The G7 energy and environment ministers They agreed, this Sunday, April 16, accelerate efforts to phase out the use of coal and other fossil fuels, although no specific deadline was set to do so, as several of the member countries of the group aspired to do.
(See: The Colombian coal chain).
“We underscore our commitment, in the context of global efforts, to accelerate the phase-out of fossil fuels to achieve net-zero emissions energy systems by 2050“, indicates the joint declaration adopted by the ministers of the Group of Seven at the end of their meeting held in Sapporo (Japan).
The document does not accompany this promise with a concrete deadline before 2050, as several of the members of the G7 had claimed, due to the disagreement with other countries such as Japan, whose Energy supply is highly dependent on coal and imported oil and gas.
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The ministers call to diversify the sources of energy supply and to develop quickly “clean, safe, sustainable and affordable energy” within the agreed global action framework for 2050 and aimed at limiting the planetary increase in temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The G7 also showed their willingness to work with other countries.”to phase out new coal-based power generation projects as soon as possible, to speed up the clean energy transition fairly“.
The statement nevertheless acknowledges “the importance of national energy security, its affordability and its resilience“, as well as “the need to tackle energy poverty and offer support to workers, regions and communities“affected.
This is interpreted as an allusion to industrializing countries, and in particular to emerging economies of Asia highly dependent on coal, just like Japan.
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The group of countries that make up Japan, Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Canada and the United States They also promised to take measures to improve energy supply chains, which have been disrupted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and reiterated their support for kyiv in the face of the neighboring country’s aggression.
Cut vehicle emissions by 50% by 2035
The G7 energy and environment ministers marked themselves reduce CO2 emissions of youall your vehicles at least 50% by 2035.
The G7 energy and environment ministers.
Specifically, they point out the “collective opportunity to reduce by at least 50% the emissions of the vehicle fleet of the G7 by 2035 or before the level of 2000, as a halfway point to reach net zero emissions” and to “measure the progress of efforts to decarbonise and electrify the automotive sector“.
(See: By 2050, Colombia will continue to be tied to fossil fuels).
EFE
