With negotiations on climate finance in Baku at a standstill, leaders are turning to the G20 meeting in Brazil for a breakthrough .

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 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 UN's climate chief urged G20 leaders on Saturday to push COP29 talks towards a deal to raise money for developing nations as diplomats struggled to find common ground in marathon negotiations.Samir Bejanov,

Heads of state arriving in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday for the G20 summit will spend Monday and Tuesday addressing issues from poverty and hunger to the reform of global institutions. Still, the ongoing U.N. climate talks have thrown a spotlight on their efforts to tackle global warming.

U.N. climate chief Simon Stiell appealed for leaders of the Group of 20 nations, which includes the world's biggest economies and top polluters, to weigh in when they meet in Brazil on Monday.

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 United Nations' climate chief urged Group of 20 (G20) leaders on Saturday to push UN climate talks toward a deal to raise money for developing nations as diplomats struggled to find common ground in marathon negotiations.