By Jake Spring and Lisandra Paraguassu RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -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.

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.

G20 sherpas leading the talks in Rio have tried to avoid discussing the wars in advance meetings all year. Now diplomats say they plan to limit any text to a general paragraph bas

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.

The U.N.'s climate chief called on leaders of the world's biggest economies on Saturday to send a signal of support for global climate finance efforts when they meet in Rio de Janeiro next week. The plea,