Executive summarySince the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, and despite collective pledges to build back better, G7 nations have been pumping more money into fossil fuels than they have into clean energy. The choices G7 countries make this year will have a critical impact on the direction of the global economy for decades; these seven nations rank among the most polluting countries in the world, representing onlyten per cent of the global population but more than 24 per cent of CO2