CNN —Ministers from the Group of Seven nations have agreed to shut down all their coal plants by 2035 at the latest, a UK minister said on Monday, in a climate policy breakthrough that could influence other countries to do the same.
Putting an end date on coal — the most climate-polluting fossil fuel — has been highly controversial at international climate talks.
Many of the other G7 nations already have national plans in place to phase out the fossil fuel.
“Coal might be the dirtiest, but all fossil fuels need to be ultimately phased out,” he said.
Energy, environment and climate ministers are meeting in Turin for talks that are expected to end on Tuesday.
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