Facing pushback abroad and at home, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says he’s not giving up on getting a global agreement to phase out unabated fossil fuels.
Guilbeault spoke with reporters Friday after wrapping up meetings in India with his international counterparts in the G20 intergovernmental forum.
He confirmed that the G20 countries, which are responsible for most of the world’s carbon emissions, did not agree on phasing out unabated fossil fuels.
Unabated fossil fuels are coal, oil and gas resources that don’t have mechanisms to remove the bulk of their emissions.
“Now I will be clear — our fight to keep 1.5 degrees alive continues. But we
