Brazil has invited Norway to join the team as the country now takes over leadership of the G20’s work. – Brazil has shown great confidence in us by inviting us to contribute to the work of the G20 next year. This reflects the extensive and good cooperation we have and have had with Brazil in many areas over the years, and we look forward to contributing to these efforts, said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
Brazil has invited Norway as one of eight guest countries during Brazil’s chairmanship of the G20 next year. The G20 is a strategic collaboration for countries with the most important economies in the world. This represents a total of 80% of world GDP, 75% of world trade, and about 2/3 of the world’s population.
– We are happy for the opportunity to contribute to the work of the G20. This is an opportunity for Norway to influence important decisions on the big questions of our time. Among other things, the G20 countries are working to address the climate, environmental and energy transition, the fight against poverty and social inequality, and global health issues, said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
For more than 15 years, Norway has collaborated with Brazil to reduce deforestation in the Amazon, and President Lula has made rainforest preservation a top priority for the Brazilian government.
– Brazil said, among other things, Norway’s role in forestry and climate, energy and food security is the reason why we are now invited as a guest country in this central cooperation, said Støre.
The G20 is currently the central international forum for economic cooperation, where developed and developing countries annually coordinate their strategies in many areas.
Brazil has three priorities in its leadership of the G20: fighting hunger, poverty and inequality, energy transition and sustainable development, and reform of multilateral institutions.
Next year there will be a number of working groups on the themes of finance, innovation and sustainability. In addition, Brazil plans more than 20 high-level meetings. This work will lead to a summit in Rio de Janeiro in November 2024. Here, it is hoped that heads of state from all G20 countries and special invitees will participate.
– As a guest country, Norway can participate politically and professionally in all arenas and meeting places covered by G20 cooperation. This will open up unique opportunities to listen and learn, as well as contribute to and influence important processes that we usually don’t have good access to, says Støre.
Fact
- The G20 countries are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States, in addition to EU and AU. The leadership toured between countries.
- The G20 is a strategic multilateral platform that connects countries with the most important economies. The G20 has a strategic role in ensuring future global economic development and growth.
- Collectively, the G20 countries represent 80% of world GDP, 75% of world trade and about 2/3 of the world’s population. G20 countries contribute about 80% of world CO2 emissions.
- G20 countries usually have one or more Sherpas. Sherpa meetings played an important role in leading negotiations and building consensus between the countries’ political leaders.
- At the invitation of the country holding the leadership, international and regional organizations are invited to participate in G20 cooperation, for example the IMF, World Bank, OECD, WHO, WTO, ILO and ASEAN.
- Every year, its chairman invites several guest countries, which fully participate in the work of the G20.
- G20 cooperation is informal, and political decisions taken by the group are not legally binding. The positions agreed within the G20 circle by the relevant countries are sought and sought to be implemented in the relevant international organizations and in a more binding process.
- In connection with the annual G20 Summit, a Summit Declaration has been prepared which summarizes the most important results of the Summit discussions.
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