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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent

G7 countries to stop funding fossil fuel development overseas

The Cop26 president, Alok Sharma, with the German minister for economics and climate protection, Robert Habeck, at the G7 meeting in Berlin on Friday
The Cop26 president, Alok Sharma, left, with the German minister for economics and climate protection, Robert Habeck, in Berlin on Friday. Photograph: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images

The world’s biggest economies are to stop funding any overseas fossil fuel development from the end of this year, in a move likely to choke off some of the investment in “carbon bombs” that are imperilling efforts to meet the world’s climate targets.

The agreement could shift about $33bn (£26bn) a year from fossil fuels to clean energy sources, according to analysts’ estimates.

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