The US and EU have overcome resistance from Australia and Saudi Arabia at the G20 summit to commit the world’s biggest economies to backing a fund to tackle the effects of global warming in poor countries.
In talks described by one EU official as “trench warfare”, G20 leaders also agreed yesterday to urge countries to make promises on their plans to reduce emissions post-2020 as soon as possible.
“We support strong and effective action to address climate change,” said the communiqué, which urges nations to come forward with specific pledges to cut emissions by the first quarter of 2015 ahead of next November’s UN climate change summit in Paris.
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