The G7 energy ministers have agreed to a statement that supports phasing out coal-fired generating stations by 2035.
Energy ministers from the G7 countries — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union — agreed at a meeting in Turin, Italy, to close all coal-fired generating stations in their countries by 2035 if not sooner. There is one caveat, however. Germany has already said it will shutter its coal plants by 2038 and the agreement allows it to continue with that plan.
Indeed it is. The agreement may or may not be implemented, of course. The nations of the world agreed in 2015 to take all necessary steps to keep average global temperatures from rising by more than 1.5º C and yet carbon dioxide emissions have risen significantly since then. In some parts of the world that 1.
The language adopted in Dubai was historic because it marked the first time in the 28 years of climate meetings the dreaded words “fossil fuels” were include in the closing statement from a COP conference.readers will remember that the oil ministers from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and other major oil and gas producing nations sat stonefaced while the final communique was read. As a group, they acted as if someone had just shot their favorite pet.
The report analyzed fossil fuel production estimates from the governments of 20 large fossil fuel producing countries, including the United States, Russia, Mexico, and the United Arab Emirates. By 2050, the gap is projected to be even larger. Those countries expect to produce 2½ times more fossil fuels in 2050 than they should in order to be on a path to 2°C. Make no mistake, at 2°C, the Earth is well on its way to becoming a baked potato where few humans can survive.
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