UK ambassador urges Japan to speed up phase out of coal power

Ahead of COP26, Longbottom says climate talks at 'point of greatest pressure'

Julia Longbottom, the U.K.'s ambassador to Tokyo, tells Nikkei Asia that Japan needs to accelerate its phaseout of coal-derived power. (Photo supplied by British embassy)

FRANCESCA REGALADO, Nikkei Asia

October 4, 2021 13:10 JST

TOKYO -- A month before the opening of the COP26 climate summit in Scotland, the U.K.'s ambassador to Tokyo called on Japan to accelerate the phase out of coal power and ban the sale of new petrol and hybrid cars by 2030.