温室ガス排出、過去最少を更新　コロナ影響５．１％減―環境省

　環境省は１０日、国内の２０２０年度の温室効果ガス排出量が二酸化炭素（ＣＯ２）換算で前年度比５．１％減の１１億４９００万トン（速報値）となり、過去最少を更新したと発表した。前年度比マイナスとなるのは７年連続で、新型コロナウイルス感染拡大による経済活動の停滞が影響したとみられる。（2021/12/10-09:49）

Japan's greenhouse gas emissions in fiscal 2020, which ended last March, fell 5.1 pct from the previous year to a record low due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Environment Ministry said in a preliminary report Friday.
   The country's emissions totaled 1,149 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalents, marking their lowest level since comparable data began in fiscal 1990 and the seventh straight year in decline.
   The pandemic sharply reduced emissions from the industrial sector such as factories and the transportation sector including automobiles and trains. Household emissions grew as more people worked from home.
   The country is expected to be close to meeting its goal of cutting its emissions in fiscal 2030 by 46 pct from the fiscal 2013 level if the current pace of reductions continues, according to the ministry.
   But a ministry official warned that the fiscal 2020 reduction was merely a result of economic disruptions from the pandemic. "We need to act more aggressively to achieve the goal," the official said.