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Heres how it worked that one out. the imf calculates that to get 70% of the planets population inoculated by april would cost just £50 billion. that amounts to just 0.13% of the g7s gdp. in its article, the economist points out that the cumulative economic benefit by 2025, in terms of increased global output, would be $9 trillion, as well as many lives saved. that means a 17,900% return in the investment injust four years. for all these reasons, some agree with gordon brown that this is an "unf...

Relief was palpable. president biden ushering in the end of the trump era of american isolationism and reasserting u.s. leadership on the world stage. "new york times" reports, quote, the difference in tone was indeed striking. the last time the group of seven met in person in canada in 2018, its final communique never mentioned china. and the u.s. dissented from all the commitments to confront the climate crisis. then mr. trump withdrew american support from the gatherings final statement. comp...

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Monarch keeping busy. last night she was in cornwall at the g7 summit. tomorrow she will host president biden at windsor. and all being well, next year, trooping the colour will be back on horse guards parade, the start of the special platinum jubilee weekend when britain will be marking her 70 years on the throne. leaders at the g7 summit meeting in southern england have reached a broad consensus on a plan to finance infrastructure projects in the developing world to counter chinas influence. f...

Thats right. well, countries in the asia—pacific are watching to see what is going on in cornwall. they are looking for the scale of commitments made to things like vaccine distribution and climate change. of course, they are also looking to see how firm an alliance the g7 countries will pose to china and how firmly they will try to counter chinas rise. some countries will be watching with some trepidation talk about this global corporate tax agreement that is in the works. countries or region...

Are watching to see what is going on in cornwall. they are looking for the scale of commitments made to things like vaccine distribution and climate change. of course, they are also looking to see how firm an alliance the g7 countries will pose to china and how firmly they will try to counter chinas rise. some countries will be watching with some trepidation talk about this global corporate tax agreement that is in the works. countries or regions like hong kong, the chinese territory of hong kon...

Element about the _ consume? i think there is a little element about the whole - consume? i think there is a little element about the whole thing i consume? i think there is a little - element about the whole thing being torn definite comes to climate change on the red arrows display and them jetting in from around the world. and theres nothing quite like face—to—face meeting and i think with these world leaders, many meeting for the first time and meeting for the first time and meeting joe ...

Boris johnson? i think the whole issue is about credibility. boris l issue is about credibility. boris johnson goes into the g7, he is hosting it and wants to prove that global briton can be a reality. joe biden, this is his first foreign visit. his first appointment of a long journey thats going to take place in europe this coming week. joe biden wants to prove that america is back and that the west is back. and send a very powerful message of the rest of the world about climate change, about e...

Much of that is paid for by existing commitments the uk has made. it will be what is the summit again say about helping developing countries adapt to climate change? that is the big question hanging over the summit and the big environmental summit, the cop 26 summit later this autumn. if you do not get these developing countries on side you cannot get agreement. that summit requires unanimity and there is a huge demand on which countries meeting here on, or to stump up a lot more cash. will they...

Carbon-neutral future, by making commitments that, you know, that businesses can see are concrete and actionable by the governments, that businesses will be able to find investment for greener energy projects. so thats, you know what theyre trying to do, stimulate other countries to follow suit, but stimulate financial markets to begin to invest more and more strongly and heavily in the greener economy. >> all right. nic robertson at the summit site, thank you very much. two more working session...