<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">India's G20 Secretariat along with the United Nations India Country Office organised a day-long Model G20 Meeting in New Delhi today. The event was a simulation exercise of a G20 meeting where school students essayed the roles of delegates of G20, Guest countries and international organisations. Over 60 high school students, representing 12 nationalities including ten G20 countries participated in the meeting.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">During the meeting, the students deliberated on the theme Youth for LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment). They discussed and exchanged views on the role of global youth in making LiFE initiative a mass movement for Climate Action. The idea of LiFE was introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. The idea promotes an environmentally conscious lifestyle that focuses on mindful and deliberate utilisation instead of mindless and wasteful consumption.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The meeting was jointly inaugurated by India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant and United Nations India Resident Coordinator Shombi Sharp. Addressing the students, Mr Kant stressed on the leading role that the youth could play in Climate Action through Mission LiFE. He welcomed the initiative of international students coming together for a Model G20 Meeting and deliberating on critical issues such as combating climate change and the role of youth therein.</span></p>