G7 Agree to End Coal Power Generation by 2035
The Group of Seven Nations (G7) has ramped up its green-energy transition efforts with an expedited timeline that will see its member nations stop the “unabated use” of coal by the year 2035. This represents a significant breakthrough in climate policy after G7 negotiators spent several years unsuccessfully trying to set a common target for eliminating unabated coal use. Shortly after G7 climate, environment and energy ministers held talks in Italy to discuss a common target for the phase-out of coal-fired power plants, the group released a communiqué announcing that it had committed to phasing out the unabated use of…