Japan is gearing up for a carbon-free future

Japan’s government has pledged to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. But Japan has struggled to wean itself off coal. Last year, one railway in Tokyo switched its entire network to electricity derived from renewable energy. For a city that transports 20 million people by train every day, the reduction in CO2 emissions is substantial, as Thisanka Siripala reports from Tokyo. (Originally aired June 2, 2022.)

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