Climate change is a global threat and a contributing factor to food insecurity, emphasized Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the first G20 meeting, “One Earth”.

“Food security is also a victim of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine,” noted Ursula von der Leyen, calling on Moscow to allow grain from Ukraine to reach world markets via the Black Sea.

“We are doing our best to make it easier for grain to reach world markets through the land route. But to stabilize world prices, grain must also travel by sea,” he pointed out. The President of the Commission underlined at the same time that “no one should go hungry and the G20 leaders have the responsibility and the tools to allow the grain to flow where it is needed”. Finally, he said that in the next 5 years alone, the EU will invest at least 4 billion euros in renewable energy and hydrogen in developing economies through the Global Gateway project.