Posted on May, 27 2016

At the conclusion of the G7 meeting in Japan today, WWF issued the following statement: 
 
"The G7 countries, all of whom have signed the new global climate deal agreed last year, have lost an opportunity to show global leadership on climate issues by not sending a clear signal about decarbonisation. Just repeating the commitments they made in Paris is not enough. Several of the G7 countries - including Japan - are still funding coal plants abroad. This clearly goes against their Paris commitment to try to keep warming below 1.5⁰C. We call on the G7 members to immediately end finance for coal plants and phase out support for other fossil fuels." – Samantha Smith, leader of WWF’s Global Climate and Energy Initiative