32 heads of delegation at the G7 climate, environment and energy

(ANSA) – VENARIA REALE, 29 APR – The G7 countries and the European Commission, plus six other states, together with nine international organisations, for a total of thirty-two heads of delegation: these are the institutions at the G7 Climate, Energy and Environment in Venaria Reale ( Turin). Italy, president of the group of seven in 2024, is represented by the Minister of the Environment and Energy Security Gilberto Pichetto, with a delegation also composed of the deputy minister Vannia Gava and the undersecretary Claudio Barbaro. Europe is present with Commissioners Virginijus Sinkevicius (Environment, Oceans and Fisheries) and Wopke Hoekstra (Climate Action), Director General of Energy Companies Juul Jorgensen and Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson. The USA is represented by Sue Biniaz (Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for Climate), David Turk (Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Energy) and Janet McCabe (EPA Assistant Administrator). For Canada, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault and Michael Vandergrift, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources. For France, the Minister of Ecological Transition Christophe Bechu, and Franck Riester (Minister of Foreign Trade) and Carole Lancereau, Director General of Climate at the Ministry of Transition. Germany is present with Steffi Lemke (Federal Minister for the Environment and Nuclear Safety) and Anja Hajduk, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. For Japan Saito Ken, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Shintaro Ito for the Environment. For the United Kingdom, Andrew Bowie, Minister for Nuclear and Renewables, with Steve Barclay, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The six countries hosted are Algeria, Azerbaijan, president of the next Cop29, Brazil, rotating president of the G20, the United Arab Emirates, president of Cop28, Kenya and Mauritania. Among the representatives of international organizations are the vice-president of the African Development Bank Kevin Kariuki, the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Simon Stiell, and Ligia Noronha (assistant to the UN secretary general and head of UNEP for New York) . (HANDLE).