
Leaders of the Group of 20 countries met in Rome for two days to discuss strategies to combat climate change and a pandemic recovery, which has erected a rich-poor divide. With world leadersdiscussing several global issues, Climate change dominated their conference.
This was the first in person meeting of world leaders in two years. The key agendas of the meeting were climate change, the Covid pandemic, a landmark tax pact, and concerns about the globaleconomy.
Leaders agreed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels, pledged action against toxic coal plants, but fell short of a zero-emissions objective.
India, on the other hand, has requested developed nations who have "reaped the benefits of energy" to accelerate their transition to net zero so that emerging economies can usesome "carbon space" to boost growth.
G20 Summit highlights
The G20 will "put an end to the provision of international public finance for new unabated coal power generation overseas by the end of 2021," read a statement referring to fossilfuels whose emissions have not been filtered.