In advance of this year’s G7 Summit, 353 organizations from 58 countries have signed a letter calling on G7 leaders to stop financing fossil fuels; cancel debt payments in global South countries grappling with COVID-19 and climate impacts, and pay their fair share of climate finance to global South countries for climate adaptation among other demands.
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Shifting G7 Fossil Fuel Finance to Clean Energy
At this year’s G7 meeting countries are discussing how to “build back better” towards a “greener, more prosperous future.” This factsheet explains the current state of G7 finance for fossil fuels and why it needs to shift to clean energy.