The Secretary-General will be heading tomorrow to the Group of Seven Summit which is being held in Hiroshima, Japan.

On Saturday, he will be taking part in two working sessions with partners. One on “Working Together to Address Multiple Crises”, where he is expected to call on G7 countries to deliver financial justice for developing countries, who are facing an international system that is unfair and dysfunctional. He will stress that economic decoupling is not an option and will urge countries to fund the Sustainable Development Goals Stimulus he has proposed.

The Secretary-General will also take part in the “Common Endeavour for a Resilient and Sustainable Planet,” where his message to G7 countries will be to create the conditions for a dramatic reduction of emissions in the present decade, both in developed and emerging economies, including the phasing out of fossil fuels and ramping up of renewable energy, and he will also refer to the need for effective solidarity with developing countries by providing the much needed finance so they can also make this transition and increase their climate resilience.

During his visit to Hiroshima, the Secretary-General will also meet with Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, and with other leaders present at the Summit. We also expect him to have a press encounter on Sunday.

17 May 2023