The world has no government, it is divided into about 200 states.
This has always been an obstacle when it comes to solving problems that affect all of humanity.
The United States and Europe used to lead the way, but the global balance of power has changed in the 21st century.
Today it's about the corona pandemic and climate change, so more countries from other regions are needed for effective agreements.
The group of the 20 largest economic nations is an association that has rightly gained more importance for some time.
Your summit in Rome was an honest and sobering inventory of where the most influential states stand on the two major current issues.
In the fight against the pandemic, a shameful north-south divide has emerged, in whose continuation even the rich, vaccinated states can have no interest.
If new virus variants were to emerge in the poorer parts of the world, against which the previous vaccines are powerless, then we too would quickly be thrown back into lockdown.
The better vaccine distribution that was promised in Rome should now really be put into practice.
Big CO2 emitters are hesitant
There has been little progress in climate protection, such as the agreements to no longer finance coal-fired power plants and to achieve climate neutrality earlier.
The old lines of conflict reappeared, which will also occupy the world climate conference in Glasgow in the next few days: Large CO2 emitters like China or India are hesitant with reduction targets;
Biden's climate agenda has not yet passed Congress either.
In Germany, where the decarbonization of industry is particularly challenging, the fact that we cannot save the global climate on our own is often ignored.
A wise policy will not only rely on international climate diplomacy, but also on adapting our way of life to rising temperatures.
That too is a task of the century.