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Issue 634 01•June•2022 Week 22
G7 sets decarbonisation goals
The G7 has agreed to decarbonise electricity sectors “predominantly” by 2035,”
as well as ending government financing of international coal-fired power
generation and the speeding up the phase-out of unabated coal plants
Left behind risk
The pandemic is holding back the global movement towards universal energy
access, with 733mn people still without access to power at home in 2022
India tries to cut coal
India plans to cut generating output from a minimum of 81 coal-fired power
plants by 2025 in an effort to replace thermal generation with renewables