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Taking responsibility for health in a fragmenting world
imminent threats for health and pros- perity. With only five and a half years left to achieve the Sustainable Develop- ment Goals (SDGs), bold commitments are urgently needed. Yet, nationalism and short-term political agendas con- tinue to stifle coordinated action. RESHAPING THE ARCHITECTURE OF DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP In this situation, the 2025 G7 Summit could prove decisive for the future of global development aid and health. Nota- bly, it precedes the United Nations’ 4th International Conference on Financing for Development, scheduled for June 30 to July 3 in Seville, Spain. Together, these events offer a unique opportunity to rethink and restructure the global archi- tecture for international cooperation. G7 nations account for just 10% of the world’s population but hold nearly half of its wealth. They currently also contribute about 75% of official develop- ment assistance (ODA). However, these
As trust in multilateralism wanes, the 2025 G7 Summit is a pivotal moment to reshape international development cooperation. Global health must be reframed as a strategic investment, redefining sustainable progress
Axel Radlach Pries, president, World Health Summit C anada will host the G7 Leaders' Summit in June 2025, bring- ing together the heads of this alliance at a time of increasing geopo- litical tension and internal division. Once regarded as a symbol of unity and leadership, the G7 – comprising seven leading industrial democratic states and the European Union – is now grap- pling with a changing geopolitical environment and growing scepticism of global cooperation. Even as the G8 including Russia in earlier years, G7 leaders were basically aligned in facing global challenges over
many years. This was rooted in shared views on globalisation, free trade, demo- cratic systems, and the very foundations of post-World War II global cooperation. However, this year’s meeting is expected to be marked by discord within the group and by increasing challenges to their collective leadership. At the same time, the world faces urgent and inter- connected crises, demanding stronger cooperation, not less. The ongoing wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan are nowhere near peace agreements. Cli- mate change and its related crises are steadily intensifying. All this with
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