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ENERGY, CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY: ENERGY //
G7 PERFORMANCE ON ENERGY, 1975–2024
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“Despite the recent rise in protectionist tendencies, the G7 leaders at Kananaskis should agree on highly binding commitments with defined timetables for actionable outcomes”
// ELLA KOKOTSIS Ella Kokotsis, PhD, is the director of accountability for the G7 and G20 Research Groups. She has attended most summits since 1994, has directed the research and publication of numerous analytical documents, and has spoken extensively at summit-related conferences worldwide. She is the co-author (with John Kirton) of The Global Governance of Climate Change and Reconfiguring the Global Governance of Climate Change (with John Kirton and Brittaney Warren), and co-editor of Financing a Just Transition .
climate, greenhouse gas emissions or decarbonisation achieved 86% compliance. Commitments referring to external agencies generate lower overall compliance at 78%. This analysis reveals that institutional mechanisms, private sector engagement and clear regulatory frameworks tend to drive higher energy-related G7 compliance. CONCLUSIONS The urgency of the climate crisis demands a cohesive and ambitious approach to global energy policy. Despite the recent rise in protectionist tendencies, the G7 leaders at Kananaskis should agree on highly binding commitments with defined timetables for actionable outcomes that will mitigate the interconnected energy-climate crises.
States at 93%, the United Kingdom at 91%, Germany at 88% and Canada at 86%. Below the 85% average come France at 82%, Japan at 79% and Italy at 68%. RECOMMENDATIONS Compliance varies significantly across various types of energy commitments. Those that mention energy ministerial meetings or establish official-level energy bodies achieve 100% compliance. Those that reference public-private sector collaboration follow at 95%. Commitments linked to regulatory frameworks and defined timetables for actionable outcomes achieve 89% and 88% respectively. Highly binding energy language results in 86% compliance, while low binding language yields 81%. Notably, the three commitments since 2016 explicitly addressing
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