The issue of climate change, energy and the Trips waiver also addressed at the G7 summit
President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives on day two of the Group of Seven leaders summit at the Schloss Elmau luxury hotel in Elmau, Germany on Monday, June 27 2022. Picture: BLOOMBERG/LIESA JOHANNSSEN-KOPPITZThe Russian-Ukraine conflict and the Covid-19 pandemic has seen most African countries struggle to access medicines, oil and agricultural inputs they need for their citizens.
Ramaphosa said SA’s participation this year took place at a time when the world was confronted by myriad challenges, including the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change and the war in Ukraine, which has resulted in the high cost of living in many developing countries. Furthermore, he said, “We argued that we want to see them making concessions so that countries in the developing economies should be able to make therapeutics and diagnostics so that we don’t end up making vaccines only.
“They recognise that they have a responsibility and also have to pledge solidarity to assist us as we traverse towards renewable energy type of economic development and that they need to make funding available.
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