G7 to now focus on Indo-Pacific to address China challenge
In a statement, the G7 said on Monday that it will increase its support to the Indo Pacific and Africa, but signalled that grouping was not targeting any specific country, keeping the door open for dialogue. "We resolve to collaborate with partners around the world, including in the Indo-Pacific and Africa, to actively promote these shared values for the good of all," said the statement.
G7 'letdown' on triple crises of climate, nature, Covid
The recently-concluded G7 summit has been a massive letdown on a historic opportunity to tackle the triple crises of climate, Covid and collapse of nature, experts across the globe said on Monday. The September UN General Assembly is now set as the key date for G7 leaders to deliver ahead of COP26.
G7 scolds China on human rights violations in Xinjiang, demands transparent investigation into Covid-19 origins
In view of many reports alleging that the Covid-19 virus was produced in a Wuhan lab, pressure has been mounting on China to lead a fair and transparent investigation into the matter. The G7 communique demanded an exhaustive investigation into the origins of Covid-19. The G7 in a statement said that they will promote their “values” by demanding fundamental rights from China.
G7 pledges 870mn vaccine doses, half to be delivered by 2021-end
In a statement, the WHO said the G7 countries have reaffirmed their support for COVAX, a WHO-led international campaign for equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines globally, as "the primary route for providing vaccines to the poorest countries", Xinhua news agency reported. COVAX has been facing an urgent supply gap, according to the WHO,
G7, India, others back open democratic societies
The leaders of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, South Africa, the United States of America and the European Union, reaffirmed their shared belief in open societies, democratic values and multilateralism as foundations for dignity, opportunity and prosperity for all and for the responsible stewardship of our planet.
Scientists warn G7 economic costs of breaching 1.5-degree mark
As the leaders of seven of the world's wealthiest nations meet in Cornwall,UK, for the G7 summit, the scientists have launched a 1.5 Degree Charter to highlight how breaching the target outlined in the Paris Agreement will cost far more than paying poorer nations to help global efforts to reach it. It is hoped governments, businesses and the public will get behind the Charter to influence the conversation on climate finance.
G7 leaders to unveil anti-pandemic action plan
The leaders are at the Cornish seaside resort of Carbis Bay for the three-day G7 Summit which kicked-off on Friday, marking the first in person meeting since the onset of the pandemic early last year. Following a special session on Saturday, the leaders will issue the Carbis Bay Declaration, "which will set out a plan to try to prevent any repeat of the human and economic devastation wreaked by Covid-19", the BBC reported.
G7 leaders grapple with pandemic recovery as summit kicks off
The much-anticipated G7 Leaders' Summit marks the first in-person meeting of the member heads of state since the Covid-19 outbreak last year. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie welcomed the G7 leaders at the beach of Carbis Bay in Cornwall, where the group posed for the traditional "family photo" as talks kicked off, the dpa news agency reported.
G7: Johnson urges nations to seek more 'feminine' economic recovery
The prime minister said the citizens of G7 nations "want us to be sure that we are beating the pandemic together and discussing how we will never have a repeat of what we have seen", the dpa news agency reported. "But also that we are building back better together and building back greener and building back fairer and building back more equal and... in a more gender neutral and perhaps a more feminine way," Johnson said.
G7 Leaders' Summit to begin with focus on Covid, climate change
Hosted by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the three-day event will take place in the coastal village of Carbis Bay in Cornwall. Following the inaguration on Friday, the leaders are due to discuss recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, focusing on questions such as Covid-19 vaccine donations and financial aid to build vaccine production sites around the world.
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