G7 agrees on net-zero emissions by 2050 & coal ‘phase out’ – European Commission head

The Group of Seven,

The Group of Seven, which unites some of the world’s leading economies, has signed a deal to move away from coal plants and stop funding new coal mining to tackle climate change, the EU’s top official has said. 

“We need to decarbonize the energy sector,” European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen wrote on Twitter, adding that the G7 partners “agree to phase out coal.”

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