The G7 = 7 major countries' meeting of climate, energy and environment ministers held in Germany ended after two days of discussions.
The joint statement agreed that increasing the supply of LNG = liquefied natural gas will play an important role in the "de-Russia" of the energy sector.
The G7 = Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers' Meeting of the seven major countries, which had been held in Berlin, Germany from the 26th, has closed and a joint statement has been finalized.
The statement expresses strong concern that Russia's military invasion has led to a significant rise in energy prices and "has a significant risk to the security of energy supply."
On top of that, reducing the dependence of natural gas on Russia is an urgent issue, and increasing the supply of LNG will play an important role so that the supply of natural gas that is pipelined to the European market will not be interrupted. ..
However, no specific increase measures are mentioned.
On the other hand, regarding coal-fired power generation, "We will do our utmost to achieve the goal of decarbonizing most of the electric power sector by 2035."
On top of that, he said, "We will rapidly expand the necessary technologies and policies toward the goal of ultimately eliminating coal-fired power generation for which emission reduction measures have not been taken."
It is a form that partially incorporates the claims of Japan and others to utilize coal-fired power by focusing on measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions using new technology.