Source: Japan, US exposed as UN chief urges G7 to commit to 2030 coal exit
Members of the G7 group of rich nations must commit to exit coal by 2030, UN chief António Guterres said on Tuesday, putting Japan, the US and Germany on the spot.
Japan and the US have no formal coal phase-out plans, while Germany plans to continue burning coal until 2038.
Guterres made the comments at the first global summit of the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) on Tuesday, a joint UK-Canada initiative that brings governments, local authorities and the private sector together to accelerate the end of unabated coal burning.
“Cancel all global coal projects in the pipeline and end the deadly addiction to coal,” Guterres told the meeting of ministers, local governments, financial institutions and companies.
Only by ending coal, will the world “have a fighting chance to succeed” in meeting the Paris Agreement goals to keeping global heating “well below 2C” and strive for 1.5C, he said.
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