Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva inaugurated the Group of 20 summit on Monday, November 18.
As per Reuters, he unveiled a global alliance to tackle poverty and hunger, which has gained the support of 81 countries.
During the two day talks at the Modern Art Museum in Rio de Janeiro, G20 leaders focused on a changing global order as US President-elect Donald Trump ready to return to power.
In his opening speech, Lula emphasised the severe devastation caused by climate change and also urged the leaders to take action against global warming and poverty.
Lula said, “Hunger and poverty are not the result of scarcity or natural phenomena ... they are the product of political decisions.”
Their talks on trade, climate change and international security will be challenged by the US major policy changes that Trump has promised to implement when he takes office, including tariffs and a commitment to negotiate a solution to the war in Ukraine.
The alliance that he introduced to coordinate global efforts to eliminate hunger and poverty is supported by the African Union and European Union, international organizations, development banks and philanthropies including the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Just before the summit began, a Brazilian army patrol came under gunfire near a Rio de Janeiro slum. Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident.
