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Charting the course away from coal: the G7’s leadership opportunity | |
Chris Littlecott Leo Roberts | |
2021-05-14 | |
出版年 | 2021 |
国家 | 欧洲 |
领域 | 气候变化 |
英文摘要 | 2021 is the most important year for climate diplomacy since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015. The UK is hosting both the G7 and the COP26 UN Climate Conference and has put climate action at the centre of the geopolitical and COVID recovery agenda. Throughout early 2021, pressure has been building for explicit action to reduce coal power generation. At the Powering Past Coal Alliance summit in March, UN Secretary General Guterres said “G7 members should take the lead and commit to this [coal] phase out at the G7 June summit at the latest.” Similarly, the IEA’s Fatih Birol has highlighted that quitting coal power is the ‘single most important’ step in the six months before COP26. And in a major speech on 14 May, COP26 President Designate Sharma stated the conference must enable emissions reductions of 50% by 2030 to keep the 1.5C temperature target alive. Sharma stated that “if we are serious about 1.5 degrees, Glasgow must be the COP that consigns coal power to history”. He called for COP26 to ensure that countries abandon coal power, adding that he is “seeking the G7 to lead the way”. 2021 is the year for G7 action on coalThe G7 aspires to take a leading role in shaping the multilateral agenda and setting norms for government action and international cooperation. After four years of diplomatic disruption the Trump Presidency, there is no better moment for the G7 to restate its climate leadership. As Sharma highlighted in his speech: “All G7 nations now have 2030 emissions reduction targets, aligned with net zero by 2050.” Since 2015 E3G has tracked G7 progress on coal through a series of scorecard reports that assess G7 member performance and their collective influence. In our view, 2021 provides the most positive conditions for the G7 to chart the global course away from coal, reflecting developments spanning political leadership, diplomatic engagement, and real-world trends. Our 2021 analysis highlights that:
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G7 collective leadership on coal: E3G recommendationsDrawing on our analysis of G7 member progress and global trends, E3G has three recommendations for G7 collective efforts to accelerate the broader transition away from coal power: 1 – Acknowledge that power sector transformation requires both coal exit and clean energy additions The G7 should explicitly recognise for the first time that its members will aim to phase out coal power generation by 2030 and encourage other OECD countries to do likewise. 2 – Confirm an end to international coal finance The G7 should commit to ending all international public finance for coal power generation and associated facilities, including through working together to strengthen the OECD export credit regime. 3 – Enable the retirement of coal power generation G7 members should recognise the growing need for financial instruments to enable the retirement of coal power generation and commit both finance and diplomatic support to dedicated initiatives and instruments. In delivering this three-pronged agenda the G7 would strengthen their collective weight and individual influence in advancing the global transition from coal to clean energy. It would directly support real world emissions reductions in pursuit of the Paris Agreement and provide high level leadership in support of the UK’s COP26 objectives. The G7 Environment and Climate Ministerial will take place on 20-21 May, ahead of the Leaders’ summit in Cornwall on 11-13 June. E3G’s full 2021 G7 scorecard report, published here on Monday 17 May 2021 will expand on the analysis and recommendations summarised above. |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/326844 |
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