G7: Coal, energy security and biodiversity top UK agenda for Berlin meeting

Michael Holder
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Germany holds the G7 presidency in 2022
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Germany holds the G7 presidency in 2022

Environment and energy ministers from world’s leading seven economies meet in Berlin this week to amid pressure to ramp up climate and nature commitments

The UK government has promised to push its fellow G7 nations to accelerate the shift towards green energy, reduce dependency on fossil fuels, and ramp up efforts to tackle biodiversity loss, as climate...

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