G 7 – minister meeting in Hamburg

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Side-Foto from the left: EU-Energiekommissar Miguel Arias Cañete, Bundesminister Sigmar Gabriel, US-Energieminister Ernest Moniz, Vize-Wirtschaftsminister Japan Shigeki Iwai
Germany took over the presidency of the seven major Western industrialized countries this year. G7, the Group of seven includes the United States, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and the UK. In Hamburg the talks of Rome in 2014 are to be continued.
After a reception at the City Hall by the mayor Olaf Scholz (SPD), the ministers should go to the new offshore converter platform HelWin alpha on Monday. But the imaginary as a highlight opening of the new, ultra-modern wind farms off the German coast ended differently than planned. German energy and economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) opened the RWE offshore wind farm all by himself. The wind farm is located about 35 kilometers northwest of Helgoland and moved 48 wind turbines with a capacity of 295 megawatts. 320 000 households can supply electricity. Offshore wind farms are more efficient than on land, but they cause other problems.
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Avaaz Aktivisten vor dem Atlantik Hotel in Hamburg

A group of activists of the movement Avaaz, demonstrated before the meeting of the energy ministers with masks of the seven leaders of the G7 countries. They are fighting for “clean energy“, against nuclear and coal power plants. Christopher Schott, campaign director at Avaaz, handed over  a signature file with 2.3 million signatures collected to Federal Minister Sigmar Gabriel (SPD). Avvaz calls it a complete, global transition to renewable energy until 2050.
At the end of the meetings on Tuesday in the Atlantic Hotel was agreed first to the definition of three major objectives:
G7 ministers want to get out of dependence on Russia

The energy ministers of the G7 countries want to intensify greater independence from Russian gas supplies. A year ago, in Rome, a 13-point plan had been set up in response to the Ukraine crisis. This should be more concrete. A goal is to strengthen the development of transport infrastructure, storage and terminals to import liquefied gas from Gulf states. In addition, the ministers want to promote and support the energy independence of Ukraine and other vulnerable countries.

Security on the net and supply

The United States called for better international cooperation in cyber attacks on power grids. “The threat must take all states equally,” said Gabriel. At the World Climate Change Conference in Paris an agreement should be achieved with reduction targets for over 190 countries in December. Gabriel conceded, the most difficult thing is to create an internationally verifiable agreements.

Energymix and efficiency

One wants to be always up wider and use of different energy sources in order to ensure so a constant supply can, in times of crisis: sustainable power systems bring forward, to expand potential of energy efficiency, promote innovative energy technologies. Also it is important to set an example for other countries. Their common goal is to become generally less dependent on energy imports continued growing economic output. Whether the climate protection goal of 40 percent reduction in CO2 emissions is to create by 2020 (compared to 1990). But when at the end of the conference Sigmar Gabriel asked if that would resolved with the CO2 exhaust Christoph Schott Avaaz said Gabriel only: “I hope!”

The heads of state and government of the Group of Seven (G7) will be meeting at Schloss Elmau in Upper Bavaria on 7 and 8 June 2015. In addition to the global economy and foreign, security and development policy, they will be discussing the UN conferences to be held in 2015 as well as the post-2015 agenda.

Other key issues they will be addressing include

  • Protection of the marine environment, marine governance and resource efficiency,
  • Antibiotic resistance, neglected and poverty-related diseases, and Ebola,
  • Retail and supply chain standards, and
  • Empowering self-employed women and women in vocational training.

The leaders of the G7 countries will also discuss energy security, including as part of the Rome G7 Energy Initiative. In addition, they will continue the ongoing G7 process in regard to development policy.











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