Blitz Bureau
G20 leaders adopted the Rio de Janeiro Declaration – calling for action on climate change and wars in Ukraine and West Asia – at its 19th Summit in the Brazilian city, on November 19.
The declaration is aimed at addressing major global challenges and crises and promote strong, sustainable, and inclusive growth. It called for an enlarged Security Council composition that improves the representation of the underrepresented and unrepresented regions and groups.
The declaration condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. Expressing deep concern about the situation in the Gaza Strip and the escalation in Lebanon, the declaration emphasised on the urgent need to expand the flow of humanitarian assistance and to reinforce the protection of civilians.
It called for peaceful resolution of conflicts and efforts to address crises with diplomacy and dialogue, and reaffirmed the strong commitment to multilateralism, especially in light of the progress made under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement.
Earlier, the COP29 presidency launched Reducing Methane from Organic Waste Declaration, with over 30 states amongst the initial signatories. These states, representing 47 pc of global methane emissions from organic waste, declared their commitment to set sectoral targets to reducing emissions. They include seven of the world’s 10 largest organic waste methane emitters. The signatories committed to launching concrete policies and roadmaps to meet these sectoral methane targets.
The declaration, developed with the UNEP-convened Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), builds on the work of previous COPs by supporting the implementation of the 2021 Global Methane Pledge (GMP), launched at COP26.
