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G7 leaders have agreed to phase out fossil fuel emissions this century in the fight against climate change. The decision has been called historic but are oil, gas and coal companies ready to implement it? David Pollard reports.
Environment and climate ministers from the G7 - US, Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Japan and Italy - pose for a group photo in the Palace of Venaria near Turin, where the Group of Seven industrialised nations are meeting for two days of talks on the climate. The meeting in the northern Italian city is the first big political session since the world pledged at the UN's COP28 climate summit in December to transition away from coal, oil and gas. IMAGES
German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann qualifies Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy supplies as "war crimes," after a meeting between G7 justice ministers concerning war crimes in Ukraine. "People are left in their homes, in a winter that could possibly reach -30 degrees; then this is a terrible war crime. Winter is used as a weapon," he states. SOUNDBITE
A group of Extinction Rebellion activists climb on top of the roof of the Faculty of Biology in Turin, Italy, overlooking Piazza Carlina, violating the red zone where the hotel hosting some of the G7 energy ministers is located. The Group of Seven meeting is the first big political session since the world pledged at the UN's COP28 climate summit in December to transition away from coal, oil and gas. IMAGES
Around a hundred activists protest against the G7 Ministers' Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment by blocking the highway and letting off smoke flares in Turin for about 30 minutes. The meeting begins Sunday evening. IMAGES
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