The United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and Canada have announced that their climate targets will be more ambitious than before. Americans want to cut emissions by 50% by 2030 compared to 2005 levels, and some don’t want to be left behind.

An invitation to attend the Leaders’ Summit from the President of the United States Goigo is with us He had an exceptional motivational effect on the invited leaders. The European Union has not lived up to its hopes of achieving an ambitious climate goal, but impressive announcements of targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions have been made by Japan, the United Kingdom and Canada. On the other hand, China is swearing it will be the first major economies to achieve climate neutrality.

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The White House also announced a new climate goal – Biden has committed to reducing it Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States By 50-52% by 2030 from 2005 levels and achieving net zero emissions by 2050. This is a significant improvement in the Obama administration’s commitment to reducing emissions by 26-28% by 2025.

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Leading Japan Yoshihide Suga said the country will cut emissions by at least 46% from 2013 levels by 2030 to become carbon neutral by 2050. This is a good step from the previous target of only 26%. Japan’s ambitions have visibly increased – Suga has declared that cutting emissions could be as high as 50%, although he admits it will not be easy. “To achieve this goal, we will implement vigorous concrete actions while striving to create a positive cycle that connects the economy and the environment and delivers robust growth.” Suga said. Japan, one of the largest emitters of carbon dioxide (9.70 tons of carbon dioxide)2 Per capita per year), it does not want to lag behind China, which seems to be prioritizing the topic of the climate crisis.

Government Great Britain It agreed to follow the Panel’s recommendations and cut CO2 emissions by 78% by 2035 from 1990 levels. For the first time, the budget will include the UK’s share of emissions from international aviation and shipping – very important in the context of fair accounting for these emissions. Prime Minister Boris Johnson explained that the country has a vision to be home to “pioneering companies, new technologies and green innovations as we advance towards net zero emissions.”

It has also set more ambitious climate targets Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today that the country is working to increase its greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets for 2030 by 40-45% from 2005 levels. This represents a 30% increase in Canada’s previous commitment.