ASEAN shouldn’t have high expectations of new G7 climate club

By: Dr Mirza Sadaqat Huda, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute The G7’s proposal for a new climate club may fall short if its creators fail to separate geopolitical concerns from pressing environmental ones. In 2022, the G7 leaders declared their intention to open a “climate club” to facilitate international cooperation on limiting global warming to the 1.5°C target as envisioned in the 2015 Paris Agreement. The initiative is still being developed: a full launch of the club is planned for COP28 in November 2023. The G7’s climate club agenda has three broad pillars: advancing climate change mitigation policies; advancing industrial decarbonisation; and boosting international