G7 puts focus on push for global fossil fuel phaseout deal – Reuters

G7 puts focus on push for global fossil fuel phaseout deal – Reuters

STRASBOURG/SAPPORO, April 18 (Reuters) - A commitment from the Group of Seven wealthy countries to phase out fossil fuels faster has been welcomed as a potential step towards a global deal for all countries to do the same, but is facing criticism for not matching the pledge with firm action.

G7 countries' climate ministers on Sunday agreed - for the first time - to speed up their phaseout of the fossil fuel consumption causing climate change, although they did not set a firm date for doing this.

In a joint statement at their meeting in Sapporo, Japan, the ministers agreed "to accelerate the phase-out of unabated fossil fuels so as to achieve net zero in energy systems by 2050 at the latest".