Demands feature edge to nonrenewable energies, maintenance of biodiversity as well as more significant social compensation Concerning 3,500 militants have actually compiled in Munich as the G7 team of leading financial electrical powers ready to keep their yearly celebration in the Bavarian Alps in Germany, which keeps the revolving presidency this year.Police stated previously that […]
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Wealthy countries’ climate shift leaves Australia isolated from closest allies
While the G7 calls for a ‘green revolution’ to deal with an ‘existential crisis’, it is no clearer if Scott Morrison will formally embrace a net zero target In an Australian context, the climate message from the weekend G7 summit is clear: the world’s biggest and richest democracies are acknowledging what the science demands and […]
All hot air: UK commits to climate action but not to new funding
Boris Johnson announces £500m for ‘blue planet fund’, but pledge was contained in 2019 Conservative manifesto Environmental campaigners stage ‘festival-type’ protests at G7 G7 summit protests – in pictures Boris Johnson has set out his intention to “build back better for the world”, to protect the natural environment and wildlife, and tackle the climate crisis, […]
Environmental campaigners stage ‘festival-type’ protests at G7
World leaders called upon to put the ocean first and respond to the demands of climate change Thousands of protesters, young and old, took to the sea and the beaches and streets of Cornwall to try to make their voices heard by the G7 leaders. Arguably, the most picturesque demonstration took place off Gyllyngvase Beach […]
Last chance to reverse the UK’s shameful international aid cuts | Letters
Desmond Whyms on the opportunity this weekend’s G7 meeting presents for global leaders to put pressure on the British government. Plus, Henrietta L Moore on what leaders must do to genuinely ‘Build Back Better’ World leaders are meeting this weekend a few miles from my home in Penzance, Cornwall, in what could be our best […]
Prince Charles urges businesses to help lead way on climate
Prince says private-sector innovation and finance is vital, otherwise ‘we just don’t stand a chance’ Prince Charles has said businesses must lead the way alongside governments in tackling the climate emergency. Before the start of the G7 summit in Cornwall on Friday, he told a gathering of political and business leaders that private-sector cash and […]
Climate crisis to shrink G7 economies twice as much as Covid-19, says research
G7 countries will lose $5tn a year by 2050 if temperatures rise by 2.6C The economies of rich countries will shrink by twice as much as they did in the Covid-19 crisis if they fail to tackle rising greenhouse gas emissions, according to research. The G7 countries – the world’s biggest industrialised economies – will […]
Scott Morrison’s claim Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are falling does ‘not stack up’
Fossil fuel and other emissions not linked to the land and agriculture increased by 7% over the past 15 years, analysis finds Despite official accounts showing Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are falling, its contribution to the climate crisis has increased over the past 15 years once areas beyond the federal government’s control – the drought […]
The Guardian view on the global economy: opportunities wasted | Editorial
The G7 summit in Biarritz this weekend will fail to rise to any of its urgent challenges Rarely has there been more need of collective action on the world’s problems than at the G7 summit hosted by Emmanuel Macron in Biarritz this weekend. Rarely have the chances of success appeared so miserably low. The G7 […]