Promises, promises: the G7’s fuzzy climate pledges

<p>Where they are clear, the summit’s commitments <a href="https://espresso.economist.com/f1017c1c7ca672a0b82961a6d2c5bab8?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">do not add much</a> to existing targets; mostly, though, they are woefully short on detail. We pick through the pledges. Germany is facing up to a colonial-era atrocity in modern-day Namibia, but a hard-won reparations <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/05/22/germany-is-apologising-for-crimes-a-century-ago-in-namibia?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">deal</a> will not quell controversy. And how Persian-music artists are <a href="https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2021/05/29/niche-services-are-connecting-iranian-artists-and-listeners?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">upending</a> the audio-streaming model. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>