Climate goals may be at odds with G7 response to Russian invasion

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SCHLOSS ELMAU, GERMANY — G7 leaders opened their summit Sunday with a dialogue about shaping the worldwide economic system at a time when battle and unrest are driving up costs and entry to key items world wide.

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Trudeau arrived in Germany Sunday after spending 4 days on the Commonwealth Heads of Authorities Assembly in Kigali, Rwanda.

He was greeted on the airport in Munich by a musical Germany welcome occasion, together with former Liberal chief and Canadian Ambassador to Germany Stephan Dion.

From there he boarded a helicopter to take him to Schloss Elmau, an opulent secluded mountaintop retreat within the Bavarian Alps to satisfy together with his G7 counterparts.

The fallout of Russia’s invasion was on the prime of Canada’s agenda on the Commonwealth assembly and is predicted to dominate each the G7 discussions and the upcoming NATO Summit in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday.

G7 and different nations have closed ranks and issued sanctions towards Russia for the reason that invasion of Ukraine in February and have collectively spent billions to ship help and arms to the embattled nation.

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However Russian President Vladimir Putin has retaliated by decreasing entry to its pure gasoline provide in some European nations, together with Germany, Europe’s largest economic system.

“How we get there within the brief time period, how we construct for the medium time period, how we make sure that the long run is roofed is precisely what we’re going to be speaking about over the subsequent couple of days. Not simply with our fellow G7 leaders, however with leaders from world wide who might be becoming a member of us in Germany to sort out this very challenge,” Trudeau mentioned at a press convention in Kigali, Rwanda Saturday on the conclusion of the Commonwealth assembly.

India is just not a G7 nation, however German Chancellor Olaf Scholz invited the nation’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to participate within the talks.

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India, which has advanced as a rising marketplace for Russian oil, abstained from a March vote on the United Nations to sentence Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Modi, in the meantime, opted out of attending the Commonwealth Summit and as an alternative met nearly with leaders from Russia, China, Brazil and South Africa.

Trudeau mentioned he’s spoken to Scholz about the necessity to spend money on infrastructure to assist wean Europe off of Russian oil, including Canada could be a part of the answer.

The prime minister has not but mentioned how Canada may assist, however will probably be the topic of the primary session of the talks.

The session may even deal with the influence of rising costs on low-income international locations, assembly the monetary wants of Ukraine, shielding provide chains from financial shocks and geopolitical threats, the prince minister’s workplace mentioned.

The battle in Ukraine has additionally curtailed provides of Russian and Ukrainian grain to among the world’s most susceptible international locations.

Trudeau mentioned famine may even be prime of thoughts for the G7 leaders throughout their retreat within the Bavarian Alps.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is predicted to deal with the leaders over the course of the three-day summit.