According to a draft communiqué from environment ministers seen by the Financial Times, members of the influential G7 group of countries „rejected the viability of a key part of Japan’s climate strategy.“ Japan is a member of the G7 and the host of this weekend’s G7 meeting, but the paper describes the document as „a challenge to Tokyo’s efforts to shape Asia’s transition to cleaner energy.“ The East Asian country is seeking to play a central role in financing the continent’s transition to low-carbon energy, but its own climate plans have been criticized for their focus on ammonia as a clean energy source, the article explains. Ammonia production is not yet commercially viable and relies on fossil fuels, so the UK, France and Canada „have pressed Japan to soften language on the G7 environment ministers“ draft communiqué’s support for ammonia and hydrogen as low-carbon fuels,” the paper says.

Kana Inagaki, Edward White and Attracta Mooney, Financial Times, 'Carbon Brief'‘