G7 countries commit to working towards coal phase-out
[1/2] Heavy equipment excavate anthracite coal from a strip mine. REUTERS/Dane Rhys
BERLIN, May 27 (Reuters) - The Group of Seven countries committed to working towards phasing out polluting coal-fuelled energy, without fixing a date to do so, and largely decarbonise their power sectors by 2035, according to a meeting communique published on Friday.
The countries commit to "a goal of achieving predominantly decarbonised electricity sectors by 2035," said the communique, published after a meeting of G7 energy, climate and environment ministers in Berlin.
They also plan "concrete and timely steps towards the goal of an eventual phase-out of domestic unabated coal power generation," it said.
"Unabated" refers to power plants that do not use technology to capture their emissions.
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