India Inc needs to play a greater role in achieving the climate goals as well as in removing digital disparities besides ensuring food and energy security aiming to uplift the poor, said Rajya Sabha MP Suresh Prabhu at a virtual meet ‘B-20 Global Dialogue in India’ organised here by CII, think tank Research and Information System (RIS) for Developing Countries and the Indian National Science Academy.
Talking about the need to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, Prabhu, said India’s approach to solving global problems will be to follow its philosophy of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (‘the world is one family’).
Rahul Chhabra, Secretary (Economic Relations), External Affairs Ministry said the immediate need was to revive the world economy by making the global supply chains resilient as well as by reviving productive sectors. Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi, DG, RIS, dwelled in details on how the think tank was engaged in converging the ideas put forward by stakeholders including businesses, scientists and economists to ensure that it would be easier for policy makers to absorb and implement them at the G20 level.
Yousef Abdullah Al-Benyan, B20 Saudi Arabia Chairman, said Saudi Arabia, during its G20 Presidency, has prioritised increasing the participation of women in business as well as addressing issues relating to climate change, infrastructure finance as well as trade and investment.