26/07/2021 (Agence Europe) – Meeting in Naples on 22 and 23 July, the G20 energy and climate ministers failed to agree on a joint commitment to limit global warming to 1.5°C. According to the statement of the Italian G20 Presidency issued after the meeting, two points could not be resolved, “despite a prolonged and tireless discussion”: (1) setting a date for phasing out coal (many argued for 2025); and (2) ending public financing of coal-fired power generation and phasing out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies within a set timeframe. The G20 countries have nevertheless committed to do more before COP26 in Glasgow and “during the critical decade of the 2020s”. See the ministers’ communiqué: https://bit.ly/2UGzget and the statement by the Italian G20 Presidency: https://bit.ly/3BFG78p (DG)