MILANO – “Businesses and governments should work together to tackle climate change. The G20 countries are responsible for 75% of global emissions.” He said it Mario Draghi at Summit B20. “The Italian presidency of the G20” works for a “collective” commitment. “We need large-scale private finance, along with more public investment, to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy. Businesses are right at the heart of the ecological transition. You will have to change your manufacturing structure, adapt to new ones. sources of energy and governments are ready to support you “.
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by Tommaso Ciriaco, Emanuele Lauria
“Thanks to vaccines, the end of the pandemic is finally in sight”
Draghi in his speech recalled the contribution offered by vaccines in the restart of the economy. “We have now administered more than 6 billion doses of vaccines worldwide. Our joint efforts have helped us keep the pandemic under control in many countries and give us hope that its end is finally in sight.”
“Stop protectionism on health products”
“We need to tackle protectionism on health products. This is essential to make sure we have the tools to fight this pandemic and prevent future ones. We need to defend the free movement of vaccines and the raw materials needed to produce them. I am confident that the G20 summit will Rome at the end of October will reach a strong commitment to reform the WTO “, the World Trade Organization, said Draghi. “The Italian presidency of the G20 is working to preserve and strengthen an effective rules-based multilateral trading system within the WTO.”
Yellen: “Continue with the economic stimulus”
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen also attended the summit. One of the priorities for the G20 is “to secure an inclusive global recovery” and for this reason “I encouraged the other major economies to continue with the economic stimulus, especially in the face of uncertainties for the economic scenario created by the new variants” of Covid- 19, he said in his speech.
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