Diplomatic tensions over global warming will take center stage at the G20 summit in Brazil this week, as negotiators at U.N. talks in Azerbaijan hit an impasse on climate finance that they hope leaders of the world's 20 major economies can break.

G20 Summit Focuses on Global Warming Leaders from the world’s largest economies gathered in Rio for G20 Summit this week to tackle pressing global issues. Among topics like poverty and hunger, climate change emerged as the main point of contention.

Diplomatic tensions over global warming will take centre stage at the G20 summit in Brazil this week. Heads of state arriving in Rio de Janeiro on

The plea, made in a letter to G20 leaders from top U.N. climate official Simon Stiell, comes as negotiators at the COP29 conference in Baku struggle for a deal intended to scale up money to address the worsening impacts of global warming.

The UN's climate chief urged G20 leaders on Saturday to push COP29 talks towards a deal to raise money for developing nations as diplomats struggled to find common ground in marathon negotiations.Samir Bejanov,

Diplomatic tensions over global warming will take centre stage at the G20 summit in Brazil as negotiators at United Nations talks in Azerbaijan hit an impasse on climate finance they hope leaders of the world's 20 major economies can break.