The Arctic plays a crucial role in maintaining global climate, but human activities are causing irreversible damage to this fragile ‘great white shield,’ risking catastrophic shifts that have direct impacts on the G20 nations. Since 1980, the Arctic has experienced warming four times faster than the global average, in a … Read more
G20 countries not only account for a significant share of global population, but also contribute massive amounts of greenhouse gas emissions. They must, therefore, take concrete actions to phase out fossil fuels from their economies. However, such an energy transition needs to be just. The imperatives are: to tackle the … Read more
Economywide decarbonization is essential for achieving the climate goals set in the Paris Agreement. This will require deploying and scaling up green infrastructure and technologies. While finance flows toward climate action—both mitigation and adaptation—have been increasing, the rate of increase has been much slower compared to the rate of growth … Read more
The number of people who are undernourished—suffering from chronic hunger and a lack of access to safe, nutritious, and sufficient food—has increased due to trade disruptions and bottlenecks that impact prices, stringent food trade policies and supply chains, and postharvest losses. This issue requires urgent humanitarian assistance. Mitigating the problem … Read more
Aparadigm shift is occurring in climate policy. Instead of solely relying on sticks to penalise carbon emissions, national governments have turned to carrots to expand clean energy technologies. Efforts like the US’s Inflation Reduction Act and India’s production-linked incentives highlight the increasing comfort with using subsidies to simultaneously address the … Read more
Green Public Procurement (GPP) practices in the construction sector have the potential to support countries’ decarbonisation initiatives. Harnessing this potential will require concerted efforts within and among G20 countries, including establishing effective governance, building implementation and monitoring structures, and setting out ambitious goals and policies. This Policy Brief reports on … Read more
A higher debt burden combined with a fragile growth outlook has amplified debt sustainability risks in low- and middle-income developing economies. These risks are exacerbated by the effect of climate risk vulnerability on the cost of sovereign borrowing. Set against the context of global debt crisis concerns, driven by debt … Read more
Although important, financial aid will not achieve the sustainable eradication of poverty and inequality or sustainable inclusive growth. For this to happen, the Global South needs to “grow out” of poverty, which requires context-specific and tailor-made development programs, better access to finance, and access to jobs. This policy brief describes … Read more
Rapid advancements in digital technologies have given rise to a number of novel concerns and created digital divides. The digital shifts underway are reshaping economies, transforming business dynamics, widening upskilling, and learning needs, and have resulted in increased risks to data security and privacy. The lack of interoperability among the … Read more
The unrelenting impact of climate change poses an existential crisis for our planet. Immediate and substantial climate action to address this planetary crisis is only possible if the Global South and North countries partner together. To that end, the Global Climate Alliance (GCA) Collaborativea is an independent research effort to … Read more
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