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Speaker at Barbados energy forum urges finance and policy reforms to meet SDG7 by 2030
Summary
At a forum in Barbados, a speaker called for reforms to international finance, coherent national policies and accelerated investment to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 7 and meet 2030 targets, citing rising emissions, debt distress and high capital costs.
An unnamed speaker at a Sustainable Energy for All forum in Barbados urged sweeping reforms to international finance and national energy policy to accelerate progress on Sustainable Development Goal 7 and meet 2030 targets.
The speaker said the forum, hosted by the government of Barbados and the SEforAll team, marks the tenth anniversary of both the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement and warned that "fossil fuel emissions continue to rise." The speaker called for reforms to the international financial architecture, "coherent policy and regulatory…
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