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G7 Germany 2022

Climate and Environment

The Think7 task force on Saving the Planet: Climate and Environment will cover a broad range of interlinked subjects, including climate, biodiversity, clean water, air, land and seas, food and agriculture, energy, and infrastructure. With a particular focus on greenhouse gas emissions sinks and sources, jobs-rich just transitions, nature-based solutions and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the task force will develop policy recommendations for Germany’s G7 Presidency, especially those with the biggest impact in reducing climate change.
G7 Germany 2022

Issue Paper: Saving the Planet

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
John Kirton (G20 Research Group), Daniela Jacob (Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS)), Lindsay Stringer (University of York)
G7 Germany 2022

Think7 Communiqué

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
G7 Germany 2022

Global Public-Private Digital Utilities for MSME Recovery and Transition

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Tamara Singh (People Centered Internet), Mei Lin Fung (People Centered Internet), Eileen Murray (FINRA), Anthony Lacavaro (Aquarian Holdings), Matthew Gamser (SME Finance Forum, World Bank/IFC ), Brian Omwenga (Tech Innovators Network – ThiNK, University of Nairobi, Kenya), Ndemo Bitange (University of Nairobi, Kenya), Homi Kharas (The Brookings Institution)
G7 Germany 2022

Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Brittaney Warren
G7 Germany 2022

The G7 Needs to Step Up Climate Ambition, Action and Finance

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Claire Fyson (Climate Analytics), Tabea Lissner (Global Solutions Initiative), Bill Hare (Climate Analytics), Andrzej Ancygier (Climate Analytics), Marie-Camille Attard (Climate Analytics), Jonas Hörsch (Climate Analytics)
G7 Germany 2022

Using the SDGs to Realize the G7’s “Green Revolution that Creates Jobs”

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Mark Elder (Institute for Global Environmental Strategies)
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Food-Climate Nexus: Need for an International Small Holder Farmers Agribusiness Consortium

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Hemnath Rao Hanumankar (StratPol International Advisory Services (OPC) Pvt. Limited), Dil Rahut (Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)), Dina Azhgaliyeva, Yixin Yao (Asian Development Bank Institution)
G7 Germany 2022

G7 Countries Must Urgently Phase Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Agustin Redonda (Council on Economic Policies), Christian von Haldenwang, Ronald Steenblik (International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD))
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Scaling Climate Goals Through the Use of Technical Experts and Digital Technical Knowledge Commons

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Maike Luiken (CARBOVATE Development Corp.), Alpesh Shah
G7 Germany 2022

Creating an Effective, Legally Binding, and Enforceable Climate Club

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Rafael Leal-Arcas (Queen Mary University of London)
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Food and Agriculture

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Corine Pelluchon (Université Gustave Eiffel)
G7 Germany 2022

Clean-IT: Policies to Support Energy-Efficient Digital Systems

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Christoph Meinel (Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany), Mei Lin Fung (People Centered Internet), Maxim Asjoma (Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering)
G7 Germany 2022

Biodiversity Protection Through Reward, Technology Transfer, and Improving Governance

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Dil Rahut (Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)), Dina Azhgaliyeva, Yixin Yao (Asian Development Bank Institution)
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Climate Change and Health

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Maike Voss (German Alliance on Climate Change and Health (KLUG)), Sophie Gepp (German Alliance on Climate Change and Health (KLUG)), Sabine Baunach (German Alliance on Climate Change and Health (KLUG) )
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Community Climate Clubs to Motivate and Create Personal Action for an Equitable World

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
John Aston (University of Cambridge), Ilan Chabay (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies), Jesus Crespo Cuaresma (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Mei Lin Fung (People Centered Internet), David Roos (University of Pennsylvania), Pedro Ahlers (New Ventures and Technologies at SAP), Navroop K. Sahdev (MIT Connection Science)
G7 Germany 2022

Towards an Inclusive Climate Alliance With a Balance of Carrots and Sticks

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Axel Michaelowa (University of Zurich), Philipp Censkowsky (Perspectives Climate Research Group), Clara Brandi (German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)), Michele Stua (Institute of Development, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna), Sonja Peterson (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), Colin Nolden (University of Oxford and University of Bristol), Mei Lin Fung (People Centered Internet), Ingo Venzke (University of Amsterdam / The New Institute), Tim Banning (Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH dena)
G7 Germany 2022

Safeguarding the Blue Planet – Eight Recommendations to Sustainably Use and Govern the Ocean and Its Resources

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Mirja Schoderer (German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)), Henry Bittig (Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW)), Françoise Gaill (CNRS Institute for ecology and environment (INEE)), Kristina M. Gjerde (International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)), Sheila JJ Heymans (European Marine Board (EMB)), Birgit Klein (Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)), David Obura (CORDIO East Africa), Torsten Thiele, Sebastian Unger, Anna-Katharina Hornidge (German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS))
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Financing a Green Future: The Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM) and the Green Impact Fund for Technology (GIFT)

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Dina Azhgaliyeva, Aidan Hollis (University of Calgary and Incentives for Global Health), Thomas Pogge (Yale), Dil Rahut (Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)), Yixin Yao (Asian Development Bank Institution)
G7 Germany 2022

Accelerating Renewable Energy Deployment for Energy and Nature Security

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Andrew Deutz (The Nature Conservancy), Bruce McKenney, Mark Lambrides (The Nature Conservancy)
G7 Germany 2022

Reform Subsidies Harmful to Nature

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Jack Bobo (The Nature Conservancy), Robert Tansey (The Nature Conservancy)
G7 Germany 2022

Aligning Climate And Biodiversity Finance

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Andrew Deutz (The Nature Conservancy)
G7 Germany 2022

Using Debt Conversions to Support the Sustainability Agenda

Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Andrew Deutz (The Nature Conservancy), Andreas Hansen (The Nature Conservancy)

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