Cuba plays a leading role in G77
The united quest of the South to protect the environment
Environmental authorities and specialists of member countries of the G77 + China arrived in Havana on July 4, 2023, to engage in dialogue with respect to the use of science and technology to promote sustainable development in accordance with the needs of the climate and the environment. The G77 ministerial meeting, held in the historic Hotel Nacional in Havana, hopes to promote unity, solidarity, and cooperation for the realization of projects from the perspective of the global South. The problems that were discussed included climate change, biodiversity loss, the degradation of the soil, contamination by plastics, chemical substances and dangerous wastes, among other environmental problems.
The Group of 77 was established in Geneva in 1964 by seventy-seven non-aligned nations. It today includes 134 member countries plus China, which comprise 80% of the world population. Cuba assumed the presidency of the G77 on January 12, 2023, at which ti…