CNRG - G7 draws up global green infrastructure plan to counter China

franckreporter/E+ via Getty Images At a G7 summit over the weekend, President Biden pressed world leaders to take concrete steps to counter China's rising influence and put a heavy focus on the path toward decarbonization. The result? A global infrastructure project called "Build Back Better for the World" that would kill two birds with one stone. It calls for spending $100B per year to help developing nations' climate change transitions, while sticking to climate standards and labor practices.Bigger picture: The plan would specifically create a "higher quality" alternative to China's Belt and Road Initiative, which has been criticized over its leverage in creating political goodwill, massive debt and a way to spread Beijing's influence. The new G7 plan, dubbed by some as the "Green Belt and Road" or the "Green Marshall Plan," would be funded by multilateral development banks like the IMF and World Bank, as well as the private

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G7 draws up global green infrastructure plan to counter China