The Latest: Greenpeace unfurls ‘G-20: End Coal’ banner
The Latest on the Group of 20 summit (all times local) :
9: 15 a.m.
Activists from the environmental Greenpeace group have scaled a bridge in Hamburg, where the Group of 20 summit is taking place, and unfurled a banner saying, » G-20: End Coal. »
The group said in a statement that 65 activists participated in the protest early Saturday demanding from international G-20 leaders to act quickly to phase out coal and speed up global climate action.
Fighting global warming is one of the major issues on the G-20 agenda, but negotiations are proving to be difficult since the U. S. left the international Paris climate agreement a few weeks ago.
Greenpeace’s Susanne Neubronner said, « the millions of people threatened by climate change or already suffering its impact expect the G-20 leaders to accelerate their efforts to reduce their emissions. »
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8: 55 a.m.
International leaders are set to convene for a second day of talks on global trade, climate change and international terrorism at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg that has been overshadowed by violent riots between anti-globalization activists and police.
The summit’s host, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, said the negotiators, including President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, European and Asian leaders, « still have a great deal of work ahead of them » to formulate the summit’s closing communique planned for Saturday. Merkel told leaders Friday they must be prepared to make compromises as she worked toward a summit outcome that everyone present could accept.
Other the topics on the agenda include the leading economic countries partnership with Africa, migration and heath.
