Uncategorized Archive - Stiftung Zukunftsfähigkeit https://stiftungzukunft.org/en/category/uncategorized/ Fri, 15 Jul 2022 13:18:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 On the G7 Summit and F20 Climate Dialogue: Focus on the need for more international cooperation https://stiftungzukunft.org/en/on-the-g7-summit-and-f20-climate-dialogue-focus-on-the-need-for-more-international-cooperation/ Fri, 15 Jul 2022 13:01:51 +0000 https://stiftungzukunft.org/?p=4204 Munich, Elmau, June 2022: All eyes were on Castle Elmau in the south of Germany in the last days where Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz called upon the G7 member states to convene from June 26th-28th for the G7 summit. The summit was met with high expectations in a very challenging environment with a war in  [...]

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]]> Munich, Elmau, June 2022: All eyes were on Castle Elmau in the south of Germany in the last days where Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz called upon the G7 member states to convene from June 26th-28th for the G7 summit.

The summit was met with high expectations in a very challenging environment with a war in  Europe. The world’s ability to tackle climate change depends more than ever on close collaboration, mutual trust and awareness of common global responsibilities. This has also been reaffirmed by the German G7 and G20 Sherpa Jörg Kukies at our high-level event three days prior to the G7 summit on June 23rd in the Bayerischer Hof in Munich. Jörg Kukies emphasised the need to coordinate more closely than ever before united by the shared values of democracy, freedom, peace and human rights to achieve the claimed goal of the German G7 Presidency “Progress towards an equitable world”.

The event in Munich has been jointly organised with the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, and was supported by Stiftung Allianz für Entwicklung und Klima, Bürgerstiftung München and Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft (German CEO Alliance for Climate and Economy). A high range of distinguished speakers from politics, academia, business and civil society joined the climate dialogue and elaborated how to push the energy discussion beyond the G7 lines and build bridges between the tracks of the G7 and the G20. Key questions addressed included upscaling renewables and accelerating the Global Just Energy Transition whilst also exploring the promising role of industry and business in ramping up private investments to deliver on the global goals. The event can be looked up here.

F20 further presented their list of annual key recommendations to the G7 and the G20 with a particular focus on urging the governments of the G7 countries to enhance climate partnerships and to agree on a G20 renewable power target of 70% by 2030. The F20 Recommendations can be read here.

Unfortunately, the G7 outcome includes only few concrete and measurable commitments from the G7 countries such as advocated by the F20 recommendations, which are crucial to respond to the urgency of the climate crisis, phase out fossil fuels and accelerate a global just energy transition. However, the attendance and a joint declaration of the G7 together with India, Indonesia, Argentina, Senegal and South Africa was a very encouraging sign for the importance of international cooperation and Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs). Explicatly South Africa, India, Indonesia and Vietnam were mentioned in the final documents of the G7 summit. An assessment of the G7 Summit by F20 can be found here.

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]]> German G7 presidency: Many foundations from Germany are willing to become part of the solution https://stiftungzukunft.org/en/german-g7-presidency-many-foundations-from-germany-are-willing-to-become-part-of-the-solution/ Mon, 21 Feb 2022 08:57:07 +0000 https://stiftungzukunft.org/?p=3807 F20 climate gathering of German Foundations (so called "Sinsheimer Climate Dialogue") on February 8   “Acting resolutely instead of merely reacting”[1] is the guiding principle of Germany holding the G7 Presidency in 2022. As a subgroup of the G20, the G7 has a huge potential in translating bold commitments into climate-effective policies and build momentum [...]

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]]> F20 climate gathering of German Foundations (so called “Sinsheimer Climate Dialogue”) on February 8  

“Acting resolutely instead of merely reacting”[1] is the guiding principle of Germany holding the G7 Presidency in 2022. As a subgroup of the G20, the G7 has a huge potential in translating bold commitments into climate-effective policies and build momentum for a “Just Transition” in close resonance with the Indonesian G20 Presidency.

The Federal Government of Germany has just recently issued its official G7 programme “Progress towards an equitable world” outlining the policy priorities set out for this year’s G7 Presidency. It is very strong on climate and the new German government will not only assert a bold change of course in national politics, but will also have the opportunity to take a stand at the international level with the ensuing G7 Summit. From June 26-28, 2022 Heads of State and Government of the member countries will convene at the G7 Summit taking place in Schloss Elmau in Southern Germany.

In light of the urgency of the climate crisis, a multi-stakeholder approach is needed to accelerate actions on combating the most pressing global challenges. German foundations are in particular responsibility this year to support the “resolute acting” of the Federal Government of Germany by “being part of the solution”. Following the first “Sinsheimer Klima-Dialog” meeting in October 2021 – on February 8, 2022 a second climate gathering of German foundations took place jointly hosted by the Foundations Platform F20, the Robert Bosch Stiftung and the Klimastiftung für Bürger. The dialogue will continue to thrive on a follow up gathering in Munich scheduled for June 23, 2022 three days prior to the G7 summit in Elmau.

The fruitful virtual discussions on the key responsibilities of the G7 and the role of foundations in contributing to this process were highlighted by different voices from

Politics

  • Jörg Kukies (German G7 + G20 Sherpa and State Secretary in the Chancellery)
  • Jürgen Karl Zattler (Director-General for International development policy and Climate in the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ))

Academia

  • Dr. Maja Göpel, Expert on Transformational Sciences

Philanthropy


(Ottilie Bälz and Klaus Milke in conversation with
Dr. Michael Otto from the studio of Robert Bosch Stiftung)

The following conclusions can be highlighted from the insightful discussions:

  • Building forward better: courageous, forward-oriented action and multi-solving strategies including a new understanding of assets are needed. All stakeholders, and particularly foundations, are asked to actively participate in this transformation.
  • Joint Action for 1,5°C: International climate partnerships and new alliances, likewise to the Just Energy Transition Partnership with South Africa must be fostered.
  • All hands on deck: Despite all the existing commitment, there was unanimity: even more foundations need to get involved “as part of the solution” and focus their foundational activities on their own positive climate contributions and transformative, intersectional cooperation.

Please find the German report here: https://stiftungzukunft.org/stiftungen-wollen-teil-der-loesung-sein/

[1] https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/aussenpolitik/internationale-organisationen/g8-g20/g7-presidency/2504680

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