G7 meeting seems to be dominated by unofficial meetings with Zelenskiy being at the forefront. Attempts to criticise India for increasing its oil imports from Russia are undermined by European companies reimporting refined products from India.
Climate change count – huge floods in Emilia-Romagne, Italy have caused 14 deaths and left 14000 homeless in this wealthy region of Italy. 6 months of rain fell in just 36 hours. Maybe the mountain top villages of the south are not so stupid now! Drought is affecting crops across southern Spain.
I think the only question for the UK this year is will it be floods or drought or both? We have had a chilly start to the spring, and now look like we will have a relatively warm and dry spell for a while. The long range forecast is for the start of June having possibkle thunder storms and then changeable weather.