1. Fourteen years ago, the Leaders of the G20 met for the first time, facing the most severe financial crisis in our generation. We recognized, as large global economies, that collectively we carry responsibilities and that our cooperation was necessary to global economic...
G20 is now facing a transformation from a mechanism of crisis response to one of long-term governance and its agenda items shift from short-term issues to deep-seated and longer-term ones. / For this reason. the necessity for and difficulty of macroeconomic policy coordination and enhanced ...
In September, the UN adopted the Pact for the Future at the Summit of the Future in New York. The pact responded to two key concerns of the Global South countries: the implementation of the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the demand for better representation in global govern...
Some also fret that China, which is assertively seeking to expand its global influence, could misuse the grouping to push its own agenda while giving the impression that it speaks for the majority of the world. It has been speculated that that was behind the decision in May of the G7 nati...
While most of the large economies in European are backing off their pledges on 'net zero', over in the USA, even as the public reject the scaremongering of climate alarmists, the increasingly crazy Biden administration are still trying to push this de-industrialisation agenda without without ...
"It is not easy for China to stay focused on a long-term agenda when some are calling for short-term stimulus packages," Zhu said. Swiss Finance Minister Ueli Maurer underlined China's emphasis on fostering innovation and other structural reforms, which, he said, were important to raise prod...
And what governance functions are these actors enrolled to perform? To answer these questions, I utilize a novel database of G20 enrollment since 2008, which shows that the G20 enrolls international organizations more frequently than any other actor, and that agenda setting is the most commonly...
On the other hand, managing contradiction needs to be put high on the agenda. He noted that in the past few years, the U.S. has issued some self-contradictory policies. If the problems can't be resolved, dialogues and negotiations may lead to no results. For example, many statements and...
most banks have yet to lay down strategies for achieving net zero. A significantgap of 75 percentexists between India’s need for climate finance and its current supply. Banks have the chance to become the first movers in important areas of the climate finance agenda, via partnerships and go...
But this time round he and his enablers are working on an agenda. It does not seem to favour either democracy or freedom. Below, our Sky News correspondents take a closer look at what regions around the world can expect this year against this backdrop. ...