The country of the Rising Sun is taking measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
All new homes to be built in Tokyo after April 2025 by construction companies undertaking large-scale projects will be fitted with mandatory solar panels to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from households, according to a new regulation adopted by the Japanese capital’s local assembly.
The order, the first of its kind from a municipality in Japan, requires about 50 major construction companies to equip the more than 2,000 square meter houses they will build with renewable energy, mainly solar panels.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike noted last week that just 4% of buildings in the city in which age collectors could be installed have already done so. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government aims to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 2000 levels.
Japan, the world’s fifth-largest emitter of carbon dioxide, has pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, but is struggling due to its heavy reliance on coal-fired power generation after the impact on most of its nuclear reactors since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
“In addition to the existing global climate crisis, we are facing an energy crisis due to a protracted Russia-Ukraine war,” Risako Narikijo, a member of Koike’s local party, told the local assembly today.
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