Challenge Proposal Since the first G20 summit in 2008, G20 leaders have shown strong support for free and fair trade, although it has not always been at the top of their agenda. They have often considered international trade and investment to be engines of economic growth, productivity, innovation, … Read more
Challenge Proposal The G20 is an increasingly significant international summit for global economic governance; economic growth has always been at the core of its agenda. Since its start in 2008 the G20 has performed well in governing economic growth through strong deliberation and decision making on macroeconomic policy, … Read more
Challenge Proposal Sustainable development has been a key subject for the G20 since its first summit in Washington in 2008. For the Osaka Summit, Japan has identified seven priority subjects. Sustainable development was listed as one priority but was also featured in related priorities, including infrastructure for development … Read more
Challenge Proposal The G20 has become a more significant player in governing global gender equality over the last five years. However, the expanding size and scope of its public deliberation on the issue has not yet translated into a significant number of action-oriented commitments to improve gender equality … Read more
Challenge Proposal The G20 has governed climate change since its first summit in 2008, and will do so again at its Osaka Summit in June. The G20’s climate change leadership matters. The group includes the countries that bear both the historic and projected responsibility for the impacts of … Read more
Challenge Proposal Health will be a prominent subject at the G20 Osaka Summit. Following the initiative of the German presidency in 2017, Japan will host a post-summit health ministerial meeting in Okayama and, for the first time, G20 health ministers will meet with their finance colleagues on the … Read more
Challenge Proposal When G20 leaders meet in Osaka, they will discuss the digital economy as one of their priorities. Japan as summit host will focus on securing a free, inclusive and sustainable future society, through development centred on digital innovation. G20 leaders will discuss artificial intelligence, robotics and … Read more
Challenge Proposal Since the first G20 summit in 2008, G20 leaders have given growing support to reforming international taxation by addressing national tax base erosion, corporate profit shifting, and deficiencies in the tax policy and administration of developing countries. In 2012, several transatlantic scandals exposing the tax avoidance … Read more
Challenge Proposal As host of the G20’s Osaka Summit, Japan ranked advancing innovation in technology and science to solve complex social issues as one of its top three priorities. Given that the future of work has become so enmeshed with the digital revolution, this human-centred priority is closely … Read more
Challenge Proposal Money laundering, terrorist financing and corruption have been a constant presence on the G20 agenda since the first summit in Washington DC in 2008. Leaders recognised that laundering the proceeds of crime and terrorist funds was a global phenomenon that required a concerted collaborative response. It … Read more
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