G7 leaders must follow through on their promise to stop funding fossil fuels

When G7 leaders gather in Hiroshima this weekend, they face a choice: double down on their commitments and move toward a clean, sustainable and more secure energy future, or continue down a destructive path of fossil fuel dependence and climate chaos. Last month, climate ministers from a group of rich countries they declared , that they are "firm in their commitment ... to keep the 1.5°C global temperature rise within reach". If they want to stay true to their word, they must close the door to new gas investments, including dangerous liquefied natural gas (LNG), honor their commitment to end international fossil fuel financing, and resist Japan's push for fossil fuel-based technologies. .

End investments in fossil fuels

Stopping new natural gas projects is critical to avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis. The latest reports from the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) show that maintaining a 50 % chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C requires an immediate end to investment in new coal, oil and gas. production and infrastructure for dangerous liquefied fossil gas.

(Elizabeth Bast, Tasneem Essop and Kanna Mitsuta)