PM Modi at G7: Calls for United Fight Against Terror, Emphasises Global South, Green Energy & Responsible AI

Dipanjan Mondal

18 June, 2025:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the Outreach Session of the G7 Summit today in Kananaskis. He spoke on the theme "Energy Security: diversification, technology and infrastructure to ensure access and affordability in a changing world." 

PM Modi thanked Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for the invitation and congratulated the G7 group on reaching 50 years of its journey. In his speech, the Prime Minister noted that energy security is one of the biggest challenges for future generations. He highlighted India’s approach, emphasizing that the country’s energy strategy is based on four key principles: availability, accessibility, affordability, and acceptability. 

He also mentioned that even while India remains the fastest-growing major economy, it has met its Paris climate commitments ahead of schedule. He reaffirmed India’s commitment to a greener, sustainable future and outlined several global initiatives led by India. These include the International Solar Alliance, the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, the Global Biofuels Alliance, Mission LiFE, and the One Sun-One World-One Grid initiative. He encouraged the international community to unite and strengthen these efforts.

The Prime Minister expressed that uncertainty and conflicts in various parts of the world have had a debilitating impact on the countries of the Global South, and India took it as its responsibility to make the voice of the Global South heard at the world stage. He underlined that it was important for the world to understand the priorities and concerns of the Global South if the international community was serious about a sustainable future. Emphasising security challenges, he called upon countries to strengthen the global fight against terrorism. 

Thanking the global community for their strong support to India in its fight against terrorism, he expressed that the Pahalgam terror attack was not just an assault on India but on the entire humanity. He called for strict action against countries that support and promote terrorism. He further noted that there should be no double standards in dealing with terrorism and those who support terrorism should never be rewarded. Calling terrorism a grave threat to humanity, the Prime Minister put forth pressing questions for the international community to ponder over :

-Will countries understand the grave threat posed by terrorism only when they become a target?

-How can perpetrators of terror and its victims be equated?

-Will global institutions be mute spectators to terrorism?

Prime Minister also spoke on the nexus between technology, AI and energy. Noting that while AI has become a critical tool to promote efficiency and innovation, the technology itself is energy-intensive, it was important to strategize how to make it sustainable through clean and green initiatives. 

Elaborating on India’s human-centric approach to promoting technology, he noted that any technology to be effective must bring value to the lives of common people. He suggested that addressing AI-related global governance issues was key to tackling the concerns of AI and to promoting innovation in the field. He underlined that in the age of AI, it was important to have secured and resilient supply chains of critical minerals. Prime Minister further stated that quality and diverse data, which abounds in India, is critical for responsible AI.