In 2020, the carbon dioxide emissions of the energy industry in Japan amounted to more than 422 thousand kilotons of CO2. The carbon dioxide emissions peaked in 2013 at 526.3 thousand kilotons, but more recent figures indicated a downwards trend. In order to reduce emissions, Japan aims to increase its nuclear and renewable energy share.
Carbon dioxide emissions of the energy industry in Japan from 2011 to 2020
(in 1,000 kilotons of CO2)
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Greenhouse Gas Inventory Office of Japan. (April 19, 2022). Carbon dioxide emissions of the energy industry in Japan from 2011 to 2020 (in 1,000 kilotons of CO2) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 13, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181014/japan-energy-industry-co2-emissions/
Greenhouse Gas Inventory Office of Japan. "Carbon dioxide emissions of the energy industry in Japan from 2011 to 2020 (in 1,000 kilotons of CO2)." Chart. April 19, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 13, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181014/japan-energy-industry-co2-emissions/
Greenhouse Gas Inventory Office of Japan. (2022). Carbon dioxide emissions of the energy industry in Japan from 2011 to 2020 (in 1,000 kilotons of CO2). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 13, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181014/japan-energy-industry-co2-emissions/
Greenhouse Gas Inventory Office of Japan. "Carbon Dioxide Emissions of The Energy Industry in Japan from 2011 to 2020 (in 1,000 Kilotons of Co2)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181014/japan-energy-industry-co2-emissions/
Greenhouse Gas Inventory Office of Japan, Carbon dioxide emissions of the energy industry in Japan from 2011 to 2020 (in 1,000 kilotons of CO2) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181014/japan-energy-industry-co2-emissions/ (last visited August 13, 2022)