ABSTRACT
Energy and related issues have been the focus of the leading industrial countries since the first G7 summit in 1975. For the first time, the G7 leaders noted that within energy development, it was important to pay specific attention to environmental protection and population security in energy development. Part of the G7 leader's discussion on the energy issues faced by developing countries reviewed previous decisions and initiatives. In the second half of the 1980s, the G7 viewed energy security through the prism of environmental security. The topic of energy security was chosen by the Russian presidency as one of its three priorities for the 2006 St. Petersburg Summit, the first to be hosted by Russia. The current phase of energy security and climate change negotiations has started in the wake of the global economic and financial crisis, and it is influencing all other sectors of human activities.
