G7 climate ministers challenge Japan’s energy strategy

G7 member states have pushed back on the viability of a central part of Japan’s climate strategy, according to an environment ministers’ draft communiqué seen by the Financial Times, in a challenge to Tokyo’s efforts to shape Asia’s transition to cleaner energy.

The scrutiny of Japan’s climate plans comes ahead of a meeting of G7 environment ministers in Sapporo this weekend, where representatives will attempt to align the world’s most advanced economies in the fight against global warming.