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This weekend G7 leaders will meet in Hiroshima, a month after G7 ministers left the door open to new gas investments, falsely claiming to have ended fossil fuel finance. Civil society organizations in Japan and around the world are urging G7 countries to hold fast against pro-fossil fuel language in the outcome of the Leaders Summit, and instead reaffirm and strengthen the 2022 commitment to end international public finance for fossil fuels and shift this public money to clean energy. 

SAPPORO - Today, G7 Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers issued a communique ahead of next month's G7 Leaders Summit that leaves the door open for

Italy’s far -right government has broken a major climate pledge to end public financing for international fossil fuel projects.

* Italy reneges on 2021 pledge on fossil fuel funding * Industry needs safeguarding, government says * Critics say policy is blinkered and h... | 10:11am

By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - In power for just five months, Italy's right-wing government is pushing back on an array of initiatives aimed at g...

The time has come for ambitious E3F action, not just ambitious words. We do not want to see a year of vague compromises and exceptions that water the commitment down and lead to continued support for fossil fuels, such as gas - as this not only puts the climate at risks, it also locks countries in the south into fossil dependence with all the economic risks that come along.