Which key issues are set to dominate the G20 summit?

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The G20 leaders’ summit is underway with climate finance, conflicts and inequality set to dominate talks.   Our correspondent Paulo Cabral reports on the key issues on the agenda in Brazil.

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00:00Well, now the G20 Summit is actually underway. We're following everything here from the International Media Center.

00:07Let me show you hundreds of journalists working here.

00:10And on that screen, you see there, we've just seen the speech of the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,

00:16in the opening session. And what he did actually, his first opening session was particularly dedicated to launching

00:22the Global Alliance Against Hunger, Against Poverty, which is one of the key initiatives of Brazil in this G20 Summit.

00:31As you know, Brazil is presiding the summit this year, and there are three main axes that Brazil has proposed.

00:37One of them, the fight against inequality and poverty. The other one is promoting sustainable development,

00:42particularly transition to clean energy. And the third one, a reform of global governance that includes

00:49the financial institutions like the IMF, like the World Bank, and also political institutions such as United Nations,

00:56and particularly the Security Council. And reform of the global governance is what is expected to dominate the discussions this afternoon.

01:06So we had in the morning, discussions are happening now about the fight against poverty, against hunger,

01:12and then in the afternoon, reform of the global governance.

01:15And most likely for tomorrow, discussions will focus on sustainable development.

01:20Leaders from all over the world are already here in this venue in Rio de Janeiro.

01:24We've seen the arrival of the Chinese President Xi Jinping, also of the U.S. President Joe Biden.

01:30And now in Rio de Janeiro, all these discussions are going.

01:33We are following all of it here from the International Media Center in Rio de Janeiro.

01:38Paulo, thank you for that. Our correspondent Paulo Cabral in Rio.

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