Published at April, 24 2026
The G7 Environment Ministers’ Meeting: Progress in 6 Areas Boosting Collective Action
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Two days of work in Paris, under the French G7 Presidency, have produced a solid and significant result: the adoption of seven declarations.
In the context of rising international tensions, heightened power struggles and weakening of multilateral compromises, this success was not guaranteed. It is the fruit of a clear choice by the French G7 Presidency: rejecting the idea of powerlessness, preserving G7 unity and producing tangible progress where possible.
At a time when environmental negotiations often stumble over growing divergences, France has taken a responsible line: not organizing disagreement, but instead, forging productive convergences, with a firm focus on action.
The seven declarations that have been adoption illustrate that ambition and bring real progress on strategic priorities:
• An overarching declaration encompassing all these agreements.
• Security and the environment: putting the links between desertification, land degradation, water scarcity and destabilization of societies at the top of the international agenda;
• Biodiversity and financing: launching the Nature and People Finance Alliance, to scale up the mobilisation of public and private capital;
• Oceans: with two declarations, one containing tangible commitments to improve the effective management of marine protected areas, and the other stepping up the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing;
• Water and environmental health: enhanced cooperation to address growing pressure on resources and emerging forms of pollution, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and microplastics;
• Adaptation and resilience: mobilization of States to foster the resilience of the real estate sector and local protection from natural disasters.
These results reflect a strong belief held by France: ecology is now central to the balances of power, stability and security. It cannot be a secondary concern. It is a condition for sovereignty, resilience and protection of populations.
The momentum generated in Paris will continue at upcoming international events and in the initiatives led by France in the coming weeks, including those on methane emission reduction at a high-level event scheduled for 4 May.
France will continue to work to unite, protect and transform.
« The results achieved in Paris illustrate a shared will to maintain dialogue and move forward together, despite a more complicated international context. In these seven declarations, we have opted for tangible solutions and productive cooperation to protect our resources, our territory and our citizens. The G7 Environment Ministers’ Meeting is an important step on the road to the Évian Summit, continuing to structure international action that is realistic, ambitious and sustainable. »