# 2024 G20 Rio de Janeiro summit

The 2024 G20 Rio de Janeiro summit (Portuguese: Cúpula do G20 Rio de Janeiro 2024) was the nineteenth meeting of Group of Twenty (G20), a Heads of State and Government meeting held at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro from 18–19 November 2024. It was the first G20 summit to be hosted in Brazil. Additionally, It marked the first full G20 summit with the African Union as a member, following its inclusion during the previous summit in 2023.

## Presidency

The Brazilian presidency officially started on 1 December 2023, with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as chair, under its theme being Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet.
The next G20 summit is scheduled to be hosted in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2025.

## Agenda priorities

G20 Brazil set three main agenda priorities for the G20 dialogue in 2024:
* Social inclusion and the fight against hunger
* Energy transition and sustainable development in its social, economic and environmental aspects
* Reform of the global governance institutions
Addressing the G20 countries in India on 10 September 2023, Lula announced the creation of the Global Mobilization Against Climate Change working group, aimed at generating income and reduce inequalities for the people affected by climate change. Another focus of the Brazilian presidency was advocating for comprehensive reform of global institutions, such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and World Trade Organization, in addition to the reforming the United Nations Security Council to enhance the representation and influence of the Global South on the world stage.

### G20 Social

The Brazilian presidency launched the G20 Social, space where for the first time, the organization will bring the civil society into the debate where it can participate and contribute to discussions and policy formulations regarding to the summit.

## Treaty against hunger and poverty

On 24 July 2024, the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty multilateral treaty was drafted by the federal government of Brazil, with the G20 countries and international organizations, to support and accelerate efforts to eradicate hunger and poverty, while reducing inequalities. The ratification by all parties is expected for November 2024 during the leaders summit.

## Preparations

The government of Brazil budgeted R$ 300 million (60 million USD) for the G20 events in 15 cities. For the security of the foreign ministers event in February 21–22, the government has deployed 1,200 security personnel of the Armed Forces and the Federal Police. The Museum of Modern Art in Rio, housing sixteen thousand works of art, the main venue of the summit, underwent a extensive renovation and restoration, budgeted in R$ 40 million (7.6 million USD).
In April, the Police of Rio de Janeiro simulated a terrorist attack against the Christ the Redeemer statue as part of an exercise in preparation for the leaders summit. The Santos Dumont Airport will be closed for the leaders summit, and an aerial exclusion zone will be implemented by the Brazilian Air Force. For the leaders summit, the government has deployed 20,000 security personnel of the Armed Forces and National Force together with eight intelligence centers.

## Issues
### Russia and Ukraine

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for war crimes against Russian president Vladimir Putin. On 9 September 2023, Lula stated that Putin "can attend next year's G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro without fear", adding that "if I'm Brazil's president, and if he comes to Brazil, there's no reason he'll be arrested". His chief foreign policy advisor, Celso Amorim, later confirmed the government's intention to invite Putin to the summit. However, in December 2023, Lula said that Putin could be arrested in Brazil, but that would be decided by Brazil's independent courts, not his government.
On 18 October 2024, President Vladimir Putin announced that he will not go to the summit, "my possible visit would wreck the group's work", stated Putin.

### Other issues

Dialogue on the rising of global temperatures and the principles of the digital economy were among themes of the agenda. The Brazilian presidency also prioritised discussions on the Israel–Hamas war and growing bloc confrontation between the United States and China.
During a speech about fake news, Rosângela Lula da Silva, first lady of Brazil, sweared at Elon Musk, saying: "I'm not afraid of you. Fuck you, Elon Musk" (Eu não tenho medo de você. Inclusive, fuck you, Elon Musk, in Portuguese). Hours later, he wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “They're going to lose the elections soon,” responding to a post with Janja's video.

## Participating leaders

* Argentina Javier Milei, President
* Australia Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister
* Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President (Host)
* Canada Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister
* China Xi Jinping, President
* France Emmanuel Macron, President
* Germany Olaf Scholz, Chancellor
* India Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
* Indonesia Prabowo Subianto, President
* Italy Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister
* Japan Shigeru Ishiba, Prime Minister
* Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, President
* South Korea Yoon Suk-yeol, President
* Russia Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister
* Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Foreign Minister
* South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, President
* Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President
* United Kingdom Keir Starmer, Prime Minister
* United States Joe Biden, President
* European Union Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
* European Union Charles Michel, President of the European Council
* African Union Mauritania Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, 2024 Chairperson of the African Union and President of Mauritania

## Invited guests

* Angola João Lourenço, President guest invitee
* Bolivia Luis Arce, President guest invitee
* Chile Gabriel Boric, President guest invitee
* Colombia Gustavo Petro, President guest invitee
* Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President guest invitee
* Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister guest invitee
* Nigeria Bola Tinubu, President guest invitee
* Norway Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister guest invitee
* Paraguay Santiago Peña, President guest invitee
* Portugal Luís Montenegro, Prime Minister guest invitee
* Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir guest invitee
* Singapore Lawrence Wong, Prime Minister guest invitee
* Spain Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister Permanent guest invitee
* Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan, President guest invitee
* United Arab Emirates Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi guest invitee
* Uruguay Omar Paganini, Foreign Minister guest invitee
* Vatican City Pietro Parolin, Cardinal Secretary of State guest invitee
* Vietnam Phạm Minh Chính, Prime Minister guest invitee

## Participating international organization guests

* African Development Bank Akinwumi Adesina, President
* Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General
* CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean Sergio Díaz-Granados Guida, President
* Financial Stability Board Klaas Knot, Chair
* Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Qu Dongyu, Director-General
* Inter-American Development Bank Ilan Goldfajn, President
* International Labour Organization Gilbert Houngbo, Director-General
* International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director
* New Development Bank Dilma Rousseff, President
* United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General
* United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Audrey Azoulay, Director-General
* United Nations António Guterres, Secretary-General
* World Bank Ajay Banga, President
* World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General
* World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General