Will G7 climate pledge prompt Asian governments to ditch coal or lean more heavily on China?

The G7 nations failed to go far enough at their weekend summit to halt the use of coal, but a pledge to phase out international funding for new coal power this year could help shift Asia’s policy on the dirty fuel, analysts said.At a meeting in Britain, leaders of the powerful group of nations said they supported “a green revolution” and committed to stop by the end of 2021 new international funding for coal-fired plants that are not fitted with technology to reduce their planet-warming carbon…