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G20 Fossil Fuel Proposal: The G20 energy ministers meeting in July had accepted encouraging mature clean energy technologies including carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS). CCUS can be used to capture carbon generated during coal-based electricity generation, but it is still very expensive.
Sherpa: India's proposal to expand it to "phase-down of fossil fuel" ran into stiff opposition from Saudi Arabia and Russia, people aware of the deliberations told ET.
The cue was taken from the Bali declaration where the phrase “phasedown of unabated coal power” found agreement among all members. The language has also been used earlier in the UNFCCC Glasgow Climate Pact and the Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan. Unabated coal power is generally understood to mean coal power without carbon capture utilisation and storage.
“We are a poor nation. They banned coal. They say firewood is not to be fetched. They say we need to plant more trees and they are not giving us money.
The President also invited representatives of the environmental community to join the issue of overcoming the shortage of water - both drinking and technical - in the regions of Ukraine affected by the disaster. He noted that the lack of water could result in a shortage of agricultural products, which would affect the countries of…