Foreign ministers from G7 nations stop short of endorsing a 2030 deadline for phasing out coal sought by Canada and other, and leave door open for continued investment in natural gas
The Group of Seven rich nations on Sunday set big new collective targets for solar power and offshore wind capacity, agreeing to speed up renewable energy development and move toward a quicker phase-out of fossil fuels.
G7 ministers finish two days of meetings on climate, energy and environmental policy in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo on Sunday. Renewable fuel sources and energy security have taken on a new urgency following Russia’s invasion of“Initially people thought that climate action and action on energy security potentially were in conflict.
On coal, the countries agreed to prioritize “concrete and timely steps” towards accelerating the phase-out of “domestic, unabated coal power generation,” as a part of a commitment last year to achieve at least a “predominantly” decarbonised power sector by 2035. “We are trying to find ways some who are more coal-dependent than others to find technical pathways how to do that,” he said.
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