Parliamentary Vice-Minister Nagamine Attends the G20 Joint Environment and Climate Ministerial Meeting

1. G20 Joint Environment and Climate Ministerial Meeting

(1) Outline

Date:   

August 31 (Wed.), 2022

Participating countries and regions:

G20 member countries
(Indonesia, India, Australia, the European Union, France, Germany, Canada, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, China, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Russia, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Turkey, Brazil, Argentina, and South Africa)

Countries invited:

Cambodia, Egypt, the Netherlands, Spain, Singapore, the UAE, and Fiji

(2) Outline of the discussions

• The chair country's priority issues at this meeting were as follows: (1) supporting more sustainable recovery, (2) enhancing land and sea-based actions to support environment protection and climate objectives, and (3) enhancing resource mobilization to support environment protection and climate objectives.

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister Nagamine stated that  the world needs to transform its social system to focus on clean energy, and achieve both emission reductions and economic growth, in other words Green Transformation, or "GX," and that we are now working on a roadmap for its realization

• The chair country released a Chair's Summary based on what was discussed at the meeting.

(3) Outcome document

• Chair's Summary (original text)(PDF:421KB)

2. Meetings with participating ministers

During the margin of the Ministerial Meeting, Parliamentary Vice-Minister Nagamine  met and exchanged views with other participating ministers from India, Indonesia, Canada, and Germany, as shown below (Meetings with India and Indonesia were held with Minister Nishimura).
In the meeting with Mr. Bhupender Yadav, India's Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the ministers shared their views toward achieving GX.
In the meeting with Ms. Siti Nurbaya Bakar, Indonesia's Minister of Environment and Forestry, the ministers exchanged views on adaptation business.
In the meeting with Ms. Catherine Stewart, Canada's Climate Change Ambassador, and Mr. Terry Duguid, Canada's Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the leaders shared their views toward achieving GX and discussed recent trends in climate change policy.
In his meeting with Mr. Stefan Wenzel, Germany's Parliamentary State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, the leaders shared their views toward achieving GX and discussed their countries' work on climate change policies.


India
Mr. Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change


Indonesia
Ms. Siti Nurbaya Bakar, Minister of Environment and Forestry


Canada
Mr. Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and Ms. Catherine Stewart, Climate Change Ambassador


Germany
Meeting with Mr. Stefan Wenzel, Parliamentary State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Division in Charge

Global Environmental Affairs Office, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau