Suga stopped short of 50% emissions cut, after White House visit

Climate summit closes, kicking off global push to update Paris Agreement

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U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga meet at the White House on April 16. The American leader did not demand a specific carbon reduction target during this meeting. © Kyodo

SHUNSUKE SHIGETA and KAZUNARI HANAWA, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- U.S. President Joe Biden's summit on climate change closed on Friday after two days of talks, eliciting new 2030 carbon-reduction pledges from many countries. With Washington back at the table, the world has began a process of updating the Paris Agreement, with the next major event being the global summit in November in the Scottish city of Glasgow.

According to a summary released by the White House, announcements at the summit included:

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