Japan has adopted a new energy policy that promotes nuclear and renewables as sources of clean energy to achieve the country’s pledge of reaching carbon neutrality in 2050.

The new basic energy plan, adopted by the Cabinet, calls for drastically increasing use of renewable energy to cut fossil fuel consumption over the next decade as Japan pushes to meet its ambitious emissions reduction target.

It keeps the target for nuclear power unchanged at 20-22% and says reactor restarts are key to meeting emissions targets.

A government taskforce will “accelerate” restarts of reactors, which have been slowed by stricter safety standards set after the Fukushima-Daiichi disaster, the plan says.