EXTERNAL ACTION / G20

Insufficient for EU, status quo at 19 on climate change at least saves Paris Agreement

Brussels, 01/07/2019 (Agence Europe)

The Osaka G20 summit ended on the morning of Saturday 29 June with a 19-party agreement - without the United States - confirming the commitment of the world's 19 largest economies to fully implement the Paris Agreement on climate change, a minimalist result, insufficient for the EU, but which at least has the merit of maintaining the status quo compared to the G20 summits of Buenos Aires and Hamburg(see EUROPE B12285A9).

This G20 has shown the failure of the United States to convince other...