Ministers and environment officials from the G20 group on Wednesday discussed measures to mitigate the impact of the climate crisis, including financial and technological initiatives, at a meeting on the Indonesian island of Bali.

"There was a space session on finance, how sustainable finance can contribute to solving climate crises," Indonesia's Environment Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar told Lusa.

She said that the meeting discussed the protection of ecosystems to reduce the impact of the climate crisis and the efforts needed to reduce pollution and gas emissions.

Bakar recalled the urgency for countries to collaborate so that temperatures do not reach 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels, as advised in the Paris Treaty, so that extremely destructive disasters due to climate change do not occur.

The Indonesian minister did not mention the final statement, suggesting that there was no consensus, which has already happened at recent G20 foreign and finance ministers' meetings in July.

The meeting on Wednesday was attended by 362 delegates, including 17 ministers and 11 deputy ministers, of whom 330 presented in person and another 32 virtually.

Among those present, among others, were US Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry and Chinese Deputy Environment Minister Zhao Yingmin, as well as the Indian Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, the Australian Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek, and the European Commissioner for the Environment Virginijus Sinkevicius.

The G20 plans to hold a leaders' summit in Bali in November, which will be marked by the possible presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has confirmed that he will attend the meeting.

If Putin makes it to the summit, it will be the first time he will sit in the same room with other leaders of the United States and Europe, who have sharply criticized the war in Ukraine and approved sanctions against Russia.

The G20 is made up of Germany, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, South Korea, the United States, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Russia, South Africa, and Turkey, as well as the European Union.