Turin, Italy—UN climate chief Simon Stiell on Monday told G7 countries it was “utter nonsense” to claim they could not take bolder actions to tackle global warming.
The G7 is holding its first big political meeting on climate since the UN’s annual negotiations in Dubai in November.
“I often hear in forums like this one that, ‘we cannot possibly move too far forward, lest we predetermine the outcome of negotiations’” at the UN level, Stiell told environment ministers meeting in Turin.
“It is utter nonsense to claim the G7 cannot — or should not — lead the way on bolder climate actions,” Stiell, who leads the United Nations climate change organisation, said.
The Group of Seven industrialized nations, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US, is meeting in the northern Italian city for two days of environment and climate talks.
