Hello and welcome to the intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

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But first... The weekend summit of the G7 has concluded, and on the matter of the pandemic, the Block's pledge was clear-cut.

It'll deliver a billion vaccine doses to poorer countries over the next year.

But another priority was climate change. Naturalist Sir David Attenborough had pressed for cooperation on climate in a video message to the gathering.

The decisions we make this decade, in particular the decisions made by the most economically advanced advanced nations are the most important in human history.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested the leaders at the summit would meet the moment.

We were clear this weekend that action has to start with us.

In the end, the commitments on climate seemed straightforward, solid emissions targets,

a move away from coal, a renewal of an annual $100 billion budget to the developing world

to deal with climate change.

But campaigners found the outcome disappointing.

Oxfam called the summit a colossal failure.

Never before in the history of the G7

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