How is the G7 governed? - The Global Challenges Foundation

The Group of Seven - G7 - is an informal venue for global governance. How much do you know about it?

G7 logo of UK presidency 2021

Why did the G7 meetings start in 1975?

Source: Bundesregierung/Schaack

To collaborate on economic policy after dramatic economic changes were introduced by US President Richard Nixon in 1971

To create an alternative to the United Nations

To create an alternative military alliance during the Cold War

To discuss climate change

Can you name the members of the G7?

There is no fixed membership, Nations are invited to individual summits

France, United States, Germany, Japan, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Canada

China, India, Brazil, Russia, and South Africa

China, India, United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, and Nigeria

What areas do the G7’s decisions impact?

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Ensuring international security

Ensuring global financial stability

Energy policy

All of the above

What criticisms have been raised against the G7 meetings?

The G7 is a self-appointed group, whose composition was determined by the state of global affairs back in the 1970s

The G7 has been superseded by the G20

The lack of transparency and accountability of G7

All of the above criticisms have been vented at the G7

What do the G7 sherpas do?

By Pem Dorjee Sherpa - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0

Go hiking with the leaders

Prepare and coordinate the issues to be discussed at the G7 meeting

Solve global problems ahead of the leaders

Provide comments on suggested policy

How can the G7 enforce its decisions?

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The G7 can command the armies of the member states

The G7 acts through the soft power of persuasion, diplomacy and consensus

The G7 can pass resolutions on to the UN Security Council

The G7 can sue an infringer to the International Court in Ottawa

Heads of state of the G7 member countries take turns as hosts and chairpersons of each summit. What is the role of the chairperson of each G7 summit?

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Follow up and enforce all decisions made at the summit

Push the host's agenda onto the international scene

Invite and host all the G7 leaders

To draft the agenda of the meeting and play an active role in mediating the discussions