2021 G20 Summit Concludes with Adoption of Rome Declaration
- The 2021 G20 (Group of Twenty) Summit was held in Rome, Italy on October 30 and 31, 2021.
- It was the 16th meeting of G20 group. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
- Moto – People, Planet, and Prosperity
- Agenda – climate change, economic recovery, the pandemic and the global minimum corporate tax rate.
- The summit concluded with the adoption of the Rome Declaration by G20 Leaders.
- The final document committed the G20 members nation leaders to the following:
- providing $100 billion every year from now until 2025 to counter climate change.
- to end international financing for all new coal plants by the end of 2021,
- take action to limit global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
- strengthen the WHO on Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) for Covid-19 vaccines.
- Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi led the Indian delegation at the Summit.
- The Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal was India’s G20 sherpa or personal representative of the head of government.