G7 summits are unpredictable affairs — especially for the hosts. This year Downing Street was fortunate in one key aspect that it knew it couldn’t control: the weather. SponsoredChoosing a beach resort in Cornwall to host the summit was always going to be risky. Dark skies, rain and wind could never be ruled out and the visual optics of such events are often as important in dictating the narrative as the substance. Boris Johnson said that commitments around climate change were one of the key objectives of the summit PHIL NOBLE/REUTERSAnd the reality was that at the G7 in Cornwall the optics ended up being rather more substantive than the substance.

Source: The Times June 14, 2021 16:02 UTC