(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Riyadh, November 22, 2020, SPA -- A number of G20 leaders stressed the importance of the joint action to safeguard the planet, address climate change and preserve the environment in order to achieve a carbon-free world.
During the second side event on Safeguarding the Planet on the sidelines of G20 Leaders' summit, the Prime Minister of Italy, Professor Giuseppe Conte, said in a speech that the next G20 leaders' summit 2021, to be held in Italy, will seek to enable ambitious, forward-looking agreements within the framework of the Rio conventions (3) on biodiversity, climate change and desertification and the impact of the epidemic on social and economic systems.
He added that in our capacity as chair of the next G20 summit, we will focus on climate energy relations and on how to achieve a rapid transition to a carbon-free future and the basis for the natural economy.
He stressed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's proposal for the carbon circular economy approach would play a significant role in the transition.
"The urgent need to reduce emissions is inevitable. This should be the focus of all efforts to combat climate change," he added.
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