Rich Countries’ Climate Plans Fall Short; G7 Weaning off Carbon Fuels

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Rich Countries’ Climate Plans Leave Yawning Gap. Analysis of emissions cuts planned by EU and G7 countries reveals that they will take the world less than a third of the way to the agreed safety level.

G7 leaders bid ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ to carbon fuels. Leaders of the world’s major industrial democracies resolved on Monday to wean their energy-hungry economies off carbon fuels, marking a major step in the battle against global warming that raises the chances of a U.N. climate deal later this year.

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