G7 cash for Amazon fires is ‘chump change’, say campaigners

World leaders offer $20m now plus reforestation plan, but critics want major policy shifts

The G7's pledge of $20m (16m) to douse the fires in the Amazon has been dismissed as "chump change" by environmental campaigners, as concerns grow about political cooperation on deforestation and other climate issues.

The summit host, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, told reporters he would try to deal with the long-term causes by creating an international alliance to save the rainforest, with details of a reforestation programme to be unveiled at next month's UN climate meeting in New York.