New Delhi, Oct 8 (FN Representative) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday said India is working with a wider global vision to build a world order based on energy justice, climate justice and economic justice. Birla stated this while addressing the delegates during the second working session of the G20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit (P20), on the theme “Rebooting Economic Growth in terms of Social and Environmental Sustainability’’ held in Rome, Italy, today, a statement issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat said. On this occasion, underlining India’s centrality to global affairs, Birla observed that if India progresses, the world succeeds.
He further added that India’s objective is to act as a bridge between the Global South and the Global North to develop an integrated global action policy that would be the foundation of the world’s future. Observing that climate change is adversely affecting the entire world, Birla said the world community needs to take concrete collective action on global warming expeditiously. He informed that the Indian Parliament has held extensive discussions on this critical issue and following those deliberations, India has passed many legislations related to protection and conservation of the environment.