G20 Declaration fails to send strong message for action against fossil fuels: Climate experts
Wealthy nations bear a disproportionate share of historical responsibility and their inadequate commitment to the G20 declaration would further worsen the situation. US President Joe Biden, left, Indian Prime Minister Modi, center, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hold hands at the launch of the Global Biofuels Alliance at the G20 summit. NEW DELHI: The New Delhi Declaration of the G20 Summit leaders was high on ambition but low on action on the environmental front. They made a claim of tripling renewable energy capacity but were silent on the target of phasing out fossil fuels equitably. Fossil fuels accounted for 86% of CO2 emissions during the last decade. Atmospheric CO2 concentrations reached an annual average of 410 ppm, which is higher than at any time in at least two million years. Expressing serious concern about the increasing historic emissions through fossil fuels, the first global stock-taking report by the United Nations Framework Convention on Clima...