The leaders of countries that also account for 60% of the world’s population and almost 80% of greenhouse gas emissions will focus their discussions on the global economic and health situation of the post-coronavirus pandemic under the slogan “People, Planet, Prosperity” proposed by the Italian presidency of the forum, which is also attended by President Alberto Fernández.
The first working session of the leaders will be dedicated today to “Global economy and global health”, before those referred to “Climate change and environment” and “Sustainable development” that will be held tomorrow.
Among the specific issues on which the work of the Heads of State and Government will focus is concern about the climate, translated into the search for a common commitment to decarbonize the economy and reduce the global emission of greenhouse gases until reaching to the “zero emission” commitment that many countries want to establish as of 2050 while meeting resistance from China, sources from the organization told Telam.
The G20 meeting this weekend, in fact, takes place before the start of the COP26 climate summit that, from tomorrow until November 12, will seek to reach global agreements on climate.
Other axes that will be part of the work sessions are the possible introduction of a global tax of 15% to multinationals; the resolution of asymmetries in the distribution of vaccines against the coronavirus and the adoption of global measures to ensure global growth after the pandemic.
Amid tight security measures across Rome, this weekend’s summit marks the first participation of the US president Joe Biden in a G20 to which, however, the leaders of Russia will not participate in person, Vladimir Putin; from China, Xi Jinping; nor those of Mexico, Japan and Saudi Arabia.
The summit will also be the last of the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, who will leave power after 16 years.
Yesterday, before the formal start of the summit, several leaders began the series of bilateral meetings characteristic of international forums.
In that framework, for example, Biden met with Draghi, Mattarella and French President Emmanuel Macron, While the Italian premier in turn held meetings with his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, and with the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres.
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