Challenge Proposal When G20 leaders meet in Buenos Aires, they will discuss a sustainable food future as one of the summit’s top three priorities. As host, Argentina will focus on slowing the rapid pace of soil degradation, minimising and managing food waste and loss, and developing and harnessing the technology of the new … Read more
Challenge Proposal Japan’s 2019 Osaka Summit will address the emerging issue of ageing populations and the impact on society. Japan itself has an increasingly elderly population, with more than 20% of its people aged 70 or older. Its labour force has dropped by 4.5 million people since 2012. Several other G20 members face … Read more
Challenge Proposal More than a decade after the 2008 global financial crisis that gave rise to G20 summitry, financial regulation remains one of the central issues on the G20 agenda. Although its share of G20 commitments has declined, the importance of cooperation on financial stability and transparency should not be underestimated. Japan’s presidency … Read more
Challenge Proposal Economic governance has occupied the central place on the G20 agenda since its founding. In the first decade of G20 summitry, leaders of the world’s systemically significant economies made a substantial number of commitments on economic governance. Argentina’s presidency will build on the G20’s foundational mission to pursue fair and sustainable … Read more
Challenge Proposal When the G20 began meeting at the leaders’ level in 2008, it had the distinct advantage of bringing together, in an informal setting, the world’s largest energy producers, consumers and polluters. With 77% of all energy consumption and almost 82% of all global carbon dioxide emissions stemming from the G20, this … Read more
Challenge Proposal For many years, gender equality scholars and experts have been advocating for the mainstreaming of gender in domestic and international policymaking. This year, Argentina’s G20 presidency has made it mandatory to mainstream gender across the entire 2018 agenda, including its three top priorities of the future of work, infrastructure for development … Read more
Challenge Proposal The G20 annually brings together the leaders of the world’s largest energy producers, consumers and polluters. Responsible for 77% of global energy consumption and 82% of all global carbon dioxide emissions, G20 members also contain more than 80% of the world’s installed renewable capacity and provide 90% of aid in the … Read more
Challenge Proposal Given that the G20’s founding mission includes ensuring that globalisation benefits all, development has been a major focus for the G20 leaders since their first summit in 2008. Development embraces health, migration and refugees, and food. Since the 2008 Washington Summit, the G20 leaders have made more than 462 commitments covering … Read more
Challenge Proposal G20 leaders will discuss the future of work in the age of the digital revolution as one of their top three priorities when they meet for the Buenos Aires Summit. As host, Argentina will focus on unleashing peoples’ potential through innovative and coordinated skills development policy and by improving labour conditions … Read more
Challenge Proposal Although climate change is not one of the three top priorities of the 2018 G20 Buenos Aires Summit, it is key to achieving success in all three that are. The first priority, the future of work, while centred on technological change, is also driven by the shift to a low-carbon economy … Read more
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