G20 environment chiefs ready fresh bid for climate deals
July 28, 2023 | 17:56
G20 environment ministers in India readied a fresh bid on Thursday to strike deals tackling climate change, days after heavy criticism for failing to agree on cutting fossil fuel use.
Indonesia urges G20 parliaments to address climate change
October 06, 2022 | 16:17
Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Puan Maharani has called on member parliaments of the Group of 20 leading economies (G20) to tackle climate change, which causes severe impacts across the globe.
G20 talks end with pledge to accelerate energy transition
September 05, 2022 | 15:52
G20 energy talks in Bali ended Friday with the world's leading economies pledging to accelerate the transition to cleaner energy, but there was no binding agreement as officials struggle to overcome discord over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
G20 finance talks to end without joint communique: officials
July 16, 2022 | 12:35
A two-day meeting of G20 finance ministers in Indonesia is expected to end Saturday without a joint communique, two officials said, after Russia's war in Ukraine overshadowed proceedings.
'Digging our own graves': COP26 leaders told take climate action
November 01, 2021 | 22:37
World leaders were told to help "save humanity" on Monday at the COP26 climate summit and warned that failure was "immoral" and would sow bitterness for generations.
US to galvanize global 'ambition' on climate: officials
November 01, 2021 | 12:36
The United States is back to leading the world on fighting climate change and President Joe Biden will use a UN summit in Glasgow to energize partners, US officials said.
G20 key for momentum at Glasgow climate meet
October 31, 2021 | 10:00
As nearly 200 nations gather in Glasgow for UN climate talks starting Sunday all eyes are on Rome, where a G20 summit ending the same day will signal how committed the world's major economies are to curbing global warming.
G20 handed roadmap for tackling climate-linked financial risks
July 07, 2021 | 22:57
A leading international finance body on Wednesday urged G20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs to better respond to growing climate-related financial risks, warning of their "far-reaching" impacts.
IMF proposes $50 bn plan to end the pandemic: official
May 21, 2021 | 19:43
The IMF on Friday proposed $50 billion plan to end the Covid-19 pandemic, with a target of vaccinating at least 40 percent of the world's population by the end of 2021.
COVID-19 vaccines create new billionaires
May 21, 2021 | 08:40
At least nine people have become new billionaires thanks to the excessive profits pharmaceutical corporations with monopolies on COVID-19 vaccines are making.
G20 finance chiefs to talk Covid recovery, aid to poor countries
February 26, 2021 | 09:54
G20 finance ministers and central bankers will gather for a video conference led by Italy Friday, hoping to align plans for relaunching the global economy after the coronavirus pandemic and to limit harm to the worst-off nations shut out of the race for vaccines.
G20 eyeing six-month debt relief extension: World Bank's Malpass
October 13, 2020 | 10:37
G20 countries may only approve a six-month debt relief extension amid lagging committment to the pact meant to help poor nations weather the pandemic, World Bank President David Malpass said on Monday.
Global leaders issue G20 call for action to co-ordinate world response to COVID-19
April 09, 2020 | 09:12
A group of world leaders demands the creation of a G20 executive task force and a global conference to co-ordinate a multi-billion dollar coronavirus fund.
Oxfam: Health spending in poor countries must double to prevent millions of deaths
March 30, 2020 | 15:36
Oxfam is working with local partners, ministries of heath, and key UN agencies in 65 poor countries to respond to the coronavirus crisis and help save lives.
Public investment disbursement is an important channel for growth: PM
March 28, 2020 | 11:47
Boosting public investment disbursement is an important channel for the country’s socio-economic growth, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a meeting in Hanoi on March 27 to prepare for a teleconference between the Government and localities on March 31.
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