The G7 pledged to quit fossil fuels faster and urged other countries to follow suit, but failed to agree to any new deadlines on ending polluting power sources
Japan has been burning ammonia and hydrogen alongside fossil fuels to reduce emissions.SAPPORO - The G7 pledged on Sunday to quit fossil fuels faster and urged other countries to follow suit, but failed to agree to any new deadlines on ending polluting power sources like coal.
But they offered no new timelines beyond last year's G7 pledge to largely end fossil fuel use in their electricity sectors by 2035. But with global energy supplies still squeezed by the war in Ukraine, the target faced opposition from other members, including Japan and the United States. Their statement urged a peak in global greenhouse emissions by 2025 at the latest -- language that experts say is aimed at the world's largest carbon emitter, China, which is targeting its own 2030 peak.The ministers had been under pressure to announce bold steps after a major UN climate report warned last month that global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius would be seen in about a decade without"rapid and far-reaching" action.
Even so, Japan's energy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura characterised the communique as"ambitious" and praised the G7 for"recognising diverse paths towards carbon neutrality" during the energy crisis.Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, told AFP he was pleased with the statement.
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