of universities or where they came from.

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