The United Nations Secretary General António Guterres called to super-charge efforts to achieve the Climate Solidarity Pact through an Acceleration Agenda. The G20 as biggest emitters have the strongest responsibility to “make extra efforts to cut emissions (…) in a common effort to keep 1.5 degrees alive”. In practice this means to phase-out oil and gas.
The “G20 Acceleration Call – Time is running out for oil and gas” identifies three asks that are key to accelerate climate action in the G20: higher ambition of national climate targets, stronger implementation to deliver on existing plans, and deeper cooperation to use the G20’s collective political, technological and financial power. The Call gives an overview on the consumption, production as well as expansion plans of oil and gas in the G20 and provides key recommendations for each country on how to move away from it.