Reiterations and Recriminations: G7 ups green recovery rhetoric, but fears grow over climate funding shortfall

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Protestors dressed as Pokemon character Pikachu in Falmouth as the G7 kicked off in Cornwall last week
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Protestors dressed as Pokemon character Pikachu in Falmouth as the G7 kicked off in Cornwall last week

G7 Summit delivered clearest signal yet the net zero transition is poised to accelerate, but final agreement sparked fierce criticism from green groups who fear success of COP26 Summit is now 'on a knife edge'

"An unforgivable moral failure," said Gordon Brown. "The G7 have failed to set us up for a successful COP26," said Greenpeace executive director Jennifer Morgan. "G7 leaders served us a bad pasty," said...

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