The announcement came in the final document from the G7 meeting of environment, energy and climate ministers in Turin.

The G7 pledged to push for an end to the approval of new coal-fired electricity plants at the global level as soon as possible too.

It group also committed to supporting ‘the tripling of global renewable energy capacity and strengthening energy security by increasing system flexibility through demand response, grid strengthening and smart grid deployment’.

It also seeks to achieve ‘a global energy storage target … of 1500 GW in 2030, a global target [which is] more than a six-fold increase from 230 GW in 2022 …’.

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