G7 energy ministers: agreement on coal p • Table.Briefings

The G7 meeting of energy, climate, and environment ministers ended on Friday. The most important signal from Berlin: Climate protection and the decarbonization of industry and energy supply are not to be abandoned, even given the current energy crisis and the partial return to coal. However, some goals remain vague for now.

Last Tuesday, Robert Habeck’s Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action announced its intention to expand the number of coal-fired power plants in reserve to prepare for a possible end to Russian gas supplies. At the meeting of G7 energy, climate, and environment ministers under the German presidency on Friday, it was made clear once again that this was only a precautionary and temporary measure. In the 40-page final communiqué, the responsible heads of department of the largest Western industrialized nations agreed on a „predominantly“ decarbonized electricity sector by 2035.

G7 energy ministers: agreement on coal phase-out with restrictions

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