G7 leaders are expected to announce on Wednesday a ban on Russian diamonds and measures to manage some 300 billion euros ($323.58 billion) in immobilised Russian central bank assets and the G7 oil price cap, sources familiar with the matter said. G7 leaders are having a virtual meeting later on …
Read More »Macron Urges G-7 Countries to Stop Using Coal by 2030
France’s president encouraged G7 countries on Friday to stop using coal by 2030. Emmanuel Macron enumerated several key points to improve the fight against climate change during an address to the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai. The “primary priority” for the most developed countries is to end …
Read More »Japan to Work with G7 to Impose Sanctions on Arctic LNG 2
Japan will work with the G7 and support the imposition of US sanctions placed on the Artic LNG 2 project in Russia last week. Yasutoshi Nishimura, Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, affirmed this position on Tuesday but said it will inevitably have an impact on business. Japan’s Mitsui …
Read More »G-7 Advocates Strong Supply Chains for Energy and Food amid Global Unrest
Trade and economy officials from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies strengthened their pledge Sunday to work together to ensure smooth supply chains for essentials like energy and food despite global uncertainties. The nations promised to maintain “a free and fair trading system based on the rule of law and …
Read More »Russia’s Flagship Oil above $60 does Little to Halt G7 Services
The price of Russia’s flagship oil may have jumped above a Group of Seven imposed cap but that has done little to impede the provision of western services for the trade. The number of ships calling at the nation’s ports that are either western owned or insured has fallen slightly …
Read More »G7 Gives Qualified Support to Investment in Gas
G7 leaders have agreed that public investment in natural gas can be appropriate as a “temporary response” to the energy crisis caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine and that LNG in particular has an “important role” to play. At their summit meeting in the Japanese city of Hiroshima, they stressed …
Read More »IEA: New G7 Price Cap Pledge Unlikely to Impact Oil Markets
There will be no significant effect on oil prices from stricter enforcement of the price cap on Russian oil exports as supply will not change meaningfully. This is according to the International Energy Agency, which commented on a statement made by the G7 during their meeting this weekend. “Any significant …
Read More »Indonesia Proposes OPEC-Like Group for Nickel at G7 Summit
Nickel-rich Indonesia on Saturday’s G7 Summit in Hiroshima proposed the establishment of an OPEC-like organization for the silvery metal. The OPEC, which Indonesia was once a member of, is short for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. OPEC says it aims to coordinate the petroleum policies of its member …
Read More »G-7 Brings Gas Investments Back in Temporary Solution, to Dismay of Climate Activists
The Group of Seven (G-7) rich nations put support for gas investments back into their communique on Saturday, calling it a “temporary” step as they try to decouple from Russian energy, in a move climate activists say may hurt climate goals. The April meeting of G-7 climate ministers eventually agreed, …
Read More »G7 Urged to Take the Lead in Phasing out Fossil Fuels
Several countries, including the Netherlands, Chile, and New Zealand, are calling on the G7 to lead by example and take the lead in phasing out fossil fuels, according to a letter sent to the group of the world’s most industrialized nations, which Reuters has seen. “We must bring the fossil …
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