A STRONGER G7 SYSTEM
G7 compliance from Hiroshima to Apulia
The interim compliance score from the 2023 Hiroshima Summit promises a high final compliance score, and the G7 can boost this further with a focus on issues such as health, gender, and labour and employment G 7 leaders last met for their
By Samraggi Hazra and Ambra Bisagni, co-chairs, summit studies, G7 Research Group
regular summit in May 2023 in Hiroshima, where they made 653 commitments on a variety of issues responding to the most pressing challenges facing the international community. That included strengthening international cooperation within the G7 and with external partners, as diplomatic relations faced the joint challenges of war, economic uncertainty and environmental degradation. As the G7 leaders gather again in Apulia, they will build on this past work. At Hiroshima, there was a focus on regional security. G7 leaders recognised the need to protect countries’ sovereignty in light of the war against Ukraine, as well as the combined socio-political challenges affecting the global economy due to the ramifications of Russia’s invasion. As such, 10% of Hiroshima’s commitments were on regional security. Leaders also made commitments on energy production
(13% of total commitments) and food security (12%), following the global crisis that emerged from weakened supply chains due to the war. Another emphasis at Hiroshima was the triple planetary crisis of biodiversity loss, climate change and pollution. Of all the commitments, 8% were on climate change and 7% on the environment. Moreover, with the summit located at the site of the world’s worst nuclear devastation, leaders paid particular attention to the need for
nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear safety, with 4% of commitments. The G7 Research Group selected 20 priority commitments from the 653 made at the summit to monitor for compliance. This selection was based on the proportion of commitments by subject made at Hiroshima. Two commitments were selected for each subject with the most commitments: energy, regional security, food and agriculture, and climate change. One was selected for
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G7 ITALY: THE APULIA SUMMIT — 2024
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