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By Jan Strupczewski and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - The world s 20 richest countries will commit this weekend to tackling the existential threat of climate change, paving the way for more detailed action at a U.N. climate change summit next week, according to a draft communique seen by Reuters. Leaders of Group of 20, who gather for talks on Saturday and Sunday in Rome, will pledge to take urgent steps to reach the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to the draft. They will then head to Glasgow, Scotland for a crucial United Nations gathering of almost 200 countries, known as COP26 . The landmark 2015 Paris agreement committed signatories to keeping global warming to well below 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels, and preferably to 1.5 degrees. Since then, as extreme weather episodes have intensified and carbon levels in the atmosphere have grown, climate scientists have increasingly emphasised the importance of a 1.5 degree cap to limit the risk of env

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