G20 Broadly Reaffirms Paris Goals But Omits Explicit Fossil Fuel Pledge

The Group of 20 major economies is declining to explicitly re-affirm last year’s global call to transition away from fossil fuels, even as the countries responsible for the bulk of global emissions are renewing broad support for international climate goals and supporting ongoing efforts at this year’s climate talks to agree on a new climate finance target. The conclusion of the G20’s Nov. 18-19 meeting in Brazil comes just days ahead of the scheduled end of United Nations climate negotiations...