Back on track with targets like ending extreme poverty and tacking climate change. And president s and Prime Ministers will take the opportunity to seize the global spotlight including us President Joe Biden who arrived On Sunday Evening in new york. To talk about all of this and what we can expect from the week ahead, im joined now from new york by michael bociurkiw, Global Affairs analyst and Non Resident Seniorfellow at the atlantic council. Lets talk about who is not going to be there, rishi sunak, emmanuel macron, and modi, xi jinping. Quite a list. What do you make of those absences . Quite a list indeed. Un Secretary General laid it down and says this isnt a chauffeur vanity fair. Show for vanity fair. Id more leaders are using that excuse, that they are very busy, so they are sure show up in certain summits. In the case of rishi sunak, if reporting is to be believed, he is not only very busy but afraid to be called out at the un Climate Summit for not performing well enough on
Were prepared to do whatever we have to do, so, the membership is ready, the membership is fed up. Were fed up with falling behind. Its been decades of falling behind and especially this past decade, in the most wealthiest times of the history of these companies, there is no excuse, these companies have made a quarter of a trillion dollars in the last ten years. 21 billion in the last six months alone. And our workers wages and conditions have gone backwards police. Police in Southern China say theyve detained some staff at the Wealth Management unit of embattled Property Developer evergrande. The identity of those whove been taken by authorities and the charges that they might be facing are unclear at this stage. Evergrande is at the centre of a crisis in chinas Property Sector which has seen a string of Debt Defaults since late 2021. Focusing on the Business Calendar which this week is heavy with central bank meetings. Taking a look at what were looking ahead to. On wednesday, Chinas
Was consensual and until now, had refused to step down despite being suspended by footballs international governing body, fifa. Heres our correspondent in spain, guy hedgecoe. Quiz Ruby Luis Rubiales has finally stepped down after that kiss he gave a Jenni Hermoso at the world cup final. In a statement that he put on social media the world cup final. In a statement that he put on social media to the world cup final. In a statement that he put on social media to explain the world cup final. In a statement that he put on social media to explain his the world cup final. In a statement that he put on social media to explain his resident nation, he said that he was innocent, that he was the victim of persecution. However he said he felt that it was best for Spanish Football, for him to step down and he didnt expect to be able to remain in his post much longer anyway. He had been under a tremendous amount of pressure, partly from the fifa, world footballs governing body, which had suspended
Indias glitzy 620 presidency ending with the gavel handed over to brazil. Applause. The groups joint declaration applause. The groupsjoint declaration avoided condemning russias war in ukraine but the inclusion of the African Union into the grouping was seen as a major achievement. I think this is a really good move and again, india should be complemented for championing it. But they got support from the other countries. The 620 vowed to trickle Renewable Energy capacity and scale up financing for billions to trillions of dollars. This even as the hundred billion dollars promised by the western countries every year to help developing countries mitigate Climate Impact is still nowhere in sight. 620 now has its own mechanism on Climate Finance so does that mean that the hundred billion dollars promised from the west of the developed countries is pretty much dead now . I dont think it is a question of are you writing off this hundred billion that was promised earlier and now that youve co
for a summit this weekend. countries in the 620 work group of 20 as they are called to account for about 85% of global economic output and 75% of trade. the indian capital has been spruced up and security is tight. my colleague is there tracking the summit and sent us a preview of this high profile event. here in new delhi, the countdown to the 620 summit has begun. earlier this morning when i came into the centre of new delhi from the airport i saw at least 100, including modi, right at the front of the centre of them welcoming delegates into this country. this is clearly a big dealfor india. the city of delhi has been sent into a three day public holiday with security beefed up and traffic completely restricted for the event. there is a lot that these leaders will have on their agenda over the weekend. everything from climate finance and debt relief for some of the worlds poorest countries to think such countries to things such as regulation of emerging technologies like ar