G20: Leaders seek consensus on climate, economy and COVID-19 vaccines
2021-10-31 08:19:19 source:CGTN
October 30, 2021
Leaders from the world's 20 leading economies are meeting in Rome for their first in-person G20 summit on Saturday since the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting hopes to find a way forward on climate change and vaccine equality.
"From the pandemic to climate change, to fair and equitable taxation, going it alone is simply not an option," G20 host and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi told the assembled group of leaders ahead of the closed-door meeting.
Draghi said that G20 countries should ensure that 70 percent of the global population is vaccinated against COVID-19 by mid-2022.
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