The Government of Brazil admitted this Sunday that some G20 countries are objecting to issues that had already been agreed at the ministerial level on climate change and the tax on the super-rich, which would be addressed at the Summit that the leaders of the forum will have on Monday and Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro.
“Now that the time has come for all the efforts made so far (in ministerial statements) be included in the leaders’ declaration, we have some objecting to issues linked to the climate agenda, to the financing agenda and, especially, to the tax on the super-rich,” said the Brazilian Minister of the Environment, Marina Silva, in statements to journalists.
Although she did not mention the countries that resist such agreements, the renowned environmental leader cited press reports that point to Argentina as the one that has made the agreements the most difficult due to a hardening of the position of the president of that country. Javier Milei.
Marina Silva said that, despite the objections, the Brazilian Government is willing to “work until the last minute” to reach documents that are approved by consensus by the presidents and prime ministers of the world’s largest economies.
According to the minister, Under the Brazilian presidency, the G20 made progress this year, at least at the ministerial level, in important consensuses on issues such as the reform of multilateral development banksfinancing for climate change mitigation and even a mention of the need for the rich to contribute fairly to the payment of taxes.
The G20 Summit may be another of the meetings of multilateral organizations tarnished by the Argentine president’s position against climate and gender issues provided for in the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Argentina refused to sign a ministerial declaration on female empowerment within the G20 and withdrew on the third day of the COP29 climate summit in Baku.
Nor did it subscribe to the agreements adopted on women, strengthening democracy and sustainable development, at the XXIX Ibero-American Summit.which was held last week in Ecuador.
In the ministerial meetings prior to the G20 summit, a consensus had been reached to expand financial flows aimed at combating the climate crisis, for which it will be proposed to strengthen the role of multilateral banks.
Likewise, support had been achieved from all countries for the commitment to triple the global capacity of renewable energies until 2030 and to promote ecological transformation through economic tools such as the bioeconomy, which promotes the sustainable use of natural resources. EFE
