G7 Leaders’ CommuniquéElmau, 28 June 2022
We, the Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), met in Elmau on 26-28 June 2022, at a criticaljuncture for the global community, to make progress towards an equitable world. As open
democracies adhering to the rule of law, we are driven by shared values and bound by ourcommitment to the rules-based multilateral order and to universal human rights. As
outlined in our Statement on support for Ukraine, standing in unity to support the
government and people of Ukraine in their fight for a peaceful, prosperous and democratic
future, we will continue to impose severe and immediate economic costs on President
Putin’s regime for its unjustifiable war of aggression against Ukraine, while stepping up ourefforts to counter its adverse and harmful regional and global impacts, including with aview to helping secure global energy and food security as well as stabilising the economic
recovery. At a time when the world is threatened by division, we will jointly assume our
responsibility and work with partners around the world to find solutions to pressing global
challenges such as tackling climate change and securing a just transition as well as
addressing the current and future pandemics and achieving gender equality.
We were joined in Elmau by the Leaders of Argentina, India, Indonesia, Senegal and South
Africa, with whom we are united in our commitment to protect and strengthen our
democracies, and to jointly address global challenges in close cooperation with otherinternational partners and organisations. The commitments we make today will shape ourpath towards a sustainable development and inclusive economic recovery, and aprosperous and peaceful future, in line with the Agenda 2030.

A Sustainable Planet
Climate and Energy
We reaffirm our unwavering commitment to the Paris Agreement, and its strengthened
implementation. Informed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), wenote with concern that currently neither global ambition nor implementation is sufficientto achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. We highlight the increased urgency to act toreduce global greenhouse gas emissions by around 43 per cent by 2030, relative to the 2019
level, in light of the latest findings of the IPCC, in order to limit global warming to 1.5 °C.
As a response and in the run up to COP 27, we commit to urgent, ambitious, and inclusive

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action in this decade and urge others to do so as well. We also commit to keep a limit of
1.5 °C temperature rise within reach, to enhance resilience and adaptive capacity to theimpacts of climate change, and to align financial flows with the goals of the Paris
Agreement. We will fully play our part in urgently implementing the Glasgow Climate Pact.
We strongly support and recall its request to Parties to revisit and strengthen the 2030
targets in their Nationally-Determined Contributions (NDCs) as necessary to align with theParis Agreement temperature goal by the end of 2022. We urge all countries – especiallymajor emitters – whose 2030 NDC targets are not yet aligned to increase their ambition
and align 2030 NDC targets with a 1.5 °C pathway well before COP 27.
We will effectively implement domestic mitigation measures to achieve our NDC targets
and commit to increase our ambition, including for example, by adopting or strengthening
sectoral targets, non-CO2 sub-targets, or stringent implementation measures. We commit
to enhance our support for developing countries in updating and implementing their NDCs
and Long-Term Strategies, including through our contribution to multilateral funds orbilateral support. Enhancing action and support for adaptation and resilience in vulnerable
countries, we will work towards ambitious results for a global goal on adaptation. We
recognise the adverse effects of climate change and environmental degradation on peace,stability, and security, and will work together with the global community to counter these
impacts. We will continue to coordinate on the most appropriate economic and fiscal
policies to support decarbonisation in an efficient, effective, and equitable way.
We recognise the importance of innovation in driving deep decarbonisation. We commit toa highly decarbonised road sector by 2030 including by, in this decade, significantly
increasing the sales, share and uptake of zero emission light duty vehicles, including zero
emission public transport and public vehicle fleets. We recognise the range of pathways
that we are adopting to approach this goal. We commit to support a Paris-compatible
global goal on net-zero emissions from international aviation no later than 2050, tostrengthen global efforts to achieve zero emissions from international shipping by 2050 at
the latest. We will continue to be mindful with regards to our long-term drive towards
alternative fuels for transport, to our objectives on climate and biodiversity and foodsecurity. We commit to reduce emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) throughout the life
cycle and welcome international efforts and knowledge sharing initiatives in this regard.
Reaffirming our commitment to the Global Methane Pledge, we will step up efforts tocollectively reduce global anthropogenic methane emissions by at least 30 per cent below
2020 levels by 2030.
We recognise that combating climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution requires
mobilising private and public, domestic, and international financial resources. To this end,
we commit to implementing with others clear policies and strategies to align financial flows

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with our climate and biodiversity objectives and are committed to mobilising resourcesfrom all sources.
We renew our strong commitment and will intensify our efforts to delivering on thecollective USD 100 billion climate finance mobilisation goal as soon as possible and throughto 2025. Building upon the Climate Finance Delivery Plan, we will demonstrate progress on
the report’s collective actions ahead of COP 27 to reinforce confidence that it will be met
in 2023. We commit to working alongside others towards the implementation of the
Glasgow Climate Pact’s call to collectively at least double the provision of climate financefor adaptation to developing countries from 2019 levels by 2025. We highlight theimportance of improving access to climate finance, with a specific focus on poor and mostvulnerable countries.
We recognise the urgent need for scaling-up action and support to avert, minimise, andaddress loss and damage particularly in vulnerable developing countries. We commit toscale up climate and disaster risk finance and insurance (CDRFI) and will work towards a
Global Shield against Climate Risks, building on the InsuResilience Global Partnership andother initiatives. We ask our Development Ministers to make progress on the Global Shieldby COP 27.
We are committed to mobilising resources from all sources and to substantially increasing
our national and international funding for nature by 2025 to support the implementationof an ambitious global framework. We encourage countries beyond the G7 to join us in thisendeavor. We commit to enhance synergies between finance for climate and biodiversity,
including increased funding for Nature-based Solutions. We commit to ensure ourinternational development assistance does no harm to nature by 2025, and delivers positive
outcomes overall for people, climate, and nature.
We call on multilateral development banks (MDBs) to further strengthen ambitious climate
and biodiversity action. To this end, we call upon MDBs to develop methodologies for Parisalignment before UNFCCC COP 27, to enhance the mobilisation of private finance, tosupport regulatory reforms via development policy operations, and to increase and disclose
their finance for nature, pledging concrete amounts to international biodiversity financebefore CBD COP 15.2.
We stress that fossil fuel subsidies are inconsistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement
and reaffirm our commitment to the elimination of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies by 2025.
Those G7 members party to the Convention on Biologial Diversity also commit to redirect
or eliminate incentives including subsidies harmful to biodiversity by 2030 at the latest,
taking initial steps without delay. We emphasise the importance of resilient financial
markets for mobilising private sector finance to facilitate the transition of the whole

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economy towards sustainability, net-zero and nature-positive outcomes. We support theimplementation of the G20 Sustainable Finance Roadmap and urge others in adopting its
actions to scale up sustainable finance. We support the Financial Stability Board Roadmap
for Addressing Climate-related Financial Risks. We welcome the inauguration of theInternational Sustainability Standards Board’s (ISSB) and its progress of work on the global
baseline of sustainability reporting standards. We support mandatory climate-related
financial disclosures and look forward to the recommendations of the Taskforce on Naturerelated Financial Disclosures.
We endorse the goals of an open and cooperative international Climate Club, and will workwith partners towards establishing it by the end of 2022, as laid out in our stand-alonestatement.
The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine impacts energy markets and supply security
globally. We are committed to counter these impacts and risks to the energy supply securityof G7 members and beyond. We are working to make sure Russia does not exploit its
position as an energy producer to profit from its aggression at the expense of vulnerable
countries. While taking immediate action to secure energy supply and stop the increases inenergy prices driven by extraordinary market conditions, we will not compromise ourclimate and biodiversity goals including the energy transition nor on our commitments tophase out our dependency on Russian energy, including by phasing out or banning theimport of Russian coal and oil.
We are concerned about the burden of energy price increases and energy market instability,
which aggravate inequalities nationally and internationally and threaten our sharedprosperity. In coordination with the IEA, we will explore additional measures to reduce
price surges and prevent further impacts on our economies and societies, in the G7 andglobally. In our own societies, we are providing short-term fiscal support to the mostvulnerable groups to support affordability, as well as to businesses and industry. We will
also provide assistance to developing countries, and will intensify our steps to support
global energy market stability, through short term increase in our collective production,
appropriate use of our energy reserves and by working with international partners to do
the same. We encourage producer countries to increase their production to decrease thetension in energy markets, and in this context welcome OPEC’s recent responses totightening international markets. We call on them to continue action in this regard. We will
increase coordination with partners committed to bolster efficiency, stability andtransparency in energy markets.
We reaffirm our commitment to phase out our dependency on Russian energy. In addition,
we will explore further measures to prevent Russia from profiting from its war of
aggression. As we phase out Russian oil from our domestic markets, we will seek to develop

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solutions that meet our objectives of reducing Russian revenues from hydrocarbons, andsupporting stability in global energy markets, while minimising negative economic impacts,
especially on low- and middle-income countries. In this respect, we welcome the decisionof the European Union to explore with international partners ways to curb rising energy
prices, including the feasibility of introducing temporary import price caps whereappropriate. We will further reduce reliance on civil nuclear and related goods from Russia,
including working to assist countries seeking to diversify their supplies. We task our
relevant Ministers to evaluate the feasibility and efficiency of these measures urgently.
As for oil, we will consider a range of approaches, including options for a possible
comprehensive prohibition of all services, which enable transportation of Russian seaborne
crude oil and petroleum products globally, unless the oil is purchased at or below a priceto be agreed in consultation with international partners. In considering this and otheroptions, we will also consider mitigation mechanisms alongside our restrictive measures toensure that most vulnerable and impacted countries maintain access to energy markets
including from Russia. We invite all likeminded countries to consider joining us in ouractions. We task our relevant Ministers to continue to discuss these measures urgently,
consulting with third countries and key stakeholders in the private sector, as well as existingand new suppliers of energy, as an alternative to Russian hydrocarbons.
We will reduce our overall reliance on fossil fuels and accelerate the clean energy transition
towards achieving net-zero emissions no later than 2050, keeping energy security andaffordability at the core of our action. We will support partners in developing countries andemerging markets to also make their just transitions to clean energy through ambitious
new development partnerships and accelerating access to financing, including through Just
Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs), supported by the G7 Partnership for Global
Infrastructure and Investment (PGII).
We have ended new direct government support for unabated international thermal coal
power generation by the end of 2021. In addition, recognising the importance of national
security and geostrategic interests we commit to end new direct public support for theinternational unabated fossil fuel energy sector by the end of 2022, except in limited
circumstances clearly defined by each country consistent with a 1.5°C warming limit andthe goals of the Paris Agreement. In this context and with a view to accelerating the phaseout of our dependency on Russian energy, we stress the important role increased deliveriesof LNG can play, and acknowledge that investment in this sector is necessary in responseto the current crisis. In these exceptional circumstances, publicly supported investment in
the gas sector can be appropriate as a temporary response, subject to clearly defined
national circumstances, and if implemented in a manner consistent with our climate
objectives and without creating lock-in effects, for example by ensuring that projects are

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integrated into national strategies for the development of low-carbon and renewablehydrogen.
We also emphasise the central role of and confirm our strong financial commitment for themarket ramp-up of low-carbon and renewable hydrogen and its derivatives, for hard-toabate sectors and zero-emission thermal power generation, shifting towards a world
economy based on low-carbon and renewable energy sources. We will work with allpartners to ensure stable and sustainable global energy supplies. We acknowledge that agreenhouse gas neutral energy supply with strong reliance on energy efficiency andrenewable energy is economically sensible, technically feasible, reliable and safe. To thisend, we commit to achieving a fully or predominantly decarbonised power sector by 2035.
Recognising that coal power generation is the single biggest cause of global temperature
increase, we commit to prioritising concrete and timely steps towards the goal ofaccelerating phase-out of domestic unabated coal power generation. We will increaseelectricity generated by renewable energies, as well as the use of renewables in all sectors,
and commit to remove barriers and obstacles that currently hinder or slow down the
expansion of renewable energies and to reduce energy consumption. Those countries that
opt to use it reaffirm the role of nuclear energy in their energy mix. Those countries
recognise its potential to provide affordable low-carbon energy and contribute to thesecurity of energy supply as a source of baseload energy and grid flexibility. They state theirassessment that the development and deployment of advanced nuclear technologies
including small modular reactors within the next decade will likely contribute to morecountries around the world adopting nuclear power as part of their energy mix. The G7
underlines that the highest standards of nuclear safety and security are important to all
countries and their respective publics.
Conserving and making efficient use of energy and resources yields multiple benefits acrossenvironmental, economic and social dimensions. We will increase energy efficiency in all
sectors through regulatory frameworks and incentive-based policy instruments, public andprivate finance, as well as public guarantees to de-risk private investments. We ask Energy
Ministers to identify areas of action to enhance gender equality and diversity in the energy
sector by the end of the year.

Environment
To our deep concern, biological diversity is being lost at unprecedented and alarming rates,
jeopardising sustainable economic development and human health and well-being.
Reaffirming the G7 2030 Nature Compact, we remain committed and will, leading by
example, intensify ambitious action to achieve the global mission to halt and reverse
biodiversity loss by 2030. We also commit to conserve or protect at least 30 per cent ofland and 30 per cent of the ocean by 2030, nationally and globally, according to national

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circumstances and approaches. We stress the urgency of adopting a transformative Global
Biodiversity Framework in 2022 and its timely implementation. We will advocate for anambitious and effective Framework, to be adopted at the 15 th Conference of the Parties of
the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD COP 15), with ambitious goals and targets,strengthened implementation, and enhanced mechanisms for review and accountability.
We will act right away to implement this, submitting revised and enhanced National
Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans by CBD COP 16. We continue to support the UN
Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, and will increase ambitious restoration initiatives
nationally, regionally, and globally. We restate our commitment to achieving landdegradation neutrality. We commit to mainstreaming, enhancing, and scaling up the
implementation of Nature-based-Solutions (NbS), and will advance the implementation of
integrated One Health approaches.
Recognising that the global crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution are
mutually reinforcing, we will intensify our actions in an integrated and holistic manner. We
commit to stopping and reversing the overexploitation of natural resources, ending illegal,
unreported, and unregulated fishing, and the degradation of the marine environment; tocombating pollution including through the sound management of chemicals and waste;
and to reversing biodiversity loss and tackling climate change. A clean, healthy, andproductive ocean, with resilient marine ecosystems, is essential for all life on earth. We
commit to leading the global effort on the protection, conservation, restoration, andsustainable and equitable use of the global ocean including by the conclusion in 2022 of
the legally binding instrument under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (BBNJ). We
commit to fight plastic pollution worldwide by committing to the rapid progression ofnegotiations towards an internationally legally binding instrument initiatied under the
UNEA 5.2 resolution 5/14. To this end, we endorse the G7 Ocean Deal and ask Environment
Ministers to report back on progress by the end of the year. We are committed to increase
resource efficiency and a circular economy to reduce environmental pressures and yield
multiple benefits. To this end, we endorse the Berlin Roadmap on Resource Efficiency andCircular Economy. Through a more circular economy, we contribute to resilient andsustainable supply chains in particular with regard to critical minerals and raw materials.
As key stakeholders in the global agricultural sector, we are committed to spearheading its
transformation towards sustainability and resilience. Strongly determined to halt andreverse land degradation and forest loss by 2030, we will work collaboratively, share bestpractices and foster dialogue with all relevant stakeholders to ensure that we reach joint
solutions along whole supply chains. We are committed to improving the quality and,
where possible, coherence of G7 policy measures to promote sustainable supply chains. Asa means to this end, we look forward to the results of the OECD inventory of G7 voluntaryand mandatory due diligence measures for sustainable agricultural supply chains. We will

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strengthen the agricultural sector’s contribution to food security and to fighting climatechange and biodiversity loss. We share the conviction that enhanced soil carbon
sequestration activities improve climate stewardship and biodiversity conservation while atthe same time increasing agricultural productivity and creating a source of income forfarmers, in particular smallholder farmers.

Economic Stability and Transformation
Global Economy and FinanceRussia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has exacerbated the economic impact of the
COVID-19 pandemic crisis and impeded the recovery that began in the second half of 2021,
by dragging down growth, causing significant increases in commodity, energy and foodprices, and thereby pushing up inflation to levels not seen for decades in the G7 andbeyond, particularly for some emerging markets and developing countries. Against thisbackdrop, we remain committed to continued coordination to minimise the impact of the
war globally, as well as on our own economies and population, including by providing welltargeted support where necessary. We reaffirm our existing G7 exchange ratecommitments.
We continue to strive for a strong, sustainable, balanced, gender-equal, and inclusive global
recovery. We remain committed to a stability- and growth-oriented macroeconomic policy
mix, which ensures medium-term sustainability of public finances and preserves theresilience of the financial sector. We will maintain and strengthen a safe, resilient,equitable, and rules-based open global economic system. We are united in our strategic
response to the structural economic changes made evident by the COVID-19 pandemic
and Russia’s war of aggression.
We remain committed to jointly addressing challenges to long-term growth, including
facilitating the net-zero and digital transitions, and the massive investments required. We
commit to mobilise high levels of private and public investments, including those in humancapital, to unleash the potential for innovation, productivity gains and emission reduction.
In doing so, we recognise the importance of diversity and that the full, equal andmeaningful participation of women and under-represented groups is crucial for the longterm success of our economies. This includes the need to remove structural barriers togender equality, including through inclusive and supportive economic and fiscal policy
frameworks.
Given the deteriorating and highly challenging debt situations of many developing
countries and emerging markets – with more than half of low-income countries in debt
distress or at high risk of debt distress – we recognise the urgency of improving theG7 Leaders’ Communiqué | page 8multilateral frameworks for debt restructuring and to address debt vulnerabilities. We
underscore our commitment to successfully implementing the G20 Common Frameworkfor Debt Treatments beyond the Debt Service Suspension Initiative. We encourage further
efforts to ensure an accelerated implementation of the G20 Common Framework andincreased predictability. We call on all G20 partners to join us in this regard. We urge all
relevant creditors, including non-Paris Club countries such as China, with large outstanding
claims on low-income countries facing debt sustainability challenges, and private creditors
in line with the comparability of treatment principle and mutual accountability tocontribute constructively to the necessary debt treatments as requested. We reaffirm ourcommitment to promoting transparency across all debtors and creditors, including private
creditors, for improved debt sustainability.
We reiterate our strong political commitment to the timely and effective implementationof the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) / G20 Inclusive
Framework Two-Pillar Solution, to address the tax challenges arising from globalisationand the digitalisation of the economy with a view to bringing the new rules into effect at
the global level. We will continue to provide support to developing countries for the
implementation of this historic agreement.

Trade and Supply Chains
We stand united in out commitment to free and fair trade as foundational principles andobjectives of the rules-based multilateral system with the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
at its core, which proves more important than ever in the current geopolitical environment.
It should reflect our shared values, which include openness, transparency, and marketoriented competition, grounded in the rule of law. In a joint effort with others, we haveacted over the last months to suspend the Most-Favoured-Nation treatment to products
and services from the Russian Federation. We will continue to remove unnecessary tradebarriers, including by working against trade-restrictive measures and non-market practices
to maintain open and transparent markets, and call on others to do likewise. We renew ourcommitment to reform the WTO to achieve a fair, predictable, and stable tradeenvironment. Our global trade rulebook must enable economic transformation,
sustainable, inclusive, and resilient growth, and be responsive to the needs of global
citizens. This includes reforming the WTO’s functions of monitoring, negotiation, and thedispute settlement mechanism. We underscore the importance of plurilateral initiatives tonegotiating meaningful and relevant outcomes at the WTO, including by fostering creativeand practical approaches. To this end, we applaud the outcome of the 12th WTO Ministerial
Conference in response to major global issues such as fisheries subsidies, the emerging
food security crisis and equitable access to vaccines and the commitment to work to
towards necessary reform of the WTO. With a revived multilateral trading system, we lookforward to matching this ambitious progress at the 13 th WTO Ministerial Conference, by

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advancing negotiations on E-Commerce and finding a permanent solution for themoratorium on E-Commerce customs duties, closing the gap in the fisheries negotiations,addressing agricultural reform, and making concrete progress on WTO reform. We willfurther step up our efforts working towards a level playing field through more effective useof existing tools, as well as developing stronger international rules and norms on nonmarket policies and practices, for example harmful industrial subsidies and trade-distorting
actions by state-owned enterprises, notably those that lead to excess capacity. We will
support structured discussions at the WTO, on facilitating trade in environmental goods
and services, and on how trade-related climate and environmental measures can contributeto meeting our Paris and Glasgow commitments while being consistent with WTO rules
and principles.
Trade flows play an important role for the green and just transition and for the diffusion ofenvironmental goods, services, technologies and innovations. Through a mix of binding andnon-binding measures, we commit to advancing sustainable supply chains that are netzero aligned and climate resilient, decouple agricultural production from forest loss andland degradation, use resources sustainably, reduce environmental impact, foster
circularity, and promote decent work. We will coordinate to maximise the coherent
implementation of and compliance with international standards relating to human rights,
environment, and labour across global supply chains. We are committed to tackling childlabour, and to ensuring decent work, including fair wages, working closely with the private
sector. We are concerned by the use of all forms of forced labour in global supply chains,
including state-sponsored forced labour of vulnerable groups and minorities, including in
the agricultural, solar, and garment sectors. We agree on the importance of upholding
human rights and of international labour standards, including those deriving fromInternational Labour Organisation (ILO) membership, throughout global supply chains andtackling instances of forced labour. We commit to accelerating progress including throughour own available domestic means and multilateral institutions with a view to remove allforms of forced labour from global supply chains, including state-sponsored forced labour.
We commit to taking measures to strengthen our cooperation and collective efforts
towards eradicating the use of all forms of forced labour in global supply chains, including
through increased transparency and business risk advisories, and other measures to addressforced labour globally.We will align with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human
Rights (UNGPs), the ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational
Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration) and the OECD guidelines relating to
responsible business conduct, and call on others to join us in these efforts. We arecommitted to working towards an international consensus on business and human rights
to strengthen compliance with international standards, including through mandatory
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address abuses, and support remedy, thus enhancing predictability and certainty forbusiness.
Recent crises have highlighted systemic vulnerabilities to chronic risks and acute market
shocks, affecting our supply chains and economic security. We stand firmly for the
principles of openness, inclusivity, and competition in a rules-based environment whichfacilitates sustainable, transparent, diverse, and secure global supply chains throughambitious, values-led trade policy. We recognise that diverse, competitive, and dynamic
global supply chains not only guard against monopolisation and economic vulnerability,
but also foster interconnectedness, improved welfare, and shared prosperity. Recognisingwhere our markets are vulnerable, we will enhance collaboration, including with industry,
to understand vulnerabilities and to strengthen security of critical supplies, particularly in
key raw materials and critical minerals. We will focus on promoting market circularity andsupport diversification by exploring investment in alternative resources, processing
capabilities, sustainable practices, and new technologies. We will also coordinate to shareinsights and best practice on mechanisms for identifying, monitoring and minimisingvulnerabilities and logistical bottlenecks in advance of shocks, including cooperative
scenario-based stress-testing. To inform this, we welcome the OECD’s work on the
Security of Supply for Critical Raw Materials. We ask our relevant Ministers, across theirareas of expertise to intensify work towards building responsible, sustainable, andtransparent critical minerals supply chains, and establishing a forward strategy via
international cooperation‚ policy, and financial tools. This should include addressing export
restrictions and trade barriers at the international level, and consider all parts of criticalminerals supply chains, including processing, refining and the circular economy.
More generally, and taking stock of our existing cooperation on economic security in theface of external shocks and wider risks, we commit to ongoing strategic coordination as theG7 on this matter. We will increase our vigilance to threats, including economic coercion,that are meant to undermine global security and stability. To this end, we will pursue
enhanced cooperation and explore mechanisms to improve assessment, preparedness,deterrence, and response to such risks, drawing upon best practice to address exposure
both across and beyond the G7.

Employment and Just Transition
We commit to promoting decent and high-quality work, particularly in light of the impactsof the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the digital and net-zero transformation on labour
markets and associated demands on companies and workers. To this end, we will spare noeffort to train and equip all working-age adults to meet the needs of a changing labour
market for a green and digital economy. We therefore commit to significantly
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skilled adults, as well as those who face systemic barriers. We ask the OECD to monitor
this progress. By 2025, we will increase the share of our ODA employment and skills
promotion programmes that is directed specifically towards green sectors and greening
traditional sectors in alignment with our emerging and developing partner countries’
strategies, and subject to our budgetary processes.
We recognise the importance of effective occupational safety and health (OSH) measures
to protecting workers, ensuring decent work, maintaining high productivity and promoting
employability, including in the face of new challenges due to structural reasons and climatechange. We endorse the G7 Roadmap towards Safe and Healthy Work in a Green Economy,
underline the importance of close cooperation with social partners, and reaffirm ourcommitment to improving OSH in global supply chains including by supporting the Vision
Zero Fund in its work.
To promote continuity and prioritise coordinated action across the G7 on critical labour,social, and employment issues, we will establish a standing Employment Working Group
within the G7.
We emphasise the value of social protection, particularly in times of crises and in the faceof climate change and environmental degradation, and underscore the human right tosocial security. The effects of climate change disproportionately affect the marginalised
and most vulnerable in society, exacerbating poverty and economic, gender and other social
inequalities. To address these effects, we will accelerate progress towards universal,
adequate, adaptive, shock-responsive, and inclusive social protection for all by 2030 in linewith the UN Secretary-General’s initiative for a “Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social
Protection for a Just Transition”, which aims to create 400 million jobs and to extend social
protection. We will moreover continue our intensive efforts to mitigate the social impactsof the rising energy and food prices, which have been exacerbated as a result of Russia’s
unprovoked and unjustifiable war of choice in Ukraine, paying special attention todisproportionately affected households. We strive to shape the transition towards netzero, nature positive economies and societies in a manner which contributes to our
objectives of achieving decent work for all, social inclusion, the eradication of poverty, andensuring that no one is left behind.

Healthy Lives
Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response
To overcome the COVID-19 pandemic now, we reaffirm our commitment to enabling
equitable global access to and delivery of safe, effective, quality-assured and affordable
vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, and other essential medical goods. We have

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successfully exceeded last year’s commitment of sharing 870 million vaccine doses; in fact,
we have made available a total of over 1.175 billion vaccine doses. We underline our
support for all four pillars of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A), including
its COVAX facility and recognise that supporting ACT-A by all means, including withadequate funding and through in-kind contributions, is central to ending the acute phaseof the pandemic. The G7 has already provided and pledged USD 18.3 billion for the
Accelerator, corresponding to 83 per cent of the structure, including USD 4.1 billion since
the start of the current budget cycle in October 2021.
We further commit to support health sovereignty globally through the expansion ofsustainable local and regional manufacturing capacity for vaccines, therapeutics, and otheressential medical products in developing countries, including through technology transfer
hubs, and to strengthen regulatory frameworks critical for equitable access to vaccines andother therapeutics in current and future pandemics. To limit the emergence of new variantsof concern and support the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) global and countries’
individual vaccination strategies, we stand ready to support strengthening rollout
capacities and efforts to increase vaccine confidence and demand in implementing
countries, especially to turn vaccines into vaccinations, and endorse the Action Plan on
COVID-19 to this end.
We recognise the need to foster R&D preparedness, as illustrated by the table top exercise
Every Day Counts: A Pandemic Vaccine Exercise to accelerate vaccine development against
current and future pandemic threats. In this context, we welcome the progress made on
the 100 Days Mission to support science to develop safe and effective vaccines,
therapeutics, and diagnostics. We will step up, align, and track our efforts on pandemic
preparedness in close cooperation with WHO. In this regard, we acknowledge the criticalityof open and timely sharing of health data and biological samples. To gather further
evidence, we welcome the work to strengthen genomic sequencing and explore options to
implement national wastewater surveillance systems by 2024 to identify potential
outbreaks earlier. We are also committed to spearheading research on post COVID
conditions in view of their individual, social and economic repercussions.
In order to avoid devastating consequences of future pandemics, regain lost ground andattain universal health coverage (UHC) per the 2030 Agenda , we reaffirm our commitment
to work in partnership to strengthen health systems worldwide and step up our efforts inpandemic prevention, preparedness, and response under the One Health approach, as wellas ensuring that our collective investments and measures to end COVID-19 contribute toenhancing improvements in health systems performance and global health security
capacities, including in biosafety and biosecurity.

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Acknowledging the rapid rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at the global scale, wereiterate that we will spare no efforts to continue addressing this silent pandemic. We willcontinue to promote the prudent and responsible use of antibiotics in human andveterinary medicine, raise awareness on sepsis, lead in the development of integrated
surveillance systems based on a One Health approach, concurrently advance access toantimicrobials, strengthen research and innovation for new antibiotics in international
partnerships, and incentivise the development of new antimicrobial treatments with aparticular emphasis on pull incentives.
We acknowledge the key role of the health sector in climate adaptation, and commit to
making our health systems environmentally sustainable and climate-neutral at the latest
by 2050, as well as more resilient.

Global Health Architecture
We will strengthen global pandemic readiness including by enhancing collaborative
surveillance and predictable rapid response, based on a highly qualified and trained publichealth workforce at all levels, and endorse the G7 Pact for Pandemic Readiness to this end.
Within the framework of the G7 Pact for Pandemic Readiness, we will provide support toassist at least one hundred low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in implementing thecore capacities required in the International Health Regulations (IHR) for another 5 years
until 2027. We welcome the ongoing negotiations on a WHO convention, agreement orother international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response as
well as the efforts to strengthen the IHR.
We reaffirm our strong belief in a cross-sectoral and multilateral approach to global health,including for pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response. We applaud the decisionat the 75th World Health Assembly to work towards increasing the share of assessed
contributions to 50 per cent of WHO’s base budget by the 2028-2029 biennium, taking into
account budgetary proposals and progress on reforms, with a view to sustainably financethe organisation to fulfill its leading and coordinating role in global health. We support thework of the WHO Hub on Epidemic and Pandemic Intelligence, including with a view toimproving strategic foresight. In light of lessons learned from COVID-19, there is no doubtthat global health capacities must be underlaid with sufficient, reliable and sustainablefunding. We welcome the outcomes of the Second Global COVID-19 Summit on 12 May
2022, incuding the support for the establishment of a new financial intermediary fund,housed at the World Bank, to catalyse investments in pandemic prevention, preparedness
and response and support the ongoing work of the G20 Joint Finance Health Taskforce inthis regard. We also acknowledge the role of the WHO Scientific Advisory Group on theOrigins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO).

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We will support a successful Seventh Replenishment of the Global Fund for AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) with the goal of ending the three diseases, while
contributing to achieving UHC. We are strongly committed to strengthening primary healthcare, continuing to address noncommunicable diseases including mental health,recognising the need for accessible and effective mental health services, and Neglected
Tropical Diseases, and increasing our collective efforts to achieve comprehensive Sexualand Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) for all. We also reiterate the crucial importanceto put gender equality at the core of our multilateral contributions to global health, andreiterate our efforts to address the particular needs of the most marginalised and those invulnerable situations. We reaffirm our continuous efforts to improve women's, children's
and adolescents' health by contributing to relevant funds such as the Global Financing
Facility for women, children and adolescents (GFF). We will continue to support polio
eradication through the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).

Investment in a Better Future
Sustainable Infrastructure
Building on our commitments in Carbis Bay, we have further shaped and implemented ourPartnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) as a joint offer to narrow theinvestment gap for sustainable, inclusive, climate resilient, and quality infrastructure in
emerging markets and developing countries, based on intensified cooperation, democraticvalues, and high standards. We will mobilise the private sector for accelerated action to thisend. Over the last year we have made concrete progress in fostering investments in local
vaccine and medicine production as well as on Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs)
in emerging markets and developing countries. We launched the first JETP with South
Africa at COP26 and welcome the progress set out in the update to Leaders and are
currently working towards further JETPs with India, Indonesia, Senegal, and Vietnam.
Building on these important steps we underscore our commitment to country-led
partnerships in close dialogue with interested partner countries, aligning with existing
initiatives and using existing coordination mechanisms.
We will continue to operationalise, implement, and promote high international standards
for transparency, good governance, environmental, and climate as well as financial anddebt sustainability, such as the G20 Principles for Quality Infrastructure Investment. We
call on all international public and private actors to further align and join our efforts
towards putting these standards into practice at policy and operational levels,
strengthening the necessary capacities and improving enabling environments.
Recognising the importance of mobilising private capital for sustainable infrastructure andthe key role of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) and Development Finance

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Institutions (DFIs) in leveraging private capital and shaping and implementing country-led
partnerships, we will further intensify dialogue and joint action with interested partners, inparticular MDBs, DFIs and private investors, to better align efforts and consolidate apipeline of bankable projects including flagship projects reflecting G7 collaboration to
narrow the infrastructure gap and drive transformational progress globally.
Building on our initiatives and strong commitment, and using all financial instruments at
our disposal, we aim at collectively mobilising up to USD 600 billion in public and private
investments with a particular focus on quality infrastructure over the next five years. We
welcome the Joint Action Proposal of the MDB/DFI Expert Group on Infrastructure andInvestment, and look forward to a concrete proposal for developing an investment
platform for sustainable infrastructure projects by the end of the year. We also welcome
further steps to deepen collaboration among MDBs and DFIs, by pooling forces with aparticular focus on project preparation capabilities and aligning support for policy andregulatory frameworks for sustainable infrastructure investments.
We welcome the Emerging Market Climate Action Fund as an example of a concreteinnovative and market-led approach to mobilise private investments for climate relevant
infrastructure and to enhance multilateral finance and collaboration.

Sustainable Development
Recognising the particular strain multiple crises have put on developing countries wereaffirm our strong commitment to put the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development andthe Addis Ababa Action Agenda at the center of our agendas to mainstream sustainable
development across all policy priorities. We will accelerate our efforts to achieve theSustainable Development Goals by 2030 by mobilising all sectors and levels of society.
We will spare no effort to increase global food and nutrition security and to protect themost vulnerable whom the food crisis threatens to hit the hardest, as laid out in ourStatement on Global Food Security.
Guided by the objectives of the African Union (AU) Agenda 2063, we are determined todeepen our partnerships with African countries and organisations in compliance withmultilateralism and the rules-based international system. We reiterate our support toinitiatives to strengthen the business environment and sustainable infrastructure
investments in Africa.
With the support of our partners we have made significant progress towards and areapproaching the targets agreed last year by the G7 and G20 to complement the 2021
general SDR allocation for countries most in need, especially in Africa, including throughvoluntarily channelling SDRs or budget loans, to reach a total global ambition of USD 100

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billion. We call on others to join us in the endeavour to increase the amount of total support
to the most vulnerable countries, including through pledges to the IMF’s Poverty
Reduction and Growth Trust and Resilience and Sustainability Trust. We welcome theindependent review of the Multilateral Development Banks’ capital adequacy frameworks.
We call on MDBs to urgently assess how to step up their policy and financial support, andmaximise the pace of their disbursement, including of USD 170 billion committed by theWorld Bank Group to respond to the current crisis, to help vulnerable countries andhouseholds in response to compounding crises while preserving their credit ratings.
In the spirit of feminist development, foreign and trade policies and to empower womenand girls, we will strengthen the rights, resources and opportunities for women and girls inall their diversity in every sphere. We are deeply concerned about the deepening learning
crisis generated by emerging conflicts and chronic emergencies worldwide, particularly forthe most marginalised learners, and stand steadfast in our commitment to protecting andprioritising girls’ education.
Cities are places of diversity and identity, exchange and integration, creativity, andsolidarity. They are crucial to driving prosperity and ensuring equal opportunities for all.
We acknowledge the significant role of cities, their associations, and networks as actors in
our transformation towards sustainable development. We commit to foster exchange
among and with cities. We task our relevant Ministers to develop a joint understanding of
good urban development policy to be adopted at the first ever G7 Ministerial Meeting for
Sustainable Urban Development, and to decide on joint initiatives for unlocking the fullpotential of cities to promote social, cultural, technological, climate-neutral, economic,
and democratic innovation for the common good.
We endorse the Elmau Progress Report 2022, following up on our development-related
commitments in previous years.

Foreign and Security Policy
We reiterate the importance of maintaining a free and open Indo Pacific, which is inclusive
and based on the rule of law. We re-emphasise our support for ASEAN unity and centrality
and commit to explore concrete cooperation in line with the ASEAN Outlook on the IndoPacific. We remain seriously concerned about the situation in the East and South China
Seas. We strongly oppose any unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force or
coercion that increase tensions. We emphasise the universal and unified character of theUnited Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and reaffirm UNCLOS’s
important role in setting out the legal framework that governs all activities in the ocean
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the South China Sea. In this regard, we urge China to fully comply with the arbitral award
of 12 July 2016 and to respect navigational rights and freedoms enshrined in UNCLOS. We
urge all parties to resolve disputes over maritime claims through peaceful means consistent
with international law and support using the dispute settlement mechanisms establishedby UNCLOS. We underscore the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Straitand encourage a peaceful resolution of cross-Strait issues.
In the context of our cooperation with the largest economies, including in the frameworkof the G20, it is necessary to cooperate with China on shared global challenges, in particularaddressing climate change and biodiversity loss and other relevant multilateral issues. We
continue to call on China to uphold its obligations under international law and to contributeto international security. We remind China of the need to uphold the principle of the UN
Charter on peaceful settlement of disputes and to abstain from threats, coercion,
intimidation measures or use of force.
As Russia is waging its unjustifiable, unprovoked and illegal war against Ukraine, we call on
China to press Russia to immediately comply with the legally binding order of theInternational Court of Justice of 16 March 2022 and to abide by the relevant resolutions of
the UN General Assembly and stop its military aggression – and immediately andunconditionally withdraw its troops from Ukraine.
We call on China to honour its commitments made in the Sino-British Joint Declarationand the Basic Law, which enshrine rights, freedoms and a high degree of autonomy forHong Kong.
We remain committed to upholding fair and transparent competition in the global
economy and strengthening international rules in this regard. With regard to China’s rolein the global economy, we are continuing to consult on collective approaches, also beyond
the G7, to challenges posed by non-market policies and practices which distort the global
economy. We will build a shared understanding of China's non-transparent and marketdistorting interventions and other forms of economic and industrial directives. We will thenwork together to develop coordinated action to ensure a level playing field for ourbusinesses and workers, to foster diversification and resilience to economic coercion, andto reduce strategic dependencies.
We are gravely concerned about the human rights situation in China. We will continue topromote universal values, including by calling on China to respect universal human rights
and fundamental freedoms, including in Tibet and in Xinjiang where forced labour is ofmajor concern to us.
We continue to condemn in the strongest terms the military coup in Myanmar and express
deep concern about the political, humanitarian and human rights situation. We call on the

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military regime immediately to end the use of violence, free all political prisoners and thosearbitrarily detained and return the country to a democratic path. We will continue tosupport all efforts by ASEAN and the implementation of ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus in
all its dimensions. We also remain fully supportive of all efforts by the United Nations, andencourage strong coordination between the ASEAN Special Envoy and the Special Envoyof the United Nations Secretary-General on Myanmar.
We strongly condemn the continued, unlawful testing of ballistic missiles by the DPRK,
including the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) launches conducted on 24 Marchand 25 May 2022. We demand that the DPRK abandon its unlawful weapons of mass
destruction and ballistic missile programs in a complete, verifiable and irreversible mannerin accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions. We further call on all states to fullyand effectively implement these resolutions, and to remain vigilant for sanctions evading
activity. We urge the DPRK to engage in diplomacy and to resume dialogue towards
complete denuclearisation. We reiterate the urgent need for the DPRK to improve thehumanitarian and human rights situation, address its COVID situation effectively, facilitate
access for international humanitarian organisations, and resolve the abductions issue
immediately.
We reiterate our clear commitment that Iran must never develop a nuclear weapon. We
regret that, despite intense diplomatic efforts to restore full implementation of the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA), Iran has not yet seized the opportunity to conclude
a deal. The G7 commits to working together, and with other international partners, toaddress the threat posed to international security by Iran’s nuclear escalation. A diplomatic
solution remains the best way to restrict Iran’s nuclear programme. We urge Iran tocooperate substantively with the IAEA and to act on an urgent basis to fulfill its legal
obligations by providing technically credible information that the Agency requires to clarify
and resolve outstanding issues related to nuclear safeguards, as called upon with an
overwhelming majority by the resolution adopted by the IAEA Board of Governors on
8 June.
We strongly condemn Iran’s continued destabilising activity in the region. We call upon
Iran to stop all ballistic missile activities and proliferation inconsistent with UNSCR 2231
and other UNSC resolutions. Iran’s threats to maritime security further impair regional
stability. We welcome regional initiatives to improve bilateral relations between partners
in the region and call on Iran to contribute actively and constructively to fostering regional
peace and security in the Middle East. We reiterate our shared profound concern over thecontinued human rights violations and abuses in Iran, including arbitrary arrest anddetention, and condemn Iran’s increased use of capital punishment. We call on Iran to end
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leverage. We continue to support international efforts to hold Iran to account for the
unlawful shooting-down of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752.
We express our deep concern about the political situation and the deterioration of thehumanitarian and economic situation in Afghanistan since the Taliban take-over. We
reassure the people of Afghanistan of our principled support and continued humanitarianassistance and assistance to cover basic human needs, based on the respect forhumanitarian principles and fundamental human rights, including women’s rights. We alsoreassure the people of Afghanistan the provision of swift relief, in coordination with theUN, to the communities struck by the recent earthquake. We are united in our strong
condemnation of the ongoing violence with recurring terrorist attacks particularly targetingmembers of ethnic and religious minority groups. We call upon the Taliban to respecthuman rights, especially the rights of women and girls and members of minority groups,
including the right to education for all without discrimination. We urge the Taliban to takesignificant steps in support of creating inclusive and representative governance ofAfghanistan, and to ensure safe, rapid and unhindered humanitarian access, combat
terrorism in line with their relevant commitments including the Doha agreement, and allow
safe passage for all Afghans in need of protection travelling abroad. The type and scope of
our engagement that goes beyond humanitarian assistance and assistance to cover basic
needs are to be informed by the concrete achievements of the Taliban to meet these
expectations widely shared by the international community.
We reaffirm our strong commitment to the UN-facilitated, Libyan-led and Libyan-owned
political process and the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and national unityof Libya. We recall that free and fair presidential and parliamentary elections need to beheld as soon as possible, leading to a representative and unified government. We underline
the continuing need to observe and implement in full the 23 October 2020 ceasefire
agreement, including the withdrawal of all foreign forces and mercenaries, such as the
Wagner Group. Progress must be made on justice and accountability for human rights
abuses, including conflict-related sexual violence and regarding refugees and migrants. Weurge the full resumption of oil production in Libya and call upon all actors to refrain fromusing it as an instrument of political confrontation.
We reiterate that there is no alternative to an inclusive political solution on the basis of UN
Security Council Resolution 2254 in Syria, and therefore we reaffirm our full support to the
UN Special Envoy Pedersen. We will not normalise relations with the Assad regime until
we witness enduring and meaningful progress in the UN-facilitated political process. Weurge continued humanitarian and development support for Syrian refugees and hostcountries, until Syrians can voluntarily return home with safety and dignity according to
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regime to comply with its international obligations. We remain firmly committed to pursue
accountability for the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons, human rights violations
and abuses and other violations of international law, including humanitarian law. We
welcome ongoing efforts by national jurisdictions to prosecute crimes committed in Syria,
and underscore the urgent need for progress on the fate and whereabouts of tens of
thousands forcibly disappeared or arbitrarily detained Syrians and recall that accountability
and justice for victims is essential for a stable, peaceful Syria. We underline the importanceof maintaining the ceasefire in northern Syria, which ensures collective efforts to fightDaesh can continue and if broken, risks exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation
including through the further displacement of people. We reaffirm our shared commitment
to work towards a sustainable solution to the Syrian crisis.
We are encouraged by recent developments in Yemen and welcome the two-monthextension of the truce, brokered by the United Nations. We urge all parties to implement
the associated confidence building measures, especially the opening of roads in and aroundTaiz. We call on the parties to the conflict to make use of the extension to engage inconstructive talks under the leadership of the United Nations, to convert this truce into alasting ceasefire and to ultimately reach a durable peace.
We are deeply concerned by the continuing deterioration of the political and security
situation in the Sahel, the threat of terrorism in the Gulf of Guinea and littoral states,
continuing attacks against civilian populations, as well as the worsening food andhumanitarian crisis. The intervention of the Wagner Group in Mali and atrocities linked totheir presence are of great concern and we call for accountability of those responsible forviolations or abuses. We urge all actors to respect human rights and international
humanitarian law. We support the efforts of the Economic Community of West African
States in response to the events in Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea and the African Union in
Chad. We call for free and fair elections in order to allow for a durable return toconstitutional rule. We recognise the efforts in Niger and Mauritania to consolidate
democratic institutions strengthen the rule of law and good governance including
migration governance and foster stabilisation. We reiterate our strong commitment tosupport the populations of the Sahel countries, help stabilise the region and tackle the root
causes of terrorism and instability as outlined within the Sahel Coalition.
The G7 remains concerned about peace, security, and humanitarian challenges in the Hornof Africa. Democratic achievements, economic reforms, and above all the well-being of the
populations in the region are threatened by political instability, weak governance, armed
conflicts, militias and terrorist groups as well as by the effects of climate change and natural
disasters. Country health systems continue to be stressed by the COVID-19 pandemic
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building efforts. Human rights violations and abuses, including sexual and gender-based
violence, and a lack of accountability remain major concerns.
Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has compounded food insecurity worldwide,
especially in the Horn of Africa, where worsening drought is affecting over 18 million
people in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. We emphasise our commitment to work withcountries and institutions in the region to foster peaceful and sustainable development in
the Horn of Africa, and will support as a priority effort to tackle one of the worst droughts
in its history. We welcome the peaceful conclusion of the electoral process in Somalia andreiterate our commitment to work alongside the African Union and Somali authorities tocounter violent extremism and other significant challenges. We are also encouraged by thehumanitarian truce in Ethiopia and call on all parties to begin talks toward a durable
ceasefire and a political solution to the crisis that lays the foundation for durable peace.
Safe, rapid and unhindered humanitarian access has to continue. It is essential to addresshuman rights issues and provide transparent accountability. In Sudan, a swift return to a
civilian-led government and democratic transition process is urgently needed. We fully
support the tripartite efforts by UNITAMS, AU and IGAD and call on all stakeholders toengage actively in a constructive dialogue.
In view of the 10th Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in August
2022, we are united in our resolve to comprehensively strengthen the NPT, promote its
universalisation, re-inforce the importance of commitments made at past Review
Conferences and advance implementation of the Treaty across all three of its mutually
reinforcing pillars. We underline the authority and primacy of the NPT as the cornerstoneof the nuclear non-proliferation regime and the foundation for the pursuit of nuclear
disarmament and peaceful uses of nuclear technology. The G7 reaffirms its commitment
to the ultimate goal of a world without nuclear weapons with undiminished security for all,achieved through concrete, practical, and purposeful steps. The overall decline in global
nuclear arsenals must be sustained and not reversed. We welcome the Joint Statement of
the Leaders of the Five Nuclear-Weapon States on Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding
Arms Races of 3 January 2022, including the important affirmation that a nuclear war
cannot be won and must never be fought. However, we condemn Russia’s provocative
statements which signal the threat of use of nuclear weapons. This undermines thecredibility of Russia’s commitment to the Joint Statement. Any use of chemical, biologicalor nuclear weapons or related materials by Russia in Ukraine would be met with severe
consequences.
The Russian war against Ukraine and other conflicts have pushed the number of people
worldwide forced to flee war, violence, human rights violations and persecution to a record
high of 100 million, evidencing the urgent need to address the root causes of refugee
movements and internal displacement, as well as to provide safe, dignified, and sustainable

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solutions. We reaffirm our commitment to protecting refugees, supporting forcibly
displaced persons and supporting host countries and communities, ensuring the fullrespect for human rights and fundamental freedoms of refugees, and addressing theparticular needs of women and children in conflict, crisis, and displacement. Recalling thecommitment of the Global Compact on Refugees to share responsibility more equitably,
we will continue to promote international solidarity with refugees and host countries,
including by expanding resettlement programmes. We also call upon the international
community to follow suit and increase their protection of refugees and support to forcibly
displaced persons and for host countries, in an effort towards global responsibility-sharing.
We affirm the importance of, combating human trafficking and related illicit financil flows,
smuggling of migrants, and countering related disinformation.
Russia’s devastating war in Ukraine, the wholesale rollback of women’s and girls’ rights in
Afghanistan since the forceful take-over of power by the Taliban, and the impact of war,
conflict, and forced displacement worldwide clearly demonstrate that women, girls, andthose most vulnerable based on gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability aredisproportionately affected, and yet at the same time severely underrepresented in decision
making roles. We will further promote and implement the Women, Peace and Security
Agenda. We will improve documentation and accountability for human rights violations
and abuses, such as sexual and gender-based violence, including in conflict situations. We
reiterate the need to strengthen the implementation of international architecture toprevent and respond to conflict related sexual violence, and will support the empowermentof women and girls as critical agents for conflict prevention, crisis management, conflict
resolution, relief and recovery, and long-term peacebuilding.

Stronger Together
We are convinced that democratic values make us stronger in tackling global challenges
and working towards an equitable and prosperous world for all. We will work together withcivil society and our partners internationally to strengthen the resilience of ourdemocracies, as laid out in the 2022 Resilient Democracies Statement.

Gender Equality
Achieving gender equality is imperative as we strive for resilient, inclusive democraticsocieties, and to counter the rising tide of authoritarianism and backlash against women’s
and girls’ rights across the globe. We reaffirm our full commitment to a sustained focus on
realising equality between women and men as well as transgender and non-binary people,
and to ensuring that everyone – independent of their gender identity or expression orsexual orientation – has the same opportunities and is protected against discrimination and

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violence. To this end, we commit to redoubling our efforts to overcome longstanding
structural barriers and to addressing harmful gender norms, stereotypes, roles, andpractices. We seek to ensure full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls inall their diversity as well as LGBTIQ+ persons in politics, economics, education and all otherspheres of society, and to consistently mainstream gender equality into all policy areas.
Building on the recommendations by the Gender Equality Advisory Council as well as
Women 7 we will introduce a mechanism to continuously monitor G7 commitments andprogress towards achieving gender equality. To this end, we endorse the G7 Dashboard on
Gender Gaps which covers key indicators across a range of policy areas that are relevant to
the progression of gender equality, and look forward to its regular annual update. In
addition, we look forward to receiving the first implementation report from the OECD andwill continue to reach out to partners.
As we strive to tackle the global challenges of our time, we recognise that they are far fromgender-neutral and are determined to address their gendered impacts. We commit to makeevery effort to collectively increase the share of G7’s bilateral allocable ODA advancing
gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment over the coming years.
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected women and girls and has
highlighted the essential role of care work – both paid and unpaid – for the functioning of
our societies and economies, but also as a key cause of gender inequalities due to its
unequal distribution. It is of paramount importance to recognise, reduce, and redistributeunpaid care work, and to reward paid care work adequately, guaranteeing care workers
representation. To that end, we will support efforts to expand global access to quality
childcare infrastructure including through our collective support of USD 79 million for theChildcare Incentive Fund, thereby improving women’s economic empowerment, childoutcomes, family welfare, and overall economic growth. The pandemic has also deprived
millions of women of sexual and reproductive health services – putting at risk the progress
made in the past 20 years on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all. We
reaffirm our full commitment to achieve comprehensive SRHR of all individuals, and stressthe importance of access to emergency sexual and reproductive health services inhumanitarian crises. We recognise the essential and transformative role of SRHR in genderequality and women’s and girls’ empowerment, and in supporting diversity, including of
sexual orientations and gender identities.

Extremism, Disinformation, Foreign Interference and Corruption
We are committed to providing security to all our citizens in an open and pluralistic society.
To this end, we will intensify our cooperation to fight all forms of violent extremism andterrorism.

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To halt democratic backsliding and undermining of our fundamental values, we will
coordinate closely across the G7 and with our partners to strengthen democracies and ourinstitutions against disinformation, including foreign information manipulation. In light ofRussia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, we remain committed and enhance ourcooperation through the G7 Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) in order to protect our
democratic systems and open societies from foreign threats, such as information
manipulation and interference, including disinformation. We welcome the immediate
response by the G7 RRM, including its collaboration with the Carnegie Endowment forInternational Peace, in establishing a multi-stakeholder crisis network comprised of G7
governments, social media platforms and civil society to support the integrity of the
Ukrainian information environment in the face of Russia’s unprecedented information war.
To this end, we will further develop the G7 RRM through an expanded focus on hybrid
threats and will enhance its capabilities to respond to foreign interference also at the subnational level. More broadly, we will also enhance the resilience of public actors andinstitutions, business, academia, and civil society through a whole-of-society-approach aswell as cooperation within the OECD.
We also commit to further strengthening our internal security in light of transnational
threats including those posed by Russia and other authoritarian regimes, particularly in thefield of cyber security, illicit finance and law enforcement. To further ensure the security of
our citizens, we will intensify our fight against transnational organised crime, including
cybercrime and environmental crime, particularly in fragile contexts, in close cooperation
with civil society and international actors such as Interpol and United Nations Office on
Drugs and Crime.
The pandemic, the war against Ukraine and further international conflicts, including in
Afghanistan, have exacerbated the threat of trafficking in human beings, aimed at sexualand labour exploitation and abuse, particularly of children and women. We commit to stepup our fight against trafficking in human beings and our efforts to prevent and combat childsexual abuse and exploitation globally, both online and offline. We ask our Interior
Ministers to take forward the implementation of the Action plan to combat Child Sexual
Exploitation and Abuse from September 2021.
Corruption and related illicit finance and proceeds of crime drain public resources, canoften fuel organised crime, enable kleptocratic systems to accumulate wealth and powerat the expense of citizens, undermine democratic governance. The Russian war against
Ukraine has highlighted how kleptocracies pose an immediate threat to the freedom andnational security of our societies. In order to defend the integrity and transparency of
democratic systems, we will continue to step up our fight against corruption in all relevantbodies, and accelerate work on implementing and strengthening our beneficial ownershiptransparency registers, including by improving their accuracy, adequacy, and timeliness. In

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this regard, we also welcome the recently strengthened standards on beneficial ownershiptransparency of legal persons by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and look forward
to their swift implementation. To hold kleptocrats, criminals and their enablers to accountglobally, we will broaden our global fight against cross-border corruption, including by
supporting African partners in setting up 15 additional beneficial ownership registers. Also,building on the work of the Russia Elites Proxies and Oligarchs Task Force, we will further
intensify our cooperation and ask the Task Force to report back to us by the end of the year
on potential additional measures to be taken.

Digitalisation
We will work together to help shape an inclusive and global digital ecosystem that fosters
an open, free and secure Internet, competition and innovation, protects privacy andpersonal data, and promotes respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, as
reflected in the 2022 Resilient Democracies Statement.
Everyone should feel safe online. We affirm our commitment to empower citizens,
especially vulnerable groups to use the Internet and digital technologies safely andsecurely. We will continue our efforts to combat any forms of online harm and protect
people online. Global digital cooperation is key to our common agenda. In this endeavour,
we will build on already existing frameworks such as the Christchurch Call, the Paris Callfor Trust and Security in the Cyberspace, and the outcomes of the Future Tech Forum. We
welcome the Declaration for the Future of the Internet and invite like-minded partners tojoin us in advancing its vision, thereby opposing the trend of rising digital authoritarianism.
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine poses widespread threats, including to our criticalinfrastructure. We are therefore taking steps to increase cyber resilience of digital
infrastructure within and across our respective countries. We endorse the Joint Declaration
on Cyber Resilience of Digital Infrastructure in response to the Russian war against Ukraine
in this regard.
We reaffirm our commitment to the framework of responsible state behaviour incyberspace, and are working together to develop and implement robust international cybernorms. We are taking steps to strengthen our collective cyber defences, including in
response to new and disruptive digital technologies, such as quantum computing, and willcontinue to work in close cooperation against the malicious use of cyberspace by both stateand non-state actors. We will continue to discuss implementation of international norms
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incidents, including by intensifying and elevating our cooperation on cyber within therelevant G7 Working Group. We will also continue to discuss ways to cooperate on
emerging technologies, including new quantum-resistant cryptographic standards.
We will support other states to increase digital access while ensuring that security,interoperability and respect for human rights are built into global connectivity.
Digitalisation can significantly contribute to combating climate change and protecting theenvironment. At the same time, the rising demand for energy and resources resulting fromthe increasing use of digital technologies and services must be significantly reduced, andnegative environmental impacts fostered by the use of digital technologies must be
addressed. In this regard, we will better harness digital technologies for a net-zero, naturepositive, and resource-efficient economy and digital ecosystem. We reaffirm our support
for international cooperation within the G7 and with like-minded partners to support thedevelopment of standards – based on inclusive multi-stakeholder approaches in line with
our open, democratic values, and principles – and to further discussion on supporting
standardisation towards digital and green transformations. To this end we look forward tobuilding upon the work of a number of multilateral dialogues and fora to deliver democratic
and market-oriented standards in technology, trade and innovation to improve the lives ofour citizens and be a force for greater prosperity, such as the Trade and Technology Council(TTC), the Quad, the Future Tech Forum and the Global Partnership on Artificial
Intelligence (GPAI). In this context, we also acknowledge the EU Declaration on Digital
Rights and Principles.
We strengthen our efforts to facilitate data free flow with trust across borders, continue toharness opportunities, and to address challenges raised in particular in relation to security,
privacy, data protection, and the protection of intellectual property rights. To this end, weendorse the Action Plan for Promoting Data Free Flow with Trust. Furthermore, we arecommited to advancing the e-commerce Joint Statement Initative.
We will continue the discussion on competition in digital markets, including with regards
to platforms regulation and its implementation, and look forward to the G7 Digital
Ministers’ comprehensive overview of legislative approaches to competition, contestability,and fairness on digital markets within the G7, with a view to fostering greater coordination
to support competitive digital markets.

Conclusion
Under the German Presidency, the engagement and exchange with civil society has been
instrumental for the G7 as a group of democracies. To this end, we thank the G7
Engagement Groups – Business 7, Civil 7, Labour 7, Science 7, Think 7, Women 7 andYouth 7 – for their important input to our deliberations. We are furthermore grateful forG7 Leaders’ Communiqué | page 27

the valuable contributions from the Heads of the International Energy Agency (IEA), theInternational Labour Organisation (ILO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), theOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the World Bank (WB),
the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as well as
the Chair of the Gender Equality Advisory Council (GEAC) who joined us in Elmau. We standready to reconvene whenever necessary. We will support the Indonesian G20 Presidency infinding solutions to the most pressing global issues.
We welcome the offer of the Prime Minister of Japan to host our next Summit in Hiroshima
in 2023.

Stand Alone Statements:
2022 Resilient Democracies Statement (together with partner countries), G7 Statement on
Support for Ukraine, G7 Statement on Global Food Security, G7 Statement on Climate Club.

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