Delegates look to India's G20 leadership to find solutions to problems with climate change and economic growth.

Sherpas and delegates of countries who attended the first Sherpa of Indias G20 Presidency began on Sunday . India has the ability to come up with sustainable solutions not only in the economic sector but also in the areas of climate and conflict .

By Ayushi Agarwal (Rajasthan, India), December 5: India has the ability to further cement the grouping's status as the world's most efficient multilateral forum, and has the ability to come up with sustainable solutions not only in the economic sector but also in the areas of climate and conflict, according to Sherpas and delegates of countries who attended the first Sherpa of India's G20 Presidency, which began on Sunday.We have a difficult situation, we face many challenges, but India has the courage to promote common goals and establish a common agenda for the G20 members, said Aurelien Lechevallier, Sous-Sherpa, France, who gave the baton to India.In Udaipur, Indonesia said that the interest of developing countries will continue to grow.The interest of developing countries will continue to grow with India's presidency, and I know that India will follow up on what we achieved together in Bali with the Bali declaration, and I as Indonesia will support India all the way in its presidency, said Dian Triansyah Djani, Co-Sherpa, Indonesia.India has a close relationship with the G20 member states, as well as Japan.India has a promising agenda for the G20 September Summit.

At a time when things are going horribly wrong, it is about keeping the G20 as a premier forum for international cooperation.It's also about India being the voice of the Global South in many of the discussions, as we saw in areas such as sustainable growth, debt in low and middle-income countries, and dealing with climate change, said Shombi Sharp, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in India.The war in Ukraine has also caused food and fuel shortages, raising the cost of living for everyone and most impacting developing countries and poor communities.The timing of the G20 is crucial in determining India's presidency.

We're all wishing that this G20 will be the SDGs20, as we like to call it, he said.At the start of the 2030 Agenda, India hosted a side event on Transforming Lives at the Midpoint of the Developing Goals in an Age of Cascading and Multiple Crises.India has been at the forefront of adopting, implementing, and monitoring the SDGs for the past seven years, and adapting them to subnational and local realities.Although there is a long way to go, many of India's programmatic initiatives have made a difference at a global level.

At the conclusion of the talk, the panel concluded that the G20 summit is in a unique position to provide leadership and financial support to help bring the world back on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on December 4-7.During the visit, the delegates will also tour Crafts village in Shilpgram, Rajasthan, which is a 300-year-old Rajasthani traditional art form, where the canvas is the ground of the sea.The G20, or Group of 20, is a world assembly of the world's major developed and developing economies.India, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union are among the groups participating in the G20 Presidency.

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