Besides the EU, Russia, China and India, the group’s members include Germany, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, France, Britain, Indonesia, Italy , Japan, Canada, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea and Turkey. and the United States.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov participates in the summit on behalf of Russia. Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, like Chinese President Xi Jinping, canceled. Xi is represented by his Prime Minister Li Qiang.
“China can greatly contribute to solving the problems”
Von der Leyen expressed his disappointment about this in the interview. “I very much regret that China is not represented at the highest level, because it can also contribute a lot to solving problems,” said the former German Defense Minister.
For example, China is also responsible for 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. “Any step backwards in the climate agenda is bad – for the whole world,” von der Leyen stressed, alluding to the risk that commitments made in the past in the fight against global warming could be weakened again.
At the same time, she stressed that the West must support other countries in their transition to climate-friendly technologies. “Highly developed countries have overwhelmingly triggered the climate crisis through their greenhouse gas emissions,” she said. This is why we also have a “debt” – especially when it comes to financing investments in climate protection.
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