A summit with moderate ambitions. The G20, which brings together the 20 most industrialized countries on the planet, meets on Friday, October 29, in Rome, two days before the opening of COP26 in Glasgow. The President of the Italian Council, Mario Draghi, had wanted in early October that the G20 countries commit “on the need to limit the rise in temperatures to 1.5 ° C”. These states represent 80% of global emissions and display very disparate climate ambitions. Some are aiming for carbon neutrality in 2050, while others do not hope to achieve it before 2060. Follow our live.
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will not be there. This G20 summit in Rome is marked by the absence of the Russian and Chinese presidents. The latter will only intervene by video and he will not attend the COP26 in Glasgow either. The Chinese president has not left his country since January 2020, a symbol of Beijing’s isolation, headlined The world.
Emmanuel Macron and Boris Johnson will talk about fishing licenses. After the ultimatum launched by the French government on Wednesday, tensions between Paris and London are exacerbated around post-Brexit fishing licenses. In this context, “the Prime Minister and President Macron” must meet “quickly on the sidelines of the G20”, said a spokesperson for the British leader.
A Biden-Macron meeting before the summit. This is the first time since the Australian submarine crisis on September 15 that the two heads of state will meet. The President of the United States and his French counterpart have spoken only twice on the phone since the crisis between the two countries erupted.
Towards a “return of multilateralism”? It is in any case the declared will of the head of the Italian government Mario Draghi, who considers that this G20 represents a hope for a return of international cooperation, “after the dark years of isolationism and isolation linked to the health crisis”.