Abe unveils climate change initiative to halve emissions by 2050

Abe unveils climate change initiative to halve emissions by 2050

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a speech to Asian political and business leaders at a banquet at a Tokyo hotel on May 24. Abe unveiled a Japanese initiative featuring the goal of halving global greenhouse gas emissions from the current levels by 2050 to fight climate change and the creation of a new post-Kyoto Protocol framework.

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