Decarbonizing the economy is the task of the century, von der Leyen guarantees

The President of the European Commission stressed on Monday that the decarbonization of the economy is the “challenge” of the century, and this topic will be presented at the next summit of the world’s seven largest economies (G7), which kicks off on Friday. in Japan.

“Decarbonization is the challenge of our century,” said Ursula von der Leyen, also referring to the need to move towards a green economy based on clean and competitive industries.

At present, as von der Leyen stressed, “it’s all about access to technology, access to raw materials and increasing production, so the overall goal should be to develop capacity in terms of clean technologies.”

At a joint press conference with European Council President Charles Michel, the community’s chief executive revealed that this goal would be discussed at the G7 leaders’ summit (to be held May 19-21 in Hiroshima), as transition ecology should be a shared effort, not an implementation.” at each other’s expense.”

The G7 brings together the world’s seven largest economies and is made up of Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom, with the European Union (EU) also participating in the group’s meetings.

The EU will take part in three summits in the coming days: the Council of Europe in Iceland (Tuesday and Wednesday), the G7 in Japan and the EU/Korea in Seoul (May 22).

With regard to the ongoing war in Ukraine, which will be the main topic of the agenda of the Reykjavik meeting, which is also attended by Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa, the EU supports the creation of a special court. judge crimes of aggression.