energy and environment ministers G7 today agreed to accelerate efforts to phase out coal use and others fossil fuelshowever, they have not set a new deadline for this, as many member states of the group want to do.
“In the context of global efforts, we underline our commitment. accelerate the phasing out of fossil fuels to reach energy systems with emissions net zero by 2050″It shows the joint statement adopted by the Ministers of the Group of Seven at the end of their meeting in Sapporo (northern Japan).
Document this promise is not accompanied by a concrete deadline before 2050Due to conflict with other countries, such as the host country, whose energy supply is heavily dependent on coal and gas and oil imports, as many of the G7 members claim.
Ministers call for diversification and rapid development of energy supply sources. “clean, safe, sustainable and affordable energy” It aims to limit the planetary rise in temperatures to 1.5°C, within the agreed global action framework for 2050.
The G7 also collaborated with other countries to “phasing out new coal-fired power generation projects as soon as possible, accelerate the transition to clean energy equitably”.
The explanation still admits “the importance, affordability and durability of national energy security”as well as the “need to tackle energy poverty and provide support to workers, regions and communities”.
This is interpreted as an allusion to industrializing countriesand especially for emerging economies in Asia, such as Japan, which are heavily dependent on coal.
Group of countries that make up Japan, Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States it is also committed to taking steps to improve energy supply chainsIt changed with the Russian invasion of Ukraine and reiterated their support for Kiev in the face of the aggression of the neighboring country.