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'This has been the most ambitious presidency in the history of G20': Sherpa Amitabh Kant
India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant also said that this has been the most ambitious presidency in the history of G20

India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant addressed a press conference on Saturday and said that the G20 Declaration without any footnote or chair's summary, demonstrates India's ability to bring everybody to the same table.He added, "I think one of the biggest achievements of this New Delhi leaders' declaration is what we've achieved on women-led development, with a massive focus on women empowerment and gender equality... There's a huge focus on gender-inclusive climate action. There's a completely big focus on women's food security, nutrition and well-being. And we've created a new working group on empowerment of women, which Brazil will carry forward.""The key achievements include, we have achieved a green development pact...every single country has come together to focus on green development pact which has financing, which has focus on global greenhouse gas emission by 43% by 2030, which has a doubling provision of adapting finance by 2025, which has a global biofuel alliance..." he said."On the Russia-Ukraine crisis, India worked very closely with Brazil, South Africa, and Indonesia. Emerging markets played a very key role," he said.Amitabh Kant also said, "This has been the most ambitious presidency in the history of G20."
First Published:Sep 09, 2023, 17:05:20 IST
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