G7 #climate outcomes not going down well with analysts + developing countries. "Peanuts" was how one minister from a major SE Asian country just described today's finance pledges to me. Pressure on @G7 to reconvene at UNGA in Sept to offer a detailed $100bn plan. Reaction trickling in... this from respected Bangladeshi #climate expert @SaleemulHuq: 'The G7 leaders failed to rise to the challenge by simply repeating a pledge to deliver 100 Billion which they have made before and failed to deliver.

It's (nearly) five years since the Paris Agreement was gaveled through… but was it any good? Tricky question. Based on emissions, temperature data and impacts, no. *But...* (thread) The team at @SystemIQ_LTD have crunched the numbers & reviewed how far + fast sectors have shifted since 2015. Their take is the global economy could be a decade away from seismic tipping points that see the world move fast towards low carbon.

Curious week. It's now very clear the world’s top 4 emitters – China, US, India, Russia – are all getting hit hard by #climate impacts which are having huge material & human costs… This week China’s national climate centre warned the country is heating faster & contending with faster rising sea levels than the rest of the world cma.gov.cn/2011xwzx/2011x…