'G7 must stop using fossil fuels immediately — the planet is on fire,' said the head of inequality policy at Oxfam.
that “G7 leaders’ endorsement of new fossil gas is a blunt denial of the climate emergency” which dooms “current and future generations.”
“Unless they genuinely put forward the phaseout of all fossil fuels, Japan and all G7 nations spout nothing but lies when they say they have aligned to 1.5°C,” he continued. “They cannot claim to be promoting development while subjecting our people to decades more of pollution and soaring energy prices. We reject this notion of a development powered by fossil fuels.”
Other campaigners also specifically called out the Hiroshima summit’s host — including Ayumi Fukakusa, deputy executive director atJapan, who asserted that the country “has used the G7 presidency to derail the global energy transition.”
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