Heads of state arriving in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday for the G20 summit will spend Monday and Tuesday addressing issues from poverty and hunger to the reform of global institutions. Still, the ongoing U.N. climate talks have thrown a spotlight on their efforts to tackle global warming.

With negotiations on climate finance in Baku at a standstill, leaders are turning to the G20 meeting in Brazil for a breakthrough .

Negotiations were deadlocked Saturday at the midway point of the UN climate summit, with hopes pinned on G20 leaders intervening to strike a critical finance pact at the crunch talks.

With global temperature records being set with regularity and the consequences of climate change becoming increasingly apparent, the United States decided to abandon its leadership position on addressing global climate change by reelecting Donald Trump.

U.S. emissions could jump and the energy transition could take a major hit if the incoming Trump administration rolls back President Joe Biden’s climate policies, modelling analysis shows.