“5 ways the German G20 presidency can prevent backsliding on the global climate effort”

The G20 summit in Germany in July 2017 will provide an important opportunity for major powers to resist backsliding on global climate goals, despite uncertainties after the US election, and it could even aid progress, according to a post on energytransition.de, summarizing the key points of a report by the Center for American Progress and the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung North America. “To its credit, the German government, which officially assumed the G20 presidency this month, is already positioning itself well—and deliberately so—for such an effort.” The posts lists five opportunities to build on existing strands of work: identify and disclose transition risk, strengthen fossil fuel subsidy reform, include Paris goals in growth strategies, expand access to climate-risk insurance, and steer investments toward climate-compatible infrastructure.

Read the post in English here.

For background read the CLEW article IEA director calls on Germany to lead on climate during G20 presidency.