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03 December 2018
As the population is expected to reach 9.7 billion people, and as our diets transition to a greater intake of meats, protein and dairy, agricultural output will have to increase…
03 December 2018
With the Future of Work being one of the G20’s priorities of the Buenos Aires summit in 2018, this policy brief discusses this year’s African Union representative, Rwanda, and the…
03 December 2018
International Media Centre – G20 Buenos Aires Summit. As world leaders in well-cut suits exit planes wide-angle cameras focus their gaze. The stage is set, the script rehearsed,…
03 December 2018
Given the increased focus on gender equality at the G20 summit in Argentina, there is great potential for global leaders to discuss and interrogate policy in a way that truly…
03 December 2018
As underinvestment in infrastructure continues and the threat of climate change becomes increasingly pressing, the 2018 G20 summit correctly identified infrastructure investment…
03 December 2018
Both the future of work and gender equality have pride of place on the 2018 G20 summit agenda, giving the group a prime opportunity to address these previously neglected issues.…
03 December 2018
The global economy is in perhaps its most volatile state since the 2008 financial crisis. There are many factors behind this instability but growing concern regarding global trade…
02 December 2018
Despite lurching from crisis to crisis over the last decade, relations between China and Japan have recently improved as symbolised by Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s first state…
02 December 2018
The thirteenth G20 summit took place in Argentina in November/December 2018. It was only the second time (after Mexico 2012) it had been held in a developing country.…
02 December 2018
International Media Centre – G20 Buenos Aires Summit. Latin America is a region that has little weight at the G20 with only three of its twenty countries represented at the forum…