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New Delhi, As the world's top leaders assembled here for the <keyword id="42982" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="g20-summit" source="Orion">G20 Summit</keyword>, they called for an urgent need to tackle various challenges before the globe including on the climate front. UK Prime Minister <keyword id="221875" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="rishi-sunak" source="Orion">Rishi Sunak</keyword> said the G20 leaders came together for the first time 15 years ago to restore global growth after the financial crisis. "We (now) meet at a time of enormous challenges -- the world is looking to the G20 once again to provide leadership. Together I believe we can address these challenges," he said. Brazilian President <keyword id="12083056" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="luiz-inacio" source="Orion">Luiz Inacio</keyword> Lula da Silva said during his country's G20 presidency, it will launch a Task Force for Global Mobilisation against Climate Change. "We want to reach COP 30, in 2025, with a climate agenda balanced between mitigation, adaptation, loss and damage and financing, ensuring the sustainability of the planet and the dignity of people," he said. He said Brazil hopes to count on everyone's engagement so that the beauty of the Earth is not just a "photograph seen from space". South African President <keyword id="238505" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="cyril-ramaphosa" source="Orion">Cyril Ramaphosa</keyword> said "we are delighted" that the G20 has accepted the African Union as a member of the grouping. "Global reconstruction in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic presents a unique opportunity to accelerate the transition to low-carbon, climate resilient, sustainable societies," he said. Developing economies, he said, are bearing the brunt of climate change, despite carrying the least responsibility for this crisis. "As African and other developing economy countries, we face the task of meeting our climate commitments in the midst of significant developmental challenges like poverty, inequality and unemployment," he observed. Climate change, environmental degradation, unsustainable consumption and production and resource scarcity are challenges that can only be addressed collectively and with a great deal of solidarity, he felt. "South Africa calls for an enhanced and expanded global partnership for Sustainable Development," he said. "This must be supported by the concrete policies and actions outlined in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development," he asserted. Indonesian President Joko Widodo said before joining the leaders of the G20 countries and heads of international organisations who had arrived, we took a group photo. The background of the photo is the wheel that is the icon of the Kornark Sun Temple, a part of the UNESCO world heritage site. Saturday's first session of the G20 India Summit raised a topic with the theme One Earth, he noted. European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said climate change is man-made. "So it means we can address it. For this we need innovation, investments in green technologies, renewable energy capacity and energy efficiency. This requires more investments". "At the G20, I invited leaders to join the call for global carbon pricing. In a more fragmented world, the G20's role as a forum to address global challenges is vital. The Delhi Summit, under the strong stewardship of PM <keyword id="6354477" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="narendra-modi" source="Orion">Narendra Modi</keyword>, will therefore be instrumental," she said. The EU, she said, will do its utmost to make it a success.

G20 leaders call for sustainable growth, addressing climate challenge

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Russia needs a lot of ammo supplies to sustain its offensives in Ukraine, a NATO official said.</li><li>It's already turned to allies like Iran and North Korea to help replenish its stocks.</li></ul>Russia needs "significant" ammo supplies from countries other than Iran and North Korea in order to sustain its offensives in Ukraine, a senior NATO official said, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-lacks-munitions-troops-big-ukraine-offensive-says-nato-official-2024-07-09/">per Reuters</a>.The unnamed official shared NATO intelligence with reporters ahead of the military alliance's annual summit in Washington, DC."To sustain real offensive operations, we think that Russia would have to secure significant ammunition supplies from countries beyond what it is already getting from Iran and from North Korea," they said, per Reuters.Russia has turned to allies like North Korea and Iran to replenish its <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-desperate-need-for-weapons-ukraine-win-for-north-korea-2023-9">dwindling</a> ammunition stockpiles as its troops launch <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/grinding-russian-offensive-reflects-putin-stated-war-plan-attrition-experts-2024-6">grinding offensives</a> in Ukraine and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-fires-7k-rounds-a-day-russia-fired-60k-early-in-2023-report-2023-9">burn</a> through artillery shells.While the total amount of ammo the two countries have sent to Russia is unclear, South Korea's defense minister <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/north-korean-arms-factories-full-tilt-russias-war-south-korea-2024-2">said</a> in February that North Korean weapons factories were "operating at full capacity" making arms and ammunition for Russia.He also said it had sent 6,700 containers to Russia since last August.Meanwhile, Iran sent 300,000 artillery shells to Russia in 2023, an unnamed NATO official told <a target="_blank" href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/10/politics/russia-artillery-shell-production-us-europe-ukraine/index.html">CNN</a> in March.Russia has also ramped up its own production.According to an <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-producing-shells-three-times-faster-cheaper-ukraines-allies-report-2024-5">analysis</a> by consulting firm Bain &amp; Company, reported by Sky News in May, Russia's armaments industry is expected to make or refurbish 4.5 million artillery shells this year — three times more than Ukrainian allies' 1.3 million expected shells.However, even help from Iran and North Korea won't be enough for Russia to sustain offensive operations on the battlefield in Ukraine, according to the NATO official.In addition to munition problems, Russia also faces a lack of manpower on the battlefield after its army suffered "very high" losses in Ukraine, the NATO official said, meaning it can't mount a large-scale offensive."Vladimir Putin would have to order a new large-scale mobilization," the official said, per Reuters, adding that Russia is having to "order undermanned, inexperienced units to move into areas to achieve unrealistic objectives."

Russia needs 'significant' ammo from countries beyond Iran and North Korea to sustain Ukraine offensives, NATO official says

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Inflation and energy security are likely to dominate the <keyword id="12291555" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="g7-summit" source="Orion">G7 summit</keyword> at the expense of climate action.</li><li>President Joe Biden called for a gas-tax holiday while some European countries revert to coal.</li></ul>In 2007, then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel <a href="https://www.spiegel.de/international/eu-summit-in-brussels-europe-divided-over-how-to-reach-climate-goals-a-470612.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">laid out the climate crisis this way</a>: "It is not five minutes to midnight. It's five past midnight."It seems <keyword id="11892705" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="germany" source="Orion">Germany</keyword> will need a few more minutes. When Europe's largest economy took over the <keyword id="11922736" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="g7" source="Orion">G7</keyword> presidency earlier this year, <a href="https://www.deutschland.de/en/germanys-g7-presidency-in-2022" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">the climate crisis was its top priority</a>. Now, Russia's war in Ukraine has pushed energy security and energy prices to the top of the agenda — likely at the expense of the climate — for a G7 gathering that kicks off Sunday at a luxury resort in the Bavarian Alps."A rethink has arisen because Putin is cutting off major supplies of gas exports," said John Kirton, the director of <a href="http://www.g7.utoronto.ca/about/index.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">the G7 and G20 Research Group</a> managed by the University of Toronto. "The clear and present danger the G7 summit has to address is inflation and curbing gas prices at the pump." Germany, the Netherlands, and Austria <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/germany-coal-power-plants-russia-cuts-natural-gas-climate-energy-2022-6" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">are reverting to coal-fired power</a> to fill a gap left by Russia's state-controlled energy company, Gazprom, which cut natural-<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-cuts-gas-supply-germany-siemens-equipment-stuck-canada-sanctions-2022-6" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">gas flows</a> to Germany by about 60% last week. It's a step backward because coal is <a href="https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/natural-gas/natural-gas-and-the-environment.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">more polluting</a> than natural gas. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also said <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/23/africa/olaf-scholz-african-tour-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">he wants to pursue</a> gas projects in Senegal.Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden called on Congress to enact <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/21/biden-gas-tax-holiday-00041244" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">a federal gas-tax holiday</a>. He's also pushing domestic and international oil majors to pump more.These actions are at odds with <a href="https://www.g7germany.de/resource/blob/974430/2044350/84e380088170c69e6b6ad45dbd133ef8/2022-05-27-1-climate-ministers-communique-data.pdf?download=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">promises that G7 environment ministers made</a> at a May meeting, including ending financing for foreign fossil-fuel projects by year's end and domestic subsidies by 2025; largely cleaning up electricity grids by 2035; and phasing out "unabated" coal power — production that isn't paired with carbon capture and storage technology.Political leaders say the pauses are temporary. The German government <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-germany-olaf-scholz-berlin-98aa60dc77001fd49724126da021da5f" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">told reporters on Monday it can keep its promise</a> to phase out coal by 2030 — a target other Group of 7 nations like Japan and the US have been resistant to agree to. But Kirton said greater assurances are needed. "G7 leaders should agree on quantitative measures and timetables for how temporary this will be," he said. "If it's just a few months to shore up energy supplies through the end of the year, OK. But if it's longer than that, this will be another setback."Kirton said one promising sign is Indonesia's attendance at the G7. The country was the world's <a href="https://www.iea.org/reports/coal-2020/trade" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">largest exporter of coal</a> by tonnage in 2019 and needs financing from wealthier nations to transition to renewables. One model is a partnership <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/cs/ip_21_5768" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">announced with South Africa last year</a>. The European Union, the UK, and the US committed an initial $8.5 billion to South Africa's effort to ditch coal. Geopolitical upheaval and rising inflation have underscored the urgency of investing in clean energy, said María Mendiluce, the CEO of the <a href="https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">We Mean Business Coalition</a>, a network of nonprofits and corporations.The coalition supports policies such as eliminating coal, pushing electric-vehicle adoption, and putting a price on carbon. Such measures could <a href="https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/policy/the-economic-opp%E2%80%A6nergy-transition/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">create nearly 2 million jobs</a> by 2025 across G7 countries, according to research by We Mean Business and Cambridge Econometrics. By 2035, the average person in these countries could save 45%, or $825, per year on energy bills."For a politician, I think the case for the transition to clean energy is super clear," Mendiluce said. "It reduces energy bills, creates millions of jobs, and brings more energy security because renewable sources take away some geopolitical pressure."

Wealthy nations are undercutting their climate pledges ahead of the G7 summit in Germany. They're worried about energy prices and energy security.

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