G7: Summit 2025 Highlights

G7 Summit 2025 Highlights: India and Canada planned to collaborate on clean energy, technology, digital infrastructure, artificial intelligence (AI), food security, and critical minerals. Learn about the Group of Seven ( G7 ), an informal grouping of 7 advanced economies and the European Union that meets annually to discuss global issues. Find out how Canada has hosted and chaired the G7 summits since 1981 and will do so again in 2025. The 51st G7 Summit will be held from June 15 to 17, 2025, in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, marking the summit's 50th anniversary. As the host nation, Canada aims to foster collaborative dialogue on key global concerns like climate change, economic stability, digital transformation, and geopolitical peace. However, this year's summit sees a notable development — India will not participate for the first time in six years, reportedly due to strained diplomatic ties with Canada. Group of Seven ( G7 ), intergovernmental organization that originated in 1975 through informal summit meetings of the leaders of the world’s leading industrialized countries (the United States, the United Kingdom, France, West Germany, Italy, Canada, and Japan). Canada did not attend the initial meeting in 1975, and the president of the European Commission joined the discussions in 1977. Beginning in 1994, Russia joined the discussions, and the group became known as the Group of 8 (G8) or ...