"Japan will cut greenhouse gas emissions 26% from 2013 levels by 2030, under a plan submitted to the UN on Friday.

That commits the source of 2.65% of global emissions to steeper reductions than the US (18-21%) and EU (24%) over the same period, Reuters reported.

But it confirms a target analysts criticised in May as less ambitious than it looked, due to the choice of baseline."

Megan Darby reports for RTCC July 20, 2015. [2]