Highlights Increased funds for move away from coal New industrial decarbonization agenda G7 policies to align with 1.5 C G7 leaders committed June 13 to end new direct government support for unabated international thermal coal power generation by the end of 2021. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Leaders of the seven major industrialized nations – the UK, US, Canada, Japan, France, Germany and Italy – were meeting in Cornwall under the UK’s presidency of the group. “We commit now to an end to new direct government support for unabated international thermal coal power generation by the end of 2021, including through Official Development Assistance, export finance, investment, and financial and trade promotion support,” the countries said in a joint communique. To support developing countries move away from unabated coal, Canada, Germany, the UK, and the US have agreed to provide […]