G20 says climate threat ‘urgent, critical’, offers modest steps
G20 leaders offer mild pledges on net-zero emissions and coal financing, leaving uphill task for COP26.
From left, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pose in front of the Trevi Fountain during an event for the G20 summit in Rome, Sunday, October 31, 2021.