The G20 final declaration adopted after consensus

Indian Prime Minister and G20 host Narendra Modi announced the adoption of the summit’s final declaration on Saturday, after the group reached a consensus. “Thanks to our team’s hard work and your support, consensus has been reached on the New Delhi G20 Heads of State and Government Summit Declarationsaid Narendra Modi.

“I announce the adoption of the declaration», added the Indian Prime Minister, accompanying his words with a ceremonial hammer blow. The content of the joint communiqué from the G20, a club of the world’s largest economies to which the African Union was officially included, has not yet been made public.

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The most “ambitious” year

Achieving consensus among G20 members has become increasingly complex in recent years, partly due to divisions over what stance to take on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and over the funding needed to support it. adapt to climate change.

For Indian official Amitabh Kant, one of the key organizers of the New Delhi summit, Saturday’s discussions proved that this year was the most “ambitious» from the history of the club of the world’s largest economies. “We have more than doubled the considerable work of previous presidencies“, he said on X (formerly Twitter).

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No call to abandon fossil fuels

G20 leaders warned in this joint declaration of the risks posed by “cascading criseson global growth. They “pose challenges to long-term growth», Indicates this text communicated by the Indian presidency of the G20, mentioning in particular the “significant tightening of global financing conditions, which could worsen debt vulnerabilities, persistent inflation and geoeconomic tensions“.

Concerning the war in Ukraine, the G20 countries denounced the “use of force» aimed at obtaining territorial gains in Ukraine, without however denouncing a “assault» Russian against this country.

The declaration does not contain a call to eventually abandon polluting fossil fuels, an objective nevertheless considered “essential» by the first assessment of the Paris agreement published Friday by the UN Climate. The Group of 20 simply declared its support for “efforts to triple renewable energy capacity“. “We commit to urgently accelerating our actions to address environmental crises and challenges, including climate change», It is also written in the joint declaration signed this Saturday.