Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group

May 22, 2023

The Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG) meeting under India's G20 Presidency is underway in Mumbai.

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  • The meeting is a critical step in fostering the efforts of the G20 countries, invitee countries, and international organizations towards a sustainable and resilient future.
  • On the first day of the meeting, a beach clean-up campaign was organised at the Juhu Beach in Mumbai followed by the Ocean 20 Dialogue aimed at promoting a sustainable and climate-resilient Blue Economy.
  • The Ocean 20 platform, launched during the Indonesia Presidency Dialogue is aimed to advance ideation and action for ocean solutions.
  • It aims to facilitate sustainability in the maritime domain, ocean governance, building capacities to facilitate sustainable ocean practices and equitable distribution of benefits from traditional and new blue economy sectors.