Group of 7 Germany’s G7 Presidency in 2022: An opportunity for development cooperation

Together with its G7 partners, Germany is striving with the utmost priority to alleviate increasing food insecurity and other consequences of the war.

As a result of the current crises, hunger and malnutrition have further worsened in countries in the Global South. One of the top priorities of the G7 is to jointly address this problem.

The BMZ supports effective and transparent infrastructure projects that meet high environmental and social standards. In doing so we are contributing towards the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement goals in Germany’s partner countries.

Overcoming the climate crisis and halting biodiversity loss are two of the biggest challenges of this century. The so-called “climate club” is an approach that the German government is using to meet this challenge. The BMZ is preparing Just Energy Transition Partnerships with selected partner countries.

In order for development to be sustainable, the economic recovery must go hand in hand with social justice. As part of the German G7 Presidency, the BMZ is lobbying for a just transition as a guiding vision for the global transition to socially and environmentally sustainable economies.

The key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic is global access to vaccines. That is why the BMZ is working with its G7 partners to make vaccines accessible for more people in developing countries.

Gender equality is a key prerequisite for sustainable development and for an effective response to the impacts of climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises.