Student questions Japan s climate reduction target
A Japanese university student is questioning the government s new target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Nakamura Suzuka, who is a member of the international youth climate movement Fridays for Future, attended the Lower House committee meeting as an observer on Friday.
The movement emerged after Swedish activist Greta Thunberg began skipping school every Friday in 2018 to bring attention to climate change.
Nakamura said Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide did not show scientific evidence when he announced his new target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions on Thursday. She said the target is not enough to protect peoples lives from climate change.