Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged world leaders to accelerate net-zero efforts on the first day of the G20 summit in India.
He was speaking on the first day of the G20 summit in New Delhi.The prime minister has used a speech at the G20 summit to urge countries to commit to net-zero to lessen the impact of devastating natural disasters.
"Our communities have endured another year of extreme climate impacts," he told world leaders at the summit."Devastating weather events have affected so many nations, including Australia. "We are expanding our capacity to provide the minerals, metals and clean energy components to help decarbonise our region."The global talks come amid rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific and increasing Chinese aggression.Russian President Vladimir Putin has skipped the summit, with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attending in his place.During his speech, Albanese hit out at Russia's invasion, which has been ongoing since early 2022.
Early reports suggest a stalemate on the wording of how to address the Ukraine invasion had delayed agreement on an official communique from the summit, with Russia unlikely to sign off on a condemnation of its military action.
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