Coal Projects Face Increasing Risk as Japan Eyes Climate Goals

With countries from China to Brazil lining up to showcase efforts to rein in pollution that causes global warming, developers of coal power plants in Japan may find themselves increasingly under pressure.

Japan formalized Friday a target to cut climate-warming gases 26 percent by 2030 from 2013 levels. The plan is built on the assumption coal will provide about a quarter of the country’s electricity generation by that time.