World Leaders to Talk Climate at G20
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The world's largest rainforest is viewed as a critical resource in the fight against climate change.
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G20 recognizes the existential risk of climate change.
Climate change and the restart of the global economy will be at the top of the G20 agenda.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned G20 leaders Friday to show "more ambition and more action" and overcome mistrust in order to advance climate goals.
"We are still on time to put things on track, and I think the G20 meeting is the opportunity to do that," Guterres added.
The Italian prime minister, Mario Draghi, has called for a "G20 commitment on the need to restrict temperature rise to 1.5 degrees" over pre-industrial levels, the most ambitious objective set out in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.
Because of its ability to absorb fossil fuel emissions, the world's largest rainforest is viewed as a critical resource in the fight against climate change.
A security force of nearly 5,000 police and soldiers has been mobilized for the summit.
