The G7 is an informal grouping of seven of the world's advanced economies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union. The leaders and their spokespersons (John F Kerry) demand that their countries stop using fossil fuels. This is absurd. There is no justification for such a drastic change. Abandoning fossil fuels will destroy their economies. John Kerry and his counterparts say that investments in fossil fuels have to be stamped out, except when they help Europe end its catastrophic dependence on Russian gas.
That was the mixed message Friday from climate ministers of the world’s top industrialized democracies. The G7 called for an end to international investments in fossil fuels by the end of this year and slammed private finance for continuing to back dirty energy — but left a big out for EU countries desperate to replace Russian gas.
