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.
But they stopped short of endorsing a 2030 deadline for phasing out coal that Canada and other members had pushed for, and left the door open for continued investment in gas, saying that sector could help address potential energy shortfalls.
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 Ukraine. They agreed to accelerate "the phase-out of unabated fossil fuels" — the burning of fossil fuels without using technology to capture the resulting C02 emissions — to achieve net zero in energy systems by 2050 at the latest.
"Others are still trying to figure out how they could get there within their relevant timeframe," Wilkinson said.
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