pandemic started italy's prime minister called for aggressive solutions to the climate change prices, mario druggie also, she felt related to prioritize the equitable distribution of cars. 19 vaccines. the condemning is not over. and there are startling disparities in the global distribution of vaccines in i, hank, and i income countries, more than 70 percent of the population has received at least one, those in the poorest ones. this percentage drops to roughly 3 percent. these differences are morally unacceptable and undermine the global recovery. ok, let's speak to our diplomatic editor james base. he's live for us in rome. hello there, james. there's been plenty on the agenda today. what stood out for you the most well, i think the thing that's going to come out of this and these far by far the most important is climate. because it's very deliberate that the g 20 meeting is taking place at the weekend ahead of monday. when the 26 vital climate talks takes place, these leaders will be flying from rome, directly to glasgow. and as the un secretary general has said, all roads to glasgow lead throu

have one seat at the table. meeting with italy's prime minister mario druggie, there is no plan to be. there is no their audience with a g 7 liter days after sunbird skiing criticism that politicians weren't acting with urgency to solve the climate crisis. your pressure is very welcome. we need to be wheat into action. your mobilization has been powerful and rest assured we are listening. hundreds of young environmentalists from around the world gathered here to propose climate solutions directly to global leaders. ahead of the cop 26 summit taking place in scotland and november, world leaders beamed in as to the pope to give backing the delegates or calling for the elimination of all fossil fuels by 2030, a more transparent and equal climate finance system. in climate education for global youth, their proposals will be considered in the next few days at a pre cop meeting here in milan, ahead of the scotland summit, this is only going to be meaningful in the things are changing and governance right now reflect what we are saying, because that's never happened, the process should be wi

james, thank you for your in fact say we're going to cross live now to the italian prime minister mario druggie, who is speaking at that latest summit. let's listen in a to see you. all of you here. after difficult few years for the global community. the pandemic has kept us apart as a deed, we don't, our citizens and even before we faced protection is unilateral is national is but the more we go way the way the, all our challenges, the more it is clear the multilateralism is the best answer to the problems we face today, in many ways it's the only possible answer from the bundle make to climate change. to fair and equitable taxation going it alone. it's simply not an option. we must, we must do all we can to overcome differences. and we must rekindle the spirit that led to the creation of this group almost 2 years since the start of the plan that make, we can finally look at the future with great or with some optim as successful vaccination campaigns and coordinated action from governments and central banks have allowed the global economy to rebound. many of our countries have launched recover

major economies. italy's prime minister has called for aggressive solutions to the climate crisis. mario druggie also urge his follow lead fellow leader as to prioritize the equitable distribution of cobra 19 vaccines. our white house correspondent, kimberly hawkins, is joining us from rome. so of course, climate change, as we've been saying, is a big issue this weekend for these leaders. what are we learning about how much progress has actually been made so far? kimberly well, we're learning that they are getting that one step closer to doing something tangible to reduce global warming. we have obtained the draft language of a communique that is being produced on the final day of this. but this draft language seems to indicate that there is some agreement among the g 20 leaders in order to bring about urgent staffs to reduce global warming by 1.5 degrees celsius . now, as the leaders are very cognizant of the fact that this is a mitigation effort, this is not a solution. still the preliminary language seems to indicate that they've set the table if you will, for the cop $26.00 summit that you a

people, by the way, for their g20, their hospitality, and, congratulate prime minister druggie who did -- prime minister mario draghi during the pandemic for driving broad-based sustainable recovery and tackling the crime -- the climate crisis. we made tangible progress. i am proud that g20 endorsed the global minimum tax, something the u.s. has been driving for for over a year, building momentum to this achievement. this is an incredible win for all of our countries. instead of nations competing against one another to track investments by bottoming out corporate tax rates, this sets a minimum of 15% to ensure that giant corporations begin to pay their fair share no matter where they are headquartered instead of hiding profits overseas. we agreed to establish a fund in the future that is for countries to draw on to help prevent, if necessary, and responded to the next pandemic. to prepare for the next time around. yesterday prime minister johnson and angela merkel and president mccrone came together -- president emmanuel macron came together to agree that diplomacy is the best way to stop iran from developing