G7 energy ministers fail to agree on statement on climate change

G7 energy ministers fail to agree on statement on climate change

G7 Energy Ministers have failed (अनुत्तीर्ण होना) to reach agreement on a joint statement on climate change after the United States expressed reservations(संदेह) . Italian Minister for Economic
Development, Carlo Calenda, who chaired the meeting in Rome, said, the United States reserved its position on the text about commitments made by G7 countries under the 2015 Paris climate accord(समझौता). The Paris Agreement, endorsed(समर्थन किया) by members of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is a bedrock of international action against man-made global warming. It also pledges(प्रतिज्ञा) to provide hundreds of billions of dollars in aid for poor countries badly exposed to drought, flood, rising seas and other climate impacts.

In March, President Donald Trump signed an executive order rolling back some of the previous Democratic administration's policies on carbon emissions and climate change.

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The Group of Seven (G7) 

The Group of Seven, gathering the biggest western democracies, 

comprises Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.

G7 energy ministers meeting  in Rome,

2015 Paris climate accord

143 Parties have ratified of 197 Parties to the Convention

On 5 October 2016, the threshold for entry into force of the Paris Agreement was achieved. The Paris Agreement entered into force on 4 November 2016. The first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 1) took place in Marrakech, Morocco from 15-18 November 2016.