G20 Brazil 2024

G20 Brazil Summit 2024
G20 Summit will be in Rio de Janeiro 18-19 November
‘Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet’
The G20 Summit represents the conclusion of the work carried out by the country holding the group’s rotating presidency. It is the moment when heads of state and government approve the agreements negotiated throughout the year and point out ways of dealing with global challenges.
The G20 Leaders’ Summit will be held in Rio de Janeiro, with the presence of the leaders of the 19 member countries, plus the African Union and the European Union.

17 November
G20 talks in Rio reach breakthrough on climate finance, sources say
(Reuters) – Diplomatic tensions over global warming spilled over into the G20 summit negotiations in Brazil this week, with sources saying the 20 major economies reached a fragile consensus on climate finance that had eluded U.N. talks in Azerbaijan.
Heads of state arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday for the G20 summit and will spend Monday and Tuesday addressing issues from poverty and hunger to the reform of global institutions. The talks must now also grapple with how to address escalating violence in Ukraine after a deadly Russian airstrike on Sunday.
World looks to G20 in Rio for breakthrough in climate talks
U.N. officials urge G20 leaders to break COP29 stalemate
(Reuters) – Diplomatic tensions over global warming will take center stage at the G20 summit in Brazil this week, as negotiators at U.N. talks in Azerbaijan hit an impasse on climate finance that they hope leaders of the world’s 20 major economies can break.
Heads of state arriving in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday for the G20 summit will spend Monday and Tuesday addressing issues from poverty and hunger to the reform of global institutions. Still, the ongoing U.N. climate talks have thrown a spotlight on their efforts to tackle global warming.
Keir Starmer promises Ukraine will be ‘top of the agenda’ at G20
UK prime minister to meet world leaders at summit in Brazil that Vladimir Putin has declined to attend
Starmer will meet world leaders on Monday at the G20 summit in Brazil, which the Russian president has declined to attend, sending his foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, in his place.
Speaking to reporters en route to the summit, the UK prime minister said it was significant that leaders were gathering almost 1,000 days into Russia’s war and said there had “got to be full support for as long as it takes”, citing the use of North Korean soldiers in the war as a particularly disturbing development.

16 November
G20 Social launches a global call for inclusion, democracy, and governance reforms
The Rio de Janeiro Declaration, emerging from the G20 Social, amplifies the demands of social movements for global justice, the fight against hunger and climate change, and the urgent reform of international governance.
The closing of the G20 Social was marked by emphatic speeches and the presentation of the Rio de Janeiro Declaration, a document prepared in collaboration with social movements from around the world. The event, held alongside the G20 activities, emphasized the urgency of reforming global governance to address contemporary challenges such as climate change, social inequalities, and geopolitical crises.

17 October
What the G20 has decided about bioeconomy – and what this has to do with your life
G20 member countries defined principles to reconcile development and sustainability with solutions based on nature, one of the central agendas in this edition of the Forum. Discussions took place at the G20 Bioeconomy Initiative, proposed by Brasil’s G20 Presidency.
4 October
G20 Ministerial Declaration reaffirms commitment to tackle environmental challenges

4 July
An unprecedented meeting: Sherpa and Finance Tracks meet with Task Forces to conclude proposals for G20 Leaders’ Summit
Meeting of Task Forces proposed by Brasil’s G20 presidency with the forum’s Sherpa and Finance tracks highlighted priorities such as reducing inequalities and combating climate change. …
Representatives from 29 countries and 13 international organizations attended a Sherpas meeting with the Climate and Hunger task forces and the coordinator of the G20 Finance Track, Ambassador Tatiana Rosito. The event highlighted priorities such as reducing inequalities and combating climate change and demonstrated the evolving track integration since the first formal meeting in December 2023, in Brasília.
30 June
Civil 20 Holds Midterm Meeting in Rio Ahead of Sherpas’ Gathering
The G20 Civil Society Engagement Group convenes in Rio de Janeiro to consolidate recommendations for G20 leaders on critical issues, including hunger eradication, just energy transition, gender equality, inclusive economies, and anti-racist initiatives. The event will feature international representatives and officials from Brazilian government ministries.

10 May
G20 Bioeconomy Initiative’s second meeting focuses on dialogue between traditional knowledge and contemporary science
According to a recent international World Business Council for Sustainable Development report, bioeconomy based on ancestral knowledge offers the opportunity of raising trillions of dollars in revenue. The Initiative’s second meeting focused on an unprecedented discussion of the relevance of knowledge—ranging from oral traditions to the most recent advances in contemporary science—to bioeconomy.
The priority of the meeting was discussing the role of science, technology, research, innovation and traditional knowledge to bioeconomy, as part of a multidisciplinary discussion that is aligned with the holistic model already advanced by Brasil’s Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva. This model involves seeking out and implementing solutions that were presented by Silva at the opening of the meeting on Tuesday, in Brasília. Another crucial topic was overcoming the false opposition that has been established between bioenergy, food and food security.