G7 Summit delivers on international partnerships but fails to address climate change and the root causes of the energy crisis

The G7 France Head of States Summit delivers on mutually beneficial international partnerships but fails to address climate change and the deep roots of the energy crisis, the urgent need for a faster energy transition away from fossil fuels.

This is the only way we can secure Planetary Peace in the long-term.

The G7 Summit is a forum that plays an important role in shaping global responses to global challenges, complementing the economic coordination carried out by the G20.

Besides the EU, it brings together leaders from the following countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States.

Leaders addressed several top priorities including geopolitical challenges, peace and security for Ukraine and Europe, the situation in the Middle East, international partnerships and solidarity, more balanced economic growth and the future of artificial intelligence.

The French presidency has also invited leaders from several non-G7 countries with leaders from Kenya, Brazil, India, South Korea, Egypt and Ukraine also taking part in some of the sessions.

Leaders delivered several statements during the summit, you can find the final texts here: https://lnkd.in/eEx9A9m6

We can only welcome the progress made on mutually beneficial international partnerships for poverty reduction and resilience against external and natural shocks: https://lnkd.in/eNzvuaZc.

But it fails to address the real issue of climate change, which has been set aside from the agenda to please the USA.

We also welcome the peace agreement that is finally coming to life between the USA and Iran, with details of the protocol to be finalized in Geneva by the end of the week. The Detroit of Hormuz will finally re-open, after some careful considerations for the mines now contaminating the land and sea. Yet it doesn't solve the issue of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East and beyond that now, in many countries around the world.

In addition, long-lasting peace will depend on our capacity to truly transition away from fossil fuels. A peaceful future is a future that is free from fossil fuels, powered by renewable energy and stabilized by energy efficiency and energy saving.

The talks continue today as climate negotiators gathered at the UN Climate Change Session in Bonn are working hard on the operationalization of the Just Transition Mechanism agreed at COP30 in Brazil last year.

Humanity is at a turning point in history.

Peace will depend on our capacity to restore a new balance between human beings and nature, a new balance for the Earth.

This is why we focus on Planetary Peace, starting on June 21st at the Caux Summer Solstice celebration and the meeting taking place with the Club of Rome Members at the Caux Initiatives of Change Foundation Palace, an important place in the history of reconciliation and peace-building: https://lnkd.in/e8vgQDSN.