US EditionG20 fails to reach consensus on cutting fossil fuels at energy ministerial meeting
- The G20 meeting in India failed to reach consensus on phasing down fossil fuels, with disagreements over renewable energy capacities and the language used to describe emission cuts.
- Some member nations, including major fossil fuel producers, opposed the goal of tripling renewable energy capacity and instead wanted to use carbon capture as a solution.
- The failure to reach an agreement on curbing fossil fuel use highlights the foot-dragging by international bodies in addressing the urgent need to combat climate change.
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G20 fails to reach consensus on cutting fossil fuels at energy ministerial meeting
The G20 bloc on Saturday failed to reach a consensus on trebling of renewable energy deployment, phasing down of fossil fuels and plans to finance transition during the 4th G20 Energy Ministerial Meeting held in the southwestern Indian state of Goa. The meeting was expected to be one of the most important get-togethers of the 20-nation bloc that accounts for more than three-quarters of global emissions and gross domestic product. Despite high e
G20 ministers fail to agree on fossil fuel cut roadmap
NEW DELHI: Energy ministers from the Group of 20 nations meeting in India on Saturday failed to agree on a roadmap to phase down the use of fossil fuels in the global energy mix. A final statement after the meeting did not even mention coal, a major contributor to global warming. The dirty fuel is also a key energy source for many developing economies such as India — the world’s most-populous country — and China, the world’s second-largest econo…
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