First meeting of DWG under India’s G20 Presidency concludes; focuses on collective action on climate change.

• The first meeting of the Development Working Group under India’s G20 Presidency concluded in
• The final day’s deliberations focussed on harnessing data for development and collective action on climate change.

The discussion was done on the following topics:

• The need for quality data,
• Related trust issues,
• Steps needed to bridge the digital divide,
• Capacity building in developing nations, and
• Aligning the work of the DWG with that of the Digital Economy Working Group.
• LiFE : Lifestyle for Environment – LiFE is a bold, transformative approach to sustainable living that proposes global shifts in both consumption (demand) and production (supply) pattern.
• Delegates from G20 countries welcomed India’s focus on SDG 12: ‘Responsible Consumption and Production,’ and deliberated avenues to integrate localised realities and knowledge, delineate scope and scale, and identify policy measures that enable and incentivise shifts in this area.