Rio de Janeiro, November 18, [pdf]. We, the Leaders of the G20, met in Rio de Janeiro on November to address major global challenges and crises and promote strong, sustainable, balanced, and inclusive growth.
We gather in the birthplace of the Sustainable Development Agenda to reaffirm our commitment to building a just world and a sustainable planet, while leaving no one behind. We reaffirm the role of the G20 as the premier forum for international economic cooperation. Together, we share a collective responsibility for the effective stewardship of the global economy, fostering the conditions for sustainable, resilient and inclusive global growth.
We remain committed to support developing countries in responding to global crises and challenges and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. We live in times of major geopolitical, socioeconomic, and climate and environmental challenges and crises, which require urgent action.
The G20 is well suited to address those challenges through much needed international cooperation and political drive. As Leaders of the G20, we recognize that the crises we face do not affect the world equally, disproportionally burdening the poorest and those already in vulnerable situations. We recognize that inequality within and among countries is at the root of most global challenges that we face and is aggravated by them.
We will accelerate our efforts and reaffirm our strong commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals. The world requires not only urgent action, but also socially just, environmentally sustainable and economically sound measures.
