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PM Modi hands over presidency gavel to Brazil's Lula as G20 Summit in Delhi concludes

On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded the G20 Summit in New Delhi by symbolically passing the presidency's gavel to Brazil. During the closing ceremony, he congratulated Brazil's President Lula da Silva and officially transferred the leadership of the bloc.

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G20 Summit: UK PM Rishi Sunak announces $2 billion aid for Green Climate Fund

United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a record climate aid commitment as the G20 Summit in India nears its commencement, said the British High Commission in India on Sunday. The UK will provide USD 2 billion to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) which is the biggest single funding commitment the UK has made to help the world tackle climate change, which was established by 194 countries following the Copenhagen Accord at COP15.

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Watch: PM Modi receives saplings from G20 presidencies of 2022, 2024

Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, representing the G20 presidencies of last year and the next year, handed over a sapling each to current chair Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. The symbolic ceremony took place at the start of the third session, 'One Future', of the G20 Summit. First Widodo handed over the sapling to Modi and then Lula da Silva presented the sapling to the prime minister, amidst applause from other leaders. The G20 leaders summit will draw to a close this afternoon with India handing over the G20 presidency to Brazil.