What antibiotics will be able to effectively treat infectious diseases in the future? How can we better combat diseases that predominantly afflict people in the world’s poorest regions? What measures could provide sustainable solutions for the use and protection of our oceans? These are the questions addressed by the science academies of the G7 states.

Their statements were handed over to Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel on 29 April 2015 during a dialogue forum and published. Then, alongside the academies of the states Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, Canada and the United States science academies from Russia, India and Africa contributed to the discussions.