11 In the Plan for Global Warming Countermeasures (Cabinet decision on May 13, 2016), Japan has committed to lead the international community so that major emitters reduce their emissions in accordance to their abilities under the fair and effective international framework in which all major countries participate, based upon the Paris Agreement. It has also committed to working on 80% reduction of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 as a long-term goal, while balancing global warming countermeasures and economic growth.