The world's most developed economies have also burned the most oil and coal (fossil fuels) over the years, causing the most climate change damage. Preventing further climate change means a global ...

Brazil leads the G20 in renewable electricity generation with 89% of its power coming from renewable sources, primarily hydro, solar, and wind. Canada and Germany follow Brazil with 66% and 58% of ...

Much pressure has been placed on the Group of 20 countries meeting this week, to map a way forward to respond to the global economic crisis while ensuring they can keep their promises to developing ...

The Group of Twenty (G20), a collection of twenty of the world’s largest economies formed in 1999, was conceived as a bloc that would bring together the most important industrialized and developing ...

The G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro kicked off on Monday with an unexpected breakthrough as members issued a final declaration on the first day of talks, though it only included broad statements on the ...

Why is the G20 so important in efforts to limit global warming? The G20 group accounts for 67% of the world’s population, 85% of global gross domestic product, and 75% of global trade. The member ...

Sven Teske receives funding from the European Climate Foundation and Power Shift Africa (PSA). Saori Miyake receives funding from European Climate Foundation and Power Shift Africa. The world’s most ...