Canada commits to G7 plan to end use of fossil fuels - 2015

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Canada commits to G7 plan to end use of fossil fuels - 2015

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Steven Chase KRÜN, Germany — The Globe and Mail Published Monday, Jun. 08, 2015 11:01AM EDT Last updated Tuesday, Jun. 09, 2015 1:16AM EDT

Canada has joined other Group of Seven leaders in pledging to stop burning fossil fuels by the end of the century, but Canadian officials are playing down the promise as an “aspirational” target and Stephen Harper says it will only be reached through advances in technology.

In their end-of-meeting statement, G7 leaders called for an end to fossil-fuel use by the global economy by 2100 as well as cuts to greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050 that lower them as much as 70 per cent from 2010 levels.

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