if you are going for you, mr. storks, december 4th, this is d, w. news live from berlin, and i promise to make sure coronavirus vaccines are distributed fairly, the world's wealthiest leaders say they will pay to make sure poor countries are not left out. that's as a virtual g 20 summit wraps up. it was dominated by the pandemic. and it's 15 years ago today, america accepted the lead role in german politics. just like the many crises she's

faced throughout her career. the so-called mother of germany remains highly popular . i'm going to richardson welcome to the show. leaders of the wealthiest countries have wrapped up an online summit with a pledge to supply covert 1000 vaccines and tests affordably to all the world's people. the virtual gathering of the g. 20 group hosted by saudi arabia, aimed to ease worries that poor countries could be left behind. as the pandemic deepens, divisions between rich and poor climate change and the environment emerged as the other main themes on day 2 of the summit. and u.s. president donald trump defended his decision to pull out of the paris climate accord. meanwhile, german chancellor angela merkel stressed the need to help the poor countries deal with the economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis. this is the 1st time in

a long time. we see an increase in global poverty. we need to act resolutely against this in our meeting today, we therefore stressed the importance of private investments in particular in africa . we stressed the importance of the g 20 compact with africa, which began under the german leadership and is now being continued by the world bank and the international monetary fund. this is the mr. compact with africa. for more, let's turn to christian bird from the bertelsmann foundation. he specializes in international trade. so top of the agenda at this year's, the g. 20 was of course a supporting economic growth after a global downturn caused by 19. what steps can these leaders actually take, and indeed, what steps should they take to many of us? so i think the expectations were that ideally the leaders would be doing $36.00

fold a guy up for the financing of the relaunch, activate all the engines to relaunch the global economy and deal with the problem. financing constraints in the developing emerging deal with climate fall out of it. right now, the g 20 leaders are also calling for vaccines to be distributed a fairly and cheaply. and of course, with intense demand for vaccines. and the high political stakes of diverting vaccines in their home countries. do you think these leaders will really be able to achieve that? so i would say to the houses, the glass is half full. they have pledged that they will fill the financing gap. they haven't made as far as i'm aware, any concrete commitments to how much they will pay. so there is hope that we will eventually.