Acute hunger hits nearly 282 million people as famine looms in Gaza
The number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity has increased every year since 2019.
The Group of 20 is a forum of the world's biggest economies for developing global policies on the most pressing challenges. It includes 19 countries plus the European Union. Together they represent 80 percent of global economic output. The members are: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, China, the E.U., France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey and the United States.
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The number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity has increased every year since 2019.
This year and next mark the countdown to a 2025 deadline for governments to strengthen their carbon-cutting plans.
Non-veto wielding nations have tried for years to reform the U.N.'s post-World War II power structure with little success.
A handful of fossil fuel producing countries and industries show no interest in a strong, restrictive and legally binding instrument.
Emissions must decrease 42% by 2030 to keep the 1.5° target alive. Instead, they're expected to rise 3% by then.
Some 1,475 out of 4,000+ governments and businesses had net zero emissions targets, but "integrity" measures are lacking.
As interest rates soar and the economy slows, the World Bank sees an 'enduring setback' for developing economies due to high interest rates, war in Europe and the pandemic.
At last month's G-20 summit hosted by Indonesia, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa pushed for A.U. membership as a needed step to confront climate change.
Recovering from the nearly three-year COVID-19 pandemic is a priority for the organization along with dealing with climate change, food shortages and inflation.
The G-20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, ended on Wednesday with a leaders’ statement that notes United Nations resolutions deploring Russia's aggression in the strongest terms and calling on the Kremlin to immediately from Ukraine.
Biden and Xi signaled a deal was struck after a three-hour meeting in Bali, Indonesia on the sidelines of a Group of 20 major economies summit. Beijing had suspended climate talks with Washington in August to protest a visit to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California.
Biden and Xi discussed working together on climate, debt relief, health and global food security. and "agreed to empower key senior officials to maintain communication and deepen constructive efforts on these and other issues."
Rising tensions between the United States and China and Myanmar's descent into widespread violence dominated talks among a 10-nation bloc of Southeast Asian leaders.
Indonesia's foreign minister called on top diplomats from the Group of 20 major economies to help end Russia's war in Ukraine "sooner than later."
The world is "sleepwalking" towards ruin as the coronavirus and Russia's war in Ukraine put a 1.5 degrees C. limit further out of reach, the U.N. chief said.
The leaders of Russia and China called on NATO to rule out Eastern European expansion and criticized other security blocs around the Asia Pacific region.