“This G20 summit will go down in the history books,” one official told the Bloomberg news service. “But definitely not as a shining example.”
A sudden end to the G20 leaders’ summit has left observers wondering what the meeting achieved, after host country Brazil cancelled the key event meant to sum up its results.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese left the host city of Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday afternoon, local time, in the hope of returning to Canberra on Thursday — after losing a day due to travel — so he can attend question time in parliament.Albanese said his meetings at the G20 and the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation summit had produced results for Australia, amid regular media criticism of prime ministers for travelling overseas.
United States President Joe Biden made it to the final photo, after missing a similar moment the day before. The Brazilian President, known as Lula, cancelled the final press conference two hours after it was scheduled to be held, in a sudden shift from the usual G20 practice of summing up the outcomes.
Lula issued a strong call for action on climate change during the final session with the national leaders, hoping to add momentum to negotiations at a United Nations climate summit that is meant to end this week in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku. The outcome in Rio de Janeiro this week made no commitments about phasing out fossil fuels but talked of increasing climate finance “from billions to trillions” to invest in renewable energy.
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