ALL eyes were on the UK's picturesque county of Cornwall on 11 to 13 June as the leaders of the G7 group of richest democracies met to discuss the way forward on several pressing global issues, with climate change, Covid-19 and dealing with china vying for top billing.In addition to "ending almost all direct government support" of fossil fuels and the phasing out of gasoline and diesel cars, the G7 nations also pledged to end government support for coal-fired power stations by the end of the year, but left the window open for "clean coal" projects and fell short of setting any targets for ending conventional coal-fired power generation.In a 25-page communique released at the end of the summit, the seven nations -Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US - also reaffirmed their commitment to "jointly mobilise US$100 billion per year from public and private sources, through to 2025".
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