G7

The G7 underwhelms, with numbers that don’t add up

Fri, 06/18/2021 - 19:45
The G7 began their much-anticipated summit last week with a target to reach 1 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine in pledged donations for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The result could be described as underwhelming (as well as unclear).

Rhetoric first, action later: the G7 approach to global equity

Mon, 02/22/2021 - 22:46
The G7 countries met (virtually) on Friday, February 19, to share variants of “no one is safe until everyone is safe” and discuss the importance of global equity of Covid-19 vaccines and the need for international cooperation. (Sound familiar? That’s because we heard the same things from the G20 in November.)