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China, Japan and South Korea have good news for planet Earth

Asia's pathway to carbon neutrality now increasingly clear

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Kevin Rudd
November 4, 2020 05:00 JST
20201104 Windfarm in Japan

A wind farm in Japan: Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared last month that Japan will strive to become a carbon neutral society, with zero net emissions, by 2050. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)

Kevin Rudd is President of the Asia Society Policy Institute and a former Prime Minister of Australia.

No matter who is declared the winner of the U.S. presidential election, Asia's pathway to becoming a carbon-neutral continent is now increasingly clear.

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