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Due to climate change, extreme weather events like heavy flooding or droughts are becoming increasingly more frequent. Poor and vulnerable people and countries need to get better protection against these climate-related risks. They are calling on the industrialised countries for support. The G7 countries have therefore agreed to set up a Global Shield against Climate Risks.

The right to food is a human right. All states and governments have a duty to make this right, enshrined in international law, a reality for their citizens. "Living without hunger – transforming agricultural and food systems" is the core theme of Germany's commitment and it places food security at the centre of international cooperation.

On 1 January 2022, Germany assumed the presidency of the Group of 7 (G7). This is an opportunity to expand the traditionally strong role played by development policy concerns in the G7 circle.

The BMZ is comprehensively committed to the equal participation by all people in social, political and economic life – regardless of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, skin colour, disability or other traits. 

Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development