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Climate, Energy and Environment

Policy Briefs contain recommendations or visions and cover policy areas that are of interest to G20 policymakers. The majority of the Policy Briefs has been developed by a corresponding Think20 Task Force.

T20 Recommendations Reports tie related policy proposals made under different G20 Presidencies into a common policy advice framework. They aim to leverage connections between T20 research organizations as well as other stakeholders to address well-defined global problems, in order to support G20 policymakers and to aid business and civil society organizations in complementing G20 policy efforts.

Policy Briefs

Financing the Global Commons to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
Christian Kastrop - Global Solutions Initiative, Michael Thöne - FiFo Institute for Public Economics at the University of Cologne, Helge Sigurd Naess-Schmidt - Global Solutions Initiative, Rémy A. Weber - Global Solutions Initiative, Margit Schratzenstaller-Altzinger - WIFO Vienna
Enabling Local Governance to Mitigate the Climate and Biodiversity Crises
Sukanya Das - Department of Policy and Management Studies, Elisabeth Hoch - Climate & Company, Gabriel Medina - University of Brasilia, Benno Pokorny - University of Freiburg, Dil Rahut - Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Maximiliaan Tetteroo - Climate & Company
High Seas Treaty: Searching for Common Grounds
Karina Barquet - Stockholm Environment Institute, Elin Leander - Stockholm Environment Institute, Matilda Gunnarsson - Stockholm Environment Institute, Jonathan Green - Stockholm Environment Institute York, Robert Watt - Stockholm Environment Institute
Climate-Induced Displacement and Migration: A Proposed Framework for G20 Collaboration
Sampurna Sarkar - WWF-India, Anamitra Anurag Danda - WWF-India and Senior Visiting Fellow
Regenerative Agriculture in Localised Food Systems: A Climate-Smart Way Towards Nutrition Security and Food Sovereignty
Saahil Parekh - Council on Energy, Karan Shinghal - Council on Energy, Nandini Agarwal - Council on Energy, Peter Volz, Philipp Weckenbrock
Monitoring Offshore Environmental Impacts of Trade
Chris West - Stockholm Environment Institute York, Jonathan Green - Stockholm Environment Institute York, Simon Croft - Stockholm Environment Institute York, Toby Gardner - Stockholm Environment Institute
The Role of Green Infrastructure in Biodiversity Conservation
Gagan Deep Sharma - University School of Management Studies, Aeshna Kharbanda - University School of Management Studies
Seaweed Cultivation as a Means to Realise the G20’s Agenda for Sustainability
Nupur Bapuly - The Nature Conservancy, Nikhil Sharma - GIST Impact
Aligning G20 Industrial Policies With Biodiversity Conservation
Rajat Panwar - Oregon State University, Nagesh Kumar - Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, VB Mathur - National Biodiversity Authority, Maria Jose Murcia - Austral University, Jonatan Pinkse - The University of Manchester
Policy Pathways for Inclusive and Sustainable Tropical Agriculture: Experiences From Brazil and Africa
Ahmed Ouhnini - Policy Center for the New South, Larissa Wachholz - Brazilian Center for International Relations, Bruno Brasil - Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
Generating Finance for Blue Economy Transition
Kapil Narula - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Mark J. Spalding - The Ocean Foundation, Torsten Thiele, Jack Dyer - Blue Economy Future and Lecturer in Marine Resources/Blue Economy, Angelique Pouponneau - Islands and Small States Institute, Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan (Retd) - National Maritime Foundation
Strategic Interventions for Addressing Regional Climate Change and Health Challenges
Shabana Khan - Global Young Academy, Indian Research Academy, Robin Fears - InterAcademy Partnership, Jeremy N. McNeil - and Battle Professor of Chemical Ecology, Sherilee Harper - School of Public Health, Victor C.W. Hoe - Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Practice, Deoraj Caussy - Integrated Epidemiology Solution
Mobilising Private Investment for Adaptation to Climate Change
Elizabeth Gogoi - Oxford Policy Management (OPM), Rishika Das Roy - OPM, Arun Krishnan - Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)
Financing Climate-Smart Agriculture for Sustainable Agri-Food Systems
Pramod Kumar Anand - Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), Krishna Kumar - Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), Sukrit Joshi - Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), P. Srinivasa Rao - Research and Information System for Developing Countries, Rohit Saini - Research and Information System for Developing Countries, Sambit Rath - PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Pradyot Ranjan Jena - National Institute of Technology, Beena Pandey - Research and Information System for Developing Countries, Rajesh Kalli - Dayananda Sagar University, Chandan Kumar - PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Pradeep Sahoo - PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), J. P. Mishra - Indian Council of Agricultural Research ATARI, Neha Bharti - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Suruchi Bhadwal - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Sisira Prabhakar - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Sakshi Bajpai - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Improving Governance of Deep-Sea Mining
Puneeta Pandey - Stanford University, Pushp Bajaj, Baban Ingole - National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Fenjie Chen - Environmental Defense Fund, Yasunori Sakurai - Hokkaido University
Achieving Global Biodiversity Framework Targets in G20 Countries by 2030
Tania Ray Bhattacharya - The Celestial Earth, Shunsuke Managi - Urban Institute, Rajarshi Dasgupta - Indian Institute of Technology
Advancing the Transformation of Agroecological Food Systems to Achieve Zero Hunger
Liesa Nieskens - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Nadine Bader - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Neha Khara - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Stephanie Katsir - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Dorothee Baum - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Jeherul Islam - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Sharat Singh - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Kirti Mishra - Ecociate, Lioba Weingärtner
Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in a Just Energy Transition
Marlène Buchy - Social Sciences, Shristi Shakya - International Water Management Institute
Small Modular Reactors to Achieve SDG 7 and Net Zero Emissions
R. Srikanth - National Institute of Advanced Studies
Climate Resilience Along the Mekong River: Economic Development and Sustainable Utilisation of Water in Riparian Southeast Asia
Aaron Chan - US ASEAN Young Professionals Association, Jitsai Santaputra - Y20 Indonesia 2022, Tasia Matthews - US ASEAN Young Professionals Association
Redesigning Climate Governance
Francisco Gaetani - Brazilian Center of International Relations (CEBRI), Marianna Albuquerque - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Enhancing Interoperability Between Connectivity Initiatives to Achieve the SDGs and Paris Climate Goals
Fanny Sauvignon - Global Connectivity Programme, Arun S. Nair - Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), Stefania Benaglia - Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
WHO Reforms for a Post-Pandemic Future
Kasturi Chatterjee - FLAME University
Towards Inclusive Climate Multilateralism: An Opportunity for the G20
Aditi Mukund - Gender & Foreign Policy, Namrata Kabra - Water & Climate Security
The Consequences of Arctic Amplification in a Warming World
Durwood Zaelke - Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development, M. Ravichandran - Ministry of Earth Sciences, Zerin Osho - India Program, Gabrielle Dreyfus - Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development, Kiran Ghosh - Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development, Trina Chiemi - Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development, Upendra Tripathy - Government of Odisha, Amelia Murphy - Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development
Food-Focused Social Protection Measures Before and During the Global Polycrisis: the Brazil and India Experience
Beatriz Burattini - International Policy Centre for Inclusive Development (IPCid)/Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Dipa Sinha - School of Liberal Studies
Valuing Water in Agriculture to Reward Farmers’ Actions in Conservation
Prashant Pastore - Water & Sustainable Agriculture, Suhas Wani - Research Program Asia, Ashray Tyagi - Sustainable Water Programme, Kritika Banerjee - Solidaridad Asia
A Framework for Quantifying the Climate Co-Benefits of Development Programmes
Tashina Madappa Cheranda - Adaptation and Risk Analysis Team, Kanchan Kargwal - Adaptation and Risk Analysis Team, Sahil Mathew - Adaptation and Risk Analysis Team
Reforming the Global Financial Architecture to Drive a Resilient Net- Zero Transition
Nicola Ranger - Oxford Martin Systemic Resilience Programme and Programme Leader, Fulvia Marotta - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Sam Fankhauser - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Brian O’Callaghan - Government Policy and Investment
Harnessing Philanthropy for Climate Action
Sukhreet Bajwa - Community Resilience and Climate Action, Deepa Gopalakrishnan - Sandbox Grants
Financing Climate-Resilient Infrastructure in Africa
Gracelin Baskaran - Brookings Africa Growth Initiative, Amara Ekeruche - Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa, Chris Heitzig - Brookings Africa Growth Initiative, Aloysius Uche Ordu - SAfrica Growth Initiative, Brookings Institution, Lemma W. Senbet
The Green Development and Investment Accelerator: Promoting Investable Green Infrastructure Projects
Uday Khemka - The Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation, Aaran Patel - Climate, Katherine Stodulka - Blended Finance Taskforce
Intersecting Vol.11
Ramiro Albrieu - CIPPEC, Nicolas J.A. Buchoud - Global Solutions Initiative, Michael Cohen - Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment, Rainer Kern - Enjoy Jazz Festival, Shuva Raha - Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)
Transition Risk Management for Land- Based Climate Measures
Amlan Mishra - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Smita Chakravarty - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Suruchi Bhadwal - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
The Role of Nuclear Power in Clean Energy and Green Transitions
Noura Y. Mansouri - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Fateh Belaid, Adnan Shihab-Eldin - Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS), Kuwait, Charles McCombie - Arius Association, Switzerland, Holger Rogner, Robert Budnitz, Robert Schock, Anita Nilsson
Unlocking Finance to Scale Decentralised Renewable Energy for Clean Energy Transitions: Learnings from India
Divya Gaur - The Council on Energy, Saipriya Salla - Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs, Priyatam Yasaswi - The Council on Energy, Ananya Saini - Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs, Simrin Chhachhi - SELCO Foundation, Rachita Misra - SELCO Foundation
A G20 Coalition on Emerging Technologies for a Zero- Carbon, Climate-Resilient Sustainable Future
Manish Kumar Shrivastava - Earth Science and Climate Change Division, Preety Sahu - LIGHTS Research Foundation, Dhimas Bayu Anindito - Department of Architecture and Planning
Financing a Fair Energy Transition through Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform
Shruti Sharma - International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Christopher Beaton, Livi Gerbase, Guillermina French, Chido Muzondo - Strategy at COP28
The G20 Imperative for Global IP Reform to Facilitate Clean Energy Transitions
Tulika Gupta - Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), Shuva Raha - Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), Hemant Mallya
Forging a Nature-Positive Energy Transition
Linda Krueger, Anna Willingshofer, Bruce McKenney, Evan Freund - WWF, Ryan Bartlett - World Wildlife Fund, Beatriz Nofal - EcoAxis
Boosting Just Energy Transitions in G20’s Emerging Economies
Aaina Dutta - TERI School of Advanced Studies, Dil. B. Rahut - ADBI, Sukanya Das - Department of Policy and Management Studies
Fast-tracking Road Transport Decarbonisation through a New ‘International Sustainable Transport Alliance’
Mahua Acharya - Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL), Souvik Bhattacharjya - The Energy and Resources Institute, Lukas Lingenthal - Mobility, Arpita Pandey - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Aaran Patel - Climate
Devising a Response to Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms for G20 Countries
Paul Baker - International Economics Consulting, Taahirah Zahraa Boodhoo Beeharry - International Economics Consulting, Ria Roy - International Economics Consulting, David Vanzetti - International Economics Consulting
Promoting the Use of LPG for Household Cooking in Developing Countries
Abhishek Kar - Council on Energy, Roshan Wathore - Council of Scientific & Industrial Research- National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Arunabha Ghosh - Council on Energy, Shruti Sharma - International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Emily Floess - Department of Civil, Andrew Grieshop - Department of Civil, Rob Bailis - Stockholm Environment Institute-United States Centre (SEI-US), Nitin Labhasetwar - CSIR-NEERI
Twin Transitions for Global Value Chains: Digital and Green Transformations
Shamika N. Sirimanne - Division on Technology and Logistics
Unlocking the Energy Transition with Financially Sustainable Electricity Utilities in Key G20 Countries
Shruti Sharma - International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Tracy Ledger - Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI), Tara Laan - International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Anas Rahman - International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Chido Muzondo - Strategy at COP28
Accelerating the Energy Transition by Rethinking Power- System Flexibility: Imperatives for the G20
Saehee Jeong - Solutions for Our Climate, Kyle Heitmann - Solutions for Our Climate, Promit Mookerjee - Observer Research Foundation
Sectoral Climate Alliances for Higher Ambitions: Putting Plurilateral Climate Cooperation on the G20 Agenda
Parul Kumar - EPICO KlimaInnovation, Heiner von Lüpke - Climate Policy Department
Governing a Future Hydrogen-based Society
Yagyavalk Bhatt - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Maranatha Bernard Ferryal - Indonesia Fertilizer Research Institute, Puneet Kamboj - Council on Energy, Environment and Water, Laras Wuri Dianningrum - Indonesia Fertilizer Research Institute, Jitendra Roychoudhury - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Syawaluddin Akbar - Indonesia Fertilizer Research Institute
Jobs, Growth, and Sustainability: The Case for a G20 Task Force on Integrated Climate Actions
Shuva Raha - Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), Prayank Jain - CEEW, Kinshu Dang - Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), Axel Nordenstam - Stockholm University and
Multidimensional Policy Perspectives for Industrial Decarbonisation
Akshima Ghate - RMI India, Ankur Malyan - RMI India, Jagabanta Ningthoujam - RMI India, Pranav Lakhina - RMI
A Common ESG Language to Unlock Funding for Sustainable Infrastructure Projects in Developing Economies
Marianna Albuquerque - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rim Berahab, Sabrine Emran, Rogerio Studart, Afaf Zarkik
Establishing Equivalence Between Taxes on Fossil Fuels and Carbon Prices Under Border Carbon Adjustments
Christophe Bellmann - School of Economics and Public Policy, Peter Draper - Institute for International Trade in the Faculty of the Professions, University of Adelaide, Australia, Veena Jha - LLP
Renewable Energy Supply and Risk in Global Banking
Tonmoy Choudhury - King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Tapan Sarker, Muhammad Kamran - Edith Cowan University, Hadrian Djajadikerta - Curtin University, Fakhrul Hasan - Northumbria University, Mohammad Kabir Hassan - University of New Orleans, Sabri Boubaker - EM Normandie University
Accelerating THE JUST Energy Transition Through Enhanced and Integrated Critical Minerals Supply Chains
Dongmei Chen - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Rolando Fuentes - EGADE Business School–Tec de Monterrey, Alloysius Joko Purwanto - ERIA, Noura Mansouri - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Yongzhong Wang - China Academy of Social Science
Harnessing the Power of Transparency: G20 Global Disclosure Standards for Power Sector Contracts
Mohamed Rali Badissy - PPA Transparency, Rushaiya Ibrahim-Tanko - PPA Transparency, Todd Moss - Energy for Growth Hub, Katie Auth - Energy for Growth Hub
Low Carbon Development Pathways for Cooling: Leveraging Kigali Amendment Across Residential Applications
Vibha Dhawan - The Energy & Resources Institute, Nihar Shah - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Gabrielle Dreyfus - Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development, Durwood Zaelke - Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development, Zerin Osho - India Program, Amelia Murphy - Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development, Sanjay Seth - Sustainable Infrastructure Programme
Collaborative Industrial Technology Innovation for Clean Energy Transition: Bridging the ‘Valley of Death’
Ajinkya Shrish Kamat - India Energy Storage Alliance, Debanjana Dey - Department of Science and TechnologyCentre for Policy Research, Sajid Mubashir - Department of Science and Technology, Rahul Walawalkar - India Energy Storage Alliance and President & Managing Director, Muhammad Khurram Khan - Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA) King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Embedding Resilience in Power Sector Planning
Nuvodita Singh - RMI India, Benny Bertagnini - RMI, Jagabanta Ningthoujam - RMI India
A G20 Compact to Accelerate Green Public and Private Procurement of Net-Zero Steel
Atul Mudaliar - India, Suresh Kotla - Business and Investors
Principles and Guidelines for a Just and Inclusive Energy Transition
Chandra Bhushan - International Forum for Environment, Srestha Banerjee - India Just Transition Centre
From Planning to Action: Rethinking the Role of Cities in Accelerating Net-Zero Transitions
Sanjay Seth - Sustainable Infrastructure Programme, Rhea Srivastava - Sustainable Infrastructure Programme, Zerin Osho - India Program, Sarah Harper - Climate Policy and Partnerships
Inclusive Carbon Pricing: Pathways to Multilateral Cooperation
Pierfrancesco Mattiolo - Scuola di Politiche, Giulia Cretti - Clingendael Institute, Amira Bilqis - ASEAN Centre for Energy
Reformed MDBS for a Just Energy Transition in Emerging Economies
Soham Banerjee - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Amlan Mishra - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Tristan Ace - AVPN
From ‘Climate Financing’ to ‘Just Energy Transition Financing’
Fikri Muhammad - Climateworks Centre Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Petra Christi - Climateworks Centre Monash Sustainable Development Institute
Fixing the Green Investment and Coherence Gap through Structural Green Transition Policies
Chris Hopkins - Green Economy Coalition, Gitika Goswami - Policy Research & Planning
The Myth of Mobilising Private Finance for Climate Action and Pivoting to Scale
Manon Fortemps - Development Co-operation Directorate, Jens Sedemund - Environment and Climate Change Development Co-operation Directorate, OECD, Özlem Taskin - Development Co-operation Directorate, Amarendra Bhattacharya - Centre for Sustainable Development, Arjun Dutt - Council on Energy, Arunabha Ghosh - Council on Energy, Paulo Esteves
Building a Resilient EV Battery Value Chain
Perminder Jit Kaur - DST’s Centre for Policy Research, Pradeep Karuturi - Centre for Clean Mobility, Rohan Malhotra - DST’s Centre for Policy Research
Enhancing the G20’s Climate Change Policy Agenda with the Circular Carbon Economy Index
Fatih Yilmaz - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Thamir Al Shehri - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Mari Luomi - Independent expert, Fahad M. Alturki - Knowledge and Analysis
Creating a Climate- Friendly Investment Climate
Matthew Stephenson - World Economic Forum, Samir Saran - Observer Research Foundation
Securing Critical Minerals Supply Chains for the Clean Energy Transition
Tom Moerenhout - Columbia School of International and Public Affairs, Pranati Chestha Kohli - Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy, Siddharth Goel - International Institute for Sustainable Development, Saon Ray - Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, Nandakumar Janardhanan - Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Simon Høiberg Olsen - International Institute for Sustainable Development
Unlocking Sustainable Finance to Accelerate a Just Energy Transition
Li Fang - World Resources Institute (US) Beijing Representative Office, Vijay Jagannathan - World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, Hong MIAO - Sustainable Investment Program, Xiaozhen LI - Sustainable Investment Program
Promoting Zero- Emission Trucking Across Developing Nations
Akshima Ghate - RMI India, Chetna Nagpal - RMI India, Clay Stranger - RMI, Dave Mullaney - RMI, Pranav Lakhina - RMI, Samhita Shiledar - RMI
A Global Climate Alliance to Accelerate Climate Action: Proposals to the G20
Jayant Sinha - Standing Committee on Finance, Andreas Goldthau - Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, Deepthi Swamy - Austria, Denis Schrey - Multinational Development Policy Dialogue, Hans Peter Lankes - LSE Grantham Research Institute, Heiner von Lüpke - Climate Policy Department, Karin Jancykova - Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Karsten Neuhoff - German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Leonardo Garrido, Ritika Jajoo - Multinational Development Policy Dialogue, Sangeeth Raja Selvaraju - German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Ulka Kelkar - Climate Programme, Varun Agarwal - Climate Programme, Vedant Monger - Climate Insights
Green transitions in the era of green subsidies: Ensuring no country is left behind
Shayak Sengupta - Observer Research Foundation America, Sagatom Saha - Center on Global Energy Policy
Unlocking the G20’s Green Public Procurement Potential
Eileen Torres Morales - Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI, Fiona Skinner - Industrial Deep Decarbonisation Initiative - United Nations Industrial Development Organization (IDDI, Peter Hemingway - Industrial Deep Decarbonisation Initiative United Nations Industrial Development Organization (IDDI, Katarina Axelsson - Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Evelin Piirsalu - Environmental Management Programme
Achieving a Just Energy Transition in the G20
Dimas Fauzi, Stefan Bößner - Stockholm Environment Institute, Claudia Strambo - Stockholm Environment Institute, Bernadette Victorio - Fair Finance Asia
Ensuring Sustainable Supply of Critical Minerals for a Clean, Just and Inclusive Energy Transition
Kapil Narula - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Radia Sedaoui - Economic Commission of Western Asia (UN-ESCWA), Harikrishnan Tulsidas - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Matthew Wittenstein - Energy Division, Rajesh Chadha - Centre for Social and Economic Progress, Ganesh Sivamani - Centre for Social and Economic Progress, Noura Y. Mansouri - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Isabelle Ramdoo - International Institute for Sustainable Development/Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Sebastian Sahla - Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Morgan D. Bazilian - Payne Institute and Professor of Public Policy, Muhammad Khurram Khan - Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA) King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Promoting G20 Collaboration With International Financial Institutions to Support ‘Green Steel’ Production
Aaron Maltais - Stockholm Environment Institute & Head of Roadmapping and Policy, Linus Linde - Svenska kraftnät, Felipe Sanchez - Stockholm Environment Institute & Analyst, Gökçe Mete - Hydrogen & Industry Decarbonization
Decarbonising the Healthcare Sector: A Roadmap for G20 Countries
Poornima Prabhakaran - Centre for Health Analytics Research and Trends, Fiona Armstrong - Climate and Health Alliance, Josh Karliner - Health Care Without Harm
Strengthening Health System Responses to Climate Risks in Multilateral Processes
Sakshi Bajpai - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Sisira P - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Smita Chakravarty - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Amlan Mishra - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Suruchi Bhadwal - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Building a Climate Data Ecosystem for Disaster-Resilient Infrastructure and Societies
Kabeer Arora - Open Contracting India Initiative, Jeeno George - CivicDataLab, Gaurav Godhwani - CivicDataLab, Bernadine Fernz - Infrastructure and Asia
Driving Sustainable Consumption through Policy Innovations in Value Chains
Elisabeth Hoch - Climate & Company, Maximiliaan Tetteroo - Climate & Company, Rijit Sengupta - Centre for Responsible Business, Sabarish Elango - Council on Energy
Mobilising Finance for Climate Action and Disaster-Resilient Infrastructure in Developing Countries
Anita Yadav - TERI School of Advanced Studies, Himanshi Sharma - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Vivek Venkataramani - Climate Resilience Practice
Improving Cost- Benefit Analysis to Catalyse Finance for Climate Adaptation and Resilience
Harald Heubaum - Centre for Sustainable Finance, Carter Brandon - World Resources Institute, Bradley Kratzer - World Resources Institute
Catalysing Investments for Climate- and Disaster-Resilient Infrastructure
Thomas Smith - American Society of Civil Engineers, Ashok Kumar Basa - World Federation of Engineering Organizations, Navinchandra Vasoya - World Federation of Engineering Organizations
Creating a G20 Plastic Waste Response Framework for Sustainable Consumption
Abhinav Akhilesh - Grant Thornton Bharat LLP, Pankaj Arora - Grant Thornton Bharat LLP, Kartik Ashta - Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
Building the Climate Resilience of Sub-National Infrastructure
Mr. RR Rashmi - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Ms. Dhriti Pathak - India, Ms. Ritu Ahuja - India, Ms. Isabel Clara Eugenia Sánchez - member of South Asia Working Group of Argentine Council for International Relations
Global Standards for Carbon Accounting: An Agenda for G20
Ravi Kumar Mahto - Chase India, Srishti Saxena - Chase India, Kaushal Mahan - Chase India
Capacity, Resources, Regulation: Overcoming the Obstacles to Climate- Resilient Sub-National Infrastructure in G20 Countries
Li Fang - World Resources Institute (US) Beijing Representative Office, Lu Lu - World Resources Institute (US) Beijing Representative Office, Daizong Liu - World Resources Institute (US) Beijing Representative Office
Addressing Cross-border Spillover Risks of Climate Transition Policies: The Role of the G20 and IMF
Rishikesh Ram Bhandary - Research Fellow, Center for International Environment and Resource Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Régis Gourdel - Institute for Ecological Economics, Xiaobei He - Macro and Green Finance Lab, Lara Merling - Boston University Global Development Policy Center, Irene Monasterolo - Vienna University of Economics and Business
External Debt Management in Africa: A Proposal for a ‘Debt Relief for Climate Initiative’
Otaviano Canuto - Policy Center for the New South, Karim El Aynaoui - Policy Center for the New South, Hafez Ghanem - Policy Center for the New South, Badr Mandri - Policy Center for the New South
A Broader Trade Facilitation Approach for Resilient and Sustainable Global Value Chains
Sanchita Basu Das - Asian Development Bank, Nishant Jain - Asian Development Bank, Devyani Hari - Centre for Responsible Business, Nandini Sharma - Centre for Responsible Business
Closing the Gap of Water Financing
Teuku Riefky - University of Indonesia (LPEM FEB UI), Riatu Mariatul Qibthiyyah - Institute for Economic and Social research, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia (LPEM-UI), Riatu Qibthiyyah - Institute for Economic and Social Research University of Indonesia (LPEM FEB UI), Fauziah Zen - ERIA
Coastal Women and Net-Zero Energy Transitions
Adenike A. Akinsemolu - University of Birmingham
Advancing AI for Climate Action: Global Collaboration on Intelligent Decarbonisation
Thorsten Jelinek - Taihe Institute, Europe Center, Nicolas Buchoud - Grand Paris Alliance for Metropolitan Development, Michael Bühler - Konstanz University of Applied Sciences (Lead author), Konrad Nübel - Technical University Munich (Core team), Amit Bhave - CMCL, Minal Pathak - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Patrick Glauner, Oliver Inderwildi - The Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education, Charles Mok - Stanford University, Markus Kraft - The Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education, Axel Voss - Member of the European Parliament, Shreya Some - Asian Institute of Technology
The Role of the G7 in Strengthening the Global Landscape of Climate Finance for Adaptation and Loss and Damage
Urwah Khan - Boston University Global Development Policy Center, Archimedes Muzenda - African Urban Institute, Steffen Bauer, Rishikesh Ram Bhandary - Research Fellow, Center for International Environment and Resource Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Putting Societal Well-Being at the Core of G7 Climate Strategies: Entry Points and Enabling Reforms
Xin Zhou - Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Eric Zusman - Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Mustafa Moinuddin - Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Jakob Dirksen - Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford, Nabaghan Ojha - United Nations Development Programme, Sumbal Javed, Rolla Moumné - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Gabriela Rigoni, Satoko Yano - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Katharina Lima de Miranda - Kiel Insitute for the World Economy, Matthew Hengesbaugh - Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Miki Fukuda - Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Simon Høiberg Olsen - International Institute for Sustainable Development, José Stracquadaini, Aamer Ikram - National Institutes of Health, Islamabad Pakistan
Harnessing the Potential—and Mitigating the Risks—of Using Digital Innovation to Build a More Climate-Resilient, Prosperous, and Democratic World
Benedikt Erforth - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Brian King - CGIAR, Charles Martin-Shields - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Rory Gillis - Research Project Support Officer, Dorcas Owino - Lake Hub
Sustainable and Scalable Food, Water, and Land Systems through Technology, Innovation, and Inclusion
Erika Kraemer-Mbula - University of Johannesburg, Joni Jupesta - Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), Bhogendra Mishra - Policy Research Institute, Nepal, Claudia Sadoff - CGIAR
Accelerating “Just” Energy Transition: Implementation and Financing Pathways for the G7
Venkatachalam Anbumozhi - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Edo Aulia Aprihans - Indonesian Financial Service Authority, Dina Azhgaliyeva, Aaina Dutta - TERI School of Advanced Studies, Shanti Jagannathan - Asian Development Bank, Zhanna Kapsalyamova - Nazarbayev University
Integrated Approach for Well-Being, Environmental Sustainability, and Just Transition
Kazuo Matsushita, Shinobu Yamaguchi - United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, Dennis J. Snower - Global Solutions Initiative Foundation, Dennis J. Snower - Global Solutions Initiative
Toward Accelerating Climate Finance: Forging a New Partnership between the Global South and the Global North
Neha Khanna - Climate Policy Initiative, Casper Sonesson - United Nations Capital Development Fund, Shayak Sengupta - Observer Research Foundation America, Daniel Suryadarma - Asian Development Bank Institute
Issue Paper: Saving the Planet
John Kirton - G20 Research Group, Daniela Jacob - Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Lindsay Stringer - University of York
Global Public-Private Digital Utilities for MSME Recovery and Transition
Tamara Singh - People Centered Internet, Mei Lin Fung - People Centered Internet, Eileen Murray - FINRA, Anthony Lacavaro - Aquarian Holdings, Matthew Gamser - SME Finance Forum, World Bank/IFC , Brian Omwenga - Tech Innovators Network – ThiNK, University of Nairobi, Kenya, Ndemo Bitange - University of Nairobi, Kenya, Homi Kharas - The Brookings Institution
The G7 Needs to Step Up Climate Ambition, Action and Finance
Claire Fyson - Climate Analytics, Tabea Lissner - Global Solutions Initiative, Bill Hare - Climate Analytics, Andrzej Ancygier - Climate Analytics, Marie-Camille Attard - Climate Analytics, Jonas Hörsch - Climate Analytics
Using the SDGs to Realize the G7’s “Green Revolution that Creates Jobs”
Mark Elder - Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
Food-Climate Nexus: Need for an International Small Holder Farmers Agribusiness Consortium
Hemnath Rao Hanumankar - StratPol International Advisory Services (OPC) Pvt. Limited, Dil Rahut - Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Dina Azhgaliyeva, Yixin Yao - Asian Development Bank Institution
G7 Countries Must Urgently Phase Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Agustin Redonda - Council on Economic Policies, Christian von Haldenwang, Ronald Steenblik - International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Creating an Effective, Legally Binding, and Enforceable Climate Club
Rafael Leal-Arcas - Queen Mary University of London
Food and Agriculture
Corine Pelluchon - Université Gustave Eiffel
Clean-IT: Policies to Support Energy-Efficient Digital Systems
Christoph Meinel - Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany, Mei Lin Fung - People Centered Internet, Maxim Asjoma - Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering
Climate Change and Health
Maike Voss - German Alliance on Climate Change and Health (KLUG), Sophie Gepp - German Alliance on Climate Change and Health (KLUG), Sabine Baunach - German Alliance on Climate Change and Health (KLUG)
Biodiversity Protection Through Reward, Technology Transfer, and Improving Governance
Dil Rahut - Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Dina Azhgaliyeva, Yixin Yao - Asian Development Bank Institution
Community Climate Clubs to Motivate and Create Personal Action for an Equitable World
John Aston - University of Cambridge, Ilan Chabay - Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Jesus Crespo Cuaresma - Vienna University of Economics and Business, Mei Lin Fung - People Centered Internet, David Roos - University of Pennsylvania, Pedro Ahlers - New Ventures and Technologies at SAP, Navroop K. Sahdev - MIT Connection Science
Towards an Inclusive Climate Alliance With a Balance of Carrots and Sticks
Axel Michaelowa - University of Zurich, Philipp Censkowsky - Perspectives Climate Research Group, Clara Brandi - German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Michele Stua - Institute of Development, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Sonja Peterson - Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Colin Nolden - University of Oxford and University of Bristol, Mei Lin Fung - People Centered Internet, Ingo Venzke - University of Amsterdam / The New Institute, Tim Banning - Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH dena
Financing a Green Future: The Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM) and the Green Impact Fund for Technology (GIFT)
Dina Azhgaliyeva, Aidan Hollis - University of Calgary and Incentives for Global Health, Thomas Pogge - Yale, Dil Rahut - Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Yixin Yao - Asian Development Bank Institution
Safeguarding the Blue Planet – Eight Recommendations to Sustainably Use and Govern the Ocean and Its Resources
Mirja Schoderer - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Henry Bittig - Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), Françoise Gaill - CNRS Institute for ecology and environment (INEE), Kristina M. Gjerde - International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Sheila JJ Heymans - European Marine Board (EMB), Birgit Klein - Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), David Obura - CORDIO East Africa, Torsten Thiele, Sebastian Unger, Anna-Katharina Hornidge - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
Accelerating Renewable Energy Deployment for Energy and Nature Security
Andrew Deutz - The Nature Conservancy, Bruce McKenney, Mark Lambrides - The Nature Conservancy
Reform Subsidies Harmful to Nature
Jack Bobo - The Nature Conservancy, Robert Tansey - The Nature Conservancy
Aligning Climate And Biodiversity Finance
Andrew Deutz - The Nature Conservancy
Using Debt Conversions to Support the Sustainability Agenda
Andrew Deutz - The Nature Conservancy, Andreas Hansen - The Nature Conservancy
Reframing of Global Strategies and Regional Cooperation: Pathways for an Inclusive Net-zero Strategy in the Energy Transition Framework
Fachry Abdul Razak Afifi - LPEM FEB UI, Venkatachalam Anbumozhi - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Dongmei Chen - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Alin Halimaussadiah - LPEM FEB UI, Vida Hardjono - University of Indonesia, Roes E.G. Lufti - LPEM FEB UI, Dian Lutfiana - ERIA, Julio Mauricio - KAPSARC, Alloysius Joko Purwanto - ERIA, Widodo Wahyu Purwanto - University of Indonesia, Jitendra Roychoudhury - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Citra Endah Nur Setyawati - ERIA, Majed Al Suwailem - KAPSARC, Wing T. Woo - Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia
Regional Cooperation for Financing Renewable Energy in Southeast Asia
Alin Halimatussadiah - The Institute for Economic and Social Research, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia, Tetsushi Sonobe - Asian Development Bank Institute, Dina Azhgaliyeva, Nuki Agya Utama - ASEAN Centre for Energy, Teuku Riefky - University of Indonesia (LPEM FEB UI), Rafika Farah Maulia - The Institute for Economic and Social Research
Strategic Action Plans of the G20 to Support Circular Economy of Batteries for Energy Sustainability
Maryam Muthiah Karimah - Energinesia, Andy Tirta - Energinesia, Muhammad Hilmy Alfaruqi - Sumbawa University of Technology, Aulia Qisthi Mairizal - Swinburne University of Technology
Towards an International Agreement on Plastic Pollution: The Role of the G20
Michikazu Kojima - Economic ResearchInstitute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Hendro Putra Johannes, Ellen Putri Edita, Fusanori Iwasaki, R Andreas Kraemer, Alin Halimatussadiah - The Institute for Economic and Social Research, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia
Governing Blue Carbon, Coastal and Marine Ecosystems for Climate Change Mitigation and Resilience
Rizky Januar - World Resources Institute (WRI) Indonesia, Elle Wibisono - Sustainable Ocean Alliance, Mas Achmad Santosa - Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative, Grace Binowo - Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative, Karenina Lasrindy - Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative, Harish Makarim - Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative, Eliza Northrop
Moving Towards a Virtuous Climate-Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Maria Rosaria Carli - Italian National Research Council, Desirée A.L. Quagliarotti - Italian National Research Council
Pragmatic Policy Support to Enable a Sustainable Energy Transition in Marine Fuels and Related Infrastructure
Emre Hatipoglu, Jitendra Roychoudhury - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Saumitra Saxena - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Anurag Pal Sehgal - Noble Group, Nourah Al Hosain, Puneet Kamboj - Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Reducing Transboundary Pollution to Improve Human Health, Protect the Environment and Climate, and Ensure Healthy Food for All
Rachael Kupka - Global Alliance on Health and Pollution, Karti Sandilya - Global Alliance on Health and Pollution, Laura Schaefli - Global Alliance on Health and Pollution, John Kirton - G20 Research Group
Embedding the Circular Economy in Global Value Chains: Strategies and Frameworks for a Just and Effective Transition
Kirana Agustina - World Resources Institute (WRI) Indonesia, Venkatachalam Anbumozhi - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Romadhani ARDI - Universitas Indonesia, Nicolas Buchoud - Grand Paris Alliance for Metropolitan Development, Milindo Chakrabarti - Center for Sustainability, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India, Alexander Charalambous - Living Prospects, Alex Godoy-Faúndez - SDSN Andes and Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad del Desarrollo, and GlobalYoung Academy (GYA), Yasuhiko Hotta, Martin Kochhan, Konstantinos KARAMPOURNIOTIS, Rainer LANZ - World Trade Organization (WTO), Vesna LAVTIZAR, Hemant Mallya, Nam Hoang NGUYEN - Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment (ISPONRE), Shuva Raha - Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), Victor STOLZENBURG - World Trade Organization (WTO), Cecilia Wandiga
Potential of Various Renewable Energy and its Introduction Policy in Southeast Asia
Ajay Mathur, Hiroshi Komiyama, Kazuo Matsushita, Kenichiro Yamaguchi, Kuniyuki Nishimura, Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Turki Alaqeel
Biodiversity – A Key Source of Technological Innovation
Alexandra Ralevski, André Mader, Anke Fischer, Jeanette Lim
Strengthened Actions towards Decarbonised and Climate Resilient Society
Aryanie Amellina, Bijon Kumar Mitra, Caroline Ott, Helena Wright - Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), Joe Thwaites, Kenji Asakawa, Kentaro Tamura, Lewis Akenji, Mariko Ikeda, Michael Lettenmeier, Naoki Matsuo, Ryu Koide, Satoshi Kojima, Shelagh Whitley, Sunhee Suk
Delivering National Climate Action Through Decarbonized Cities
Gabriel Lanfranchi, Kate Kooka, Malcolm Shield, Olivier Richard
Investing in Climate Change Mitigation: A G20 Action Plan for Upscaling Private Sector Contributions
Jootae Kim - Dankook University, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Kaliappa Kalirajan - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Peter Wolff - German Development Institute (DIE), Bonn (Germany, Venkatachalam Anbumozhi - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
Sustainable Prevention of Food Crises in Sub-Saharan Africa
David Laborde Debucquet - Markets, Trade and Institutions Division- International Food Policy Research Institute, Futoshi Yamauchi, Julia Collins, Maximo Torero - Economic and Social Development Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization, Ousmane Badiane, Rob Vos, Will Martin, Yasuo Fujita
Improving Future Ocean Governance – Governance of Global Goods in an Age of Global Shifts
Alf Håkon Hoel, Elana Wilson Rowe, Hideaki Shiroyama, Michelle Voyer, Ulf Sverdrup, Wrenn Yennie-Lindgren
Six Proposals for Future Policies towards Circular Economy and Society
Atsushi Watabe, Chen Liu, Chika Aoki-Suzuki, Eri Amasawa, Jun Nakatani, Kiyo Kurisu, Lewis Akenji, Yasuhiko Hotta
Enhancing climate resilience through urban infrastructure and metropolitan governance
Ana Carolina Herrero, Francisca Rojas, Gabriel Lanfranchi, John E. Fernandez, Katerina Trostmann
Redirecting investment for a global food system that is sustainable and promotes healthy diets
Catherine Bowyer, Eduardo Bianchi, Jamie Morrison, Laura Wellesley, Rob Vos
Financing “A Sustainable Food Future”
Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Ana Maria Loboguerrero, Louis Verchot, Ernesto Viglizzo, Alisher Mirzabaev
The New Urban Paradigm
Ana Carolina Herrero, Gabriel Lanfranchi, Inés Camilloni, Salvador Rueda Palenzuela, Steffen Bauer
Promoting competition in the fertilizer industry and efficiency in the fertilizer use to improve land productivity and sustainability
Manuel Hernandez, Maximo Torero - Economic and Social Development Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization
Clarifying the problem of food loss and waste to improve food and nutrition security
Luciana Delgado, Maximo Torero - Economic and Social Development Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization, Monica Schuster
Green Fiscal Reform for a Just Energy Transition in Latin America
Carlos Trinidad, Michael Jakob, Ottmar Edenhofer - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Rafael Soria
Monitoring Agricultural Productivity for Sustainable Production and R&D planning
David Laborde Debucquet - Markets, Trade and Institutions Division- International Food Policy Research Institute, Valeria Piñeiro - International Food Policy Research Institute
Achieving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change
Rainer Thiele, Ruth Delzeit - Basel University, Kacana Sipangule
Key Policy Actions for Sustainable Land and Water Use to Serve People
Ashok Gulati, Homi Kharas - The Brookings Institution, Joachim von Braun - Bonn University, Center for Development Research (ZEF)
Targeting G20 Investments in Agriculture to End Rural Hunger
Ashok Gulati, Homi Kharas - The Brookings Institution, Joachim von Braun - Bonn University, Center for Development Research (ZEF)
Establishing an Expert Advisory Commission to Assist the G20’s Energy Transformation Processes
Andreas Löschel, Prof., Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE FREng (Julia King), Carl Friedrich Gethmann, Prof., Christoph Frei, Dr., Christoph M. Schmidt, Prof., Cyril Stephanos, Dr., Dirk Uwe Sauer, Prof., Du Xiangwan, Prof., Eberhard Umbach, Prof., Franck Lecocq, Dr., Frithjof Staiß, Prof., Jyoti Parikh, PhD, FNASc, Kanako Tanaka, Dr., Koichi Yamada, Prof., Matt Wenham, Dr., Michel Colombier, Prof., Patrick Criqui, Prof., Philipp Großkurth, Robert Schlögl, Prof., The Rt. Hon John Gummer, Lord Deben, Tian Zhiyu, Yu Cong, Prof.
A Decentralized, Consumer-Driven Model for the Solar Ecosystem
Akshay Mathur - ORF Mumbai, Purvaja Modak, Amit Bhandari
Green Shift to Sustainability: Co-Benefits & Impacts of Energy Transformation on Resource Industries, Trade, Growth, and Taxes
Fernando Blumenschein, Clara Brandi - German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), R. Andreas Kraemer - Ecologic Institute, Berlin (Germany), Barry Carin, Renato Flores, Max Gruenig, Sebastian Helgenberger, Akshay Mathur - ORF Mumbai, Hermann Ott, Rainer Quitzow, Joël Ruet, Thomas Spencer, Sonja Thielges, Scott Vaughan, Shelagh Whitley
Nanowaste: Need for Disposal and Recycling Standards
Thomas Faunce, Bartlomiej Kolodziejczyk
Fostering Sustainable Global Growth Through Green Finance – What Role for the G20?
Kathrin Berensmann - German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Ulrich Volz - SOAS University of London, Céline Bak, Amar Bhattacharya - Brookings Institution, Tian Huifang, Gerd Leipold, Lawrence MacDonald, Hannah Schindler, Isabella Alloisio, Qingqing Yang
Better Products by Design
Dustin Benton, Simon Wilson
Innovative Green-Technology SMEs as an Opportunity to Promote Financial De-Risking
Venkatachalam Anbumozhi - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Céline Bak, Joël Ruet, Elena Verdolini
Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Climate Policy, Sustainable Infrastructure, and Finance
Céline Bak, Amar Bhattacharya - Brookings Institution, Ottmar Edenhofer - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Brigitte Knopf
Circular economy measures to keep plastics and their value in the economy, avoid waste and reduce marine litter
Patrick ten Brink, François Galgani, Heather Leslie, Michiel De Smet, Jean-Pierre Schweitzer, Emma Watkins
Carbon Pricing for Climate Change Mitigation and Financing the SDGs
Brigitte Knopf, Christian Flachsland, Ottmar Edenhofer - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Ulrike Kornek
G20 Recommendations on Inequality, Climate Change, Food Security and Water Availability
Muhammad Khurram Khan - Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA) King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Promoting energy efficiency financing within the G20: the role of fiscal instruments
Tapan Sarker, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Naoyuki Yoshino - Financial Research Centre, FSA Institute
Avoiding a carbon trade war: G20 dialogue and coordination and the European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
Jan Cernicky - Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin (Germany), Bernice LEE, Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz - International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
Accelerating youth-led transformative actions through ICT-enabled education for sustainable development
Dinah Bennett - Enterprise Development, Women’s Economic Imperative, Leila Dagher - American University of Beirut, Charlotte Holland - Dublin City University, Noura Mansouri King - Center (KAPSARC), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Huan Ni - Shanghai Green Light-Year Environmental Service Center
Localising the circular economy imperative in a post Covid-19 era: Place, trade and multilateralism
Vanesa Rodriguez Osuna - German Corporation for International Cooperation GmbH (GIZ), Bonn (Germany), Venkatachalam Anbumozhi - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, , Alexander Charalambous - Living Prospects, Edoardo Croci - Bocconi University, Himani Jain, Martin Kochhan, Hemant Mallya, Shuva Raha - Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), Tetsushi Sonobe - Asian Development Bank Institute
Policy direction for sustainable communities and combating energy poverty
Brian Statham, Gabriella De Maio - University Federico II, Naples (Italy), Romano Borchiellini
Clean-IT: Policies to support sustainable digital technologies
Mei Lin Fung - People Centered Internet, Christoph Meinel - Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany
Resetting low carbon green growth policies through stimulus packages in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic
Venkatachalam Anbumozhi - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Muhammad Cholifihani - Ministry of National Development Planning/ National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), Jakarta (Indonesia), Takashi Hongo - Mitsui & Co. Global Strategic Studies Institute, Tokyo (Japan), Kaliappa Kalirajan - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Jootae Kim - Dankook University, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Huifang Tian - Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP) (CASS), Beijing (China), Peter Wolff - German Development Institute (DIE), Bonn (Germany, Ritu Mathur - The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi (India
Designing recovery packages to be consistent with low-carbon transitions
Dan Andrews - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris (France), Alain De - Serres Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris (France)
Fixing financial, economic and governance structures to save forests and the ocean, and enhance their contributions to climate change solutions
R. Andreas Kraemer - Ecologic Institute, Berlin (Germany), Leonardo Massai - Coalition for Rainforest Nations, New York NY (USA), Michael Orbach - Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (USA), Nico Stelljes - Ecologic Institute, Berlin (Germany), Torsten Thiele, John Virdin, Paul De Noon - Coalition for Rainforest Nations, New York NY (USA)
International cooperation to accelerate the development and deployment of the circular carbon economy
Bassam Fattouh - Director Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, UK, Giacomo Luciani, Noura Mansouri - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Manal Shehabi - Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (UK), Adnan Shihab-Eldin - Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS), Kuwait, Kirsten Westphal
Nature-based solutions for climate change, clean energy & health
Andrey Shelepov - Center for International Institutions Research (CIIR), Moscow (Russia), Brittaney Warren, James Hospedales - EarthMedic and EarthNurse Foundation, John Kirton - G20 Research Group, Laura Schaefli - Global Alliance on Health and Pollution, Marina Larionova - Center for International Institutions Research, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Rachael Kupka - Global Alliance on Health and Pollution, Rajani Ranjan Rashmi - The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi (India, Thomas Crowther, Thomas Elliott
Plastics in a circular carbon economy
Adam Bouloukos, Michael Wang, Sara Lechtenberg-Kasten King - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
Promoting sustainable agriculture in smart cities
Ghadah Al-Dabbagh, Mrinmoy Chakraborty, Nikos Dimitriou - National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Brian Lee
International coordination and policy instruments to promote a hydrogen economy: a focus on the steel-making industry
Sonja Butzengeiger - Perspectives Climate Research, Axel Michaelowa - University of Zurich, Dario Brescia, Luca Franza, Bart Kolodziejczyk
Climate change, food security, and central banks in developing economies
Channing Arndt - International Food Policy Research Institute, Christopher Loewald - South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria (South Africa), Faaiqa Hartley - University of Cape Town (South Africa), Konstantin Makrelov
Financing energy efficiency of buildings: Green instruments and policy guidance
Fatih Yilmaz - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Nawaz Peerbocus - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Rishikesh Ram Bhandary - Research Fellow, Center for International Environment and Resource Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Fang Zhang - Harvard Kennedy School and The Fletcher School, Kelly Sims Gallagher - The Fletcher School, Venkatachalam Anbumozhi - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Kaliappa Kalirajan - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
A cost-effective pathway to a low-emissions transportation future
Rubal Dua - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Omar Al Harbi - Saudi Aramco, Yagyavalk Bhatt - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Gabriel Collins - Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy, Geetika Dang - Sattva Consulting, Puneet Kamboj - Council on Energy, Environment and Water, Anushree Majumdar - Council on Energy, Environment and Water, Tamara Sheldon - University of South Carolina, Dimpy Suneja - RMI India
Toward a comprehensive approach to youth empowerment for climate action
Leila Dagher - American University of Beirut, Miranda A. Schreurs, Neha - The Energy and Resources Institute, Nova Ahmad - Global Young Academy, North South University, Shahad Almufti - Decision Support Center—Royal Court, Liz Canner - Astrea Media, Lim Boon Han - Global Young Academy, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Shabana Khan - Global Young Academy, Indian Research Academy, Noura Mansouri - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Chioma Daisy Onyige - Global Young Academy, University of Port Harcourt, Neeshad Shafi - Arab Youth Climate Movement, Renard Siew - Global Young Academy, Centre for Governance and Political Studies, D.G. Webster - Dartmouth University, Sara Zaini - Emkan Education
G20’s role in marine biodiversity – policy options and best practices for enhancing marine protected areas (MPA)
Swati Ganeshan - Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute, Fraddry D’Souza - Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute
Enhancing voluntary collaboration on cooling through the G20
Noura T. Al-Saud - Aeon Collective, Mashael Al Shalan - Aeon Collective, Thamir Al Shehri - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Mazhar Bari - Siemens, Maxime Beaugrand - Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (IGSD), Nicholas Howarth - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Radhika Khosla - University of Oxford, Moncef Krarti - University of Colorado, Alessandro Lanza - LUISS University, Benoit Lebot - International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation (IPEEC), Karan Mangotra - TERI, Natalia Odnoletkova - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Tadeusz Patzek - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Yamina Saheb - OpenEXP
Measurement, reporting, verification, and certification of methane emissions from fossil fuel production and natural gas value chains
Bassam Fattouh - Director Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, UK, James Henderson - Director Natural Gas Research Programme, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, UK, Jonathan Stern - Distinguished Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, UK
Carbon price policies and international competitiveness in G20 countries
Fakhri J. Hasanov - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Jeyhun I. Mikayilov - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Nicholas Apergis - College of Business, Law and Social Sciences, University of Derby, Brantley Liddle - Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore, Ceyhun Mahmudlu - Department of Government, Cornell University, Ryan Alyamani - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Abdulelah Darandary - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research
Does a climate-constrained world need nuclear energy?
Adnan Shihab-Eldin - Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS), Kuwait, H-Holger Rogner - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, Robert J. Budnitz - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, USA, Noura Y. Mansouri - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Charles McCombie - Arius Association, Switzerland, Robert N. Schock - Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Promoting carbon-neutral hydrogen through UNFCCC and national-level policies
Axel Michaelowa - University of Zurich, Sonja Butzengeiger - Perspectives Climate Research, Romain Debarre - Kearney Energy Transition Institute, Adnan Shihab-Eldin - Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS), Kuwait, Richard Forrest - Kearney Energy Transition Institute, Claude Mandil - former IEA Executive Director, Antoine Rostand - Kearney Energy Transition Institute
Nature-based solutions to climate change: Towards a blue carbon economy future
Noura Y. Mansouri - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Ralph Chami - IMF, Carlos M. Duarte - KAUST, Yatish Lele - TERI, Mrinal Mathur - TERI, Manal Abdelrahim Osman - National Council for Environment
Achieving net-zero in the G20: A novel supply-side climate policy to value carbon sinks
Eli Mitchell-Larson - Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, Paul Zakkour - Carbon Counts / King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Wolfgang Heidug - Formerly King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC)
A carbon management system of innovation: Towards a circular carbon economy
Noura Y. Mansouri - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Alma Alhusseini - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Noura T. Al-Saud - Aeon Collective, Mashael S. Alshalan - Aeon Collective, Maroua Benlahrech - Qatar University, Yoshikazu Kobayashi - Institute of Energy Economics, Japan, Radia Sedaoui - Economic Commission of Western Asia (UN-ESCWA), Masakazu Toyoda - Institute of Energy Economics, Japan, Liubov Yaroshenko - En+ Group
Addressing climate-related financial risks and overcoming barriers to scaling-up sustainable investment
Irene Monasterolo - Vienna University of Economics and Business, Ulrich Volz - SOAS University of London
Targeting pollution to improve health and mitigate climate change: The G20 “Safeguarding the planet” agenda – a call for action
Rachael Kupka - Global Alliance on Health and Pollution, Richard Fuller - Global Alliance on Health and Pollution, Laura Schaefli - Global Alliance on Health and Pollution
Displaced populations due to environmental perils: The challenge of climate migrants for the G20 community
Syed Munir Khasru - Institute for Policy, Advocacy, and Governance (IPAG), John Thwaites - Monash Sustainable Development Institute (SDI), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Coastal challenges: Mainstreaming climate action in the G20 development agenda
Prasoon Singh - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India, M. Tabitha Benney - University of Utah, Marzio Galeotti - University of Milan, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Wilfred Lunga - Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), South Africa, Christian Otto - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Radia Sedaoui - Economic Commission of Western Asia (UN-ESCWA), Markus Zimmer - Allianz Research
Trade and climate change: A key agenda for the G20
Clara Brandi - German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Axel Berger - German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Aaron Cosbey - Small World Consulting, Susanne Droege - German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Manfred Elsig - World Trade Institute (WTI), University of Bern, Ilaria Espa - University Lugano, Jean-Frédéric Morin - Laval University
A cost-effective low-carbon framework to manage emissions from water desalination
Malak Al-Nory - Effat University, Mohammed Antar - King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Alexander Brodsky - George Mason University, Stephen Graves - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Hussameldin Khonkar - King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, John Lienhard - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Khulood A. Rambo - Assistant Professor of Informatics, Visiting Scholar at MIT Effat University Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Sa’d Shannak - Texas A&M
Managing global transport energy use and emissions through technology, policy, and collaborative initiatives
Baha M. Al-Alawi - Senior Manager of Market and Industry Analysis, CALSTART, USA, Thomas H. Bradley - Woodward Professor, Energy Institute, and Chair, Department of Systems Engineering, Colorado State University, USA, Timothy C. Coburn - Renewable & Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado
The integration of climate action into economic development and stimulus measures: Policy options for the G20
Aisha Al-Sarihi - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Salaheddine Soummane - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Helena Wright - Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
A G20 circular carbon economy: policies and practices to foster circularity in plastics
Shilpi Kapur Bakshi - The Energy and Resources Institute, Souvik Bhattacharjya - The Energy and Resources Institute, Rachel A. Meidl - Baker Institute for Public Policy
Covid-19 recovery: How the G20 can accelerate sustainable energy transitions in the power sector by supporting the private sector
Tanzeed Alam - Earth Matters Consulting, Mari Luomi - Independent expert, Yong Jun Baek - Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Timothy C. Coburn - Renewable & Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado, Alexander Gard-Murray - Harvard University, Nella Sri Hendriyetty - Center for Regional and Bilateral Policy, Ministry of Finance Indonesia, Chul Ju Kim - Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Charles F. Kutscher - Renewable & Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado, Jeffrey Logan - Renewable & Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado, Robert T. McGrath - Renewable & Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado, William Toor - Renewable & Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado
Climate change induced migration: Informing policy on the internal migration
Kavya Michael - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Juhi Bansal - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Forest and food solutions for the climate crisis
John Kirton - G20 Research Group, Brittaney Warren
Integrated policies to improve the Energy-Water-Food System Nexus to achieve the SDGS
Carlo Andrea Bollino - Perugia Energy Environment Research Center (CREEP), University of Perugia, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Venkatachalam Anbumozhi - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Suresh Babu - International Food Policy Research Institute, Yamaji Eiji - The University of Tokyo, Marzio Galeotti - University of Milan, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC)
The WEF Nexus approach: An imperative enabler for sustainable development in the MENA Region
Waleed Khalil Al-Zubari - Arabian Gulf University, Khalid Nahar Alrwis - King Saud University, Riyadh Economic Forum
Promoting energy market stability in a transitioning world
Hossa Almutairi - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Kenneth B. Medlock III - Center for Energy Studies, Rice University’s Baker Institute, Axel Pierru - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC)
Integrated nexus policies for sustainable and resilient energy, water, and food systems
Olivier Durand-Lasserve - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Jordan Cox - Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA), Jill Engel-Cox - Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA), Tsisilile Igogo - Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA), Pramod Kumar Anand - Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), Krishna Kumar - Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), Jeff Logan - Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA), Toufic Mezher - Khalifa University, Layla Saleh - Khalifa University
Scaling sustainable agricultural practices
José Luis Chicoma - Ethos Public Policy Lab, Laure Delalande - Ethos Public Policy Lab
Responsible large-scale agricultural investments in and by G20 countries: A call for more transparency
Insa Flachsbarth - German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Jann Lay - Acting Director of the GIGA Institute of African Affairs Lead Research Fellow RP 3, Kerstin Nolte - Leibniz University Hannover, Angela Harding - Land Matrix Initiative, University of Pretoria, Ward Anseeuw - International Land Coalition (ILC), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), Jeremy Bourgoin - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD)
Refreshing global energy security policy and infrastructure for the energy transition
Mark Finley - Center for Energy Studies, Rice University’s Baker Institute, Morgan Bazilian - Payne Institute for Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines, Steven Griffiths - Senior Vice President, Research and Development, Khalifa University, Kenneth B. Medlock III - Center for Energy Studies, Rice University’s Baker Institute
Adaptive policy to leverage hydrogen in the energy transition
Maxime Schenckery - IFP School - Center for Energy Economics and Management, IFPEN, Carlo Andrea Bollino - Perugia Energy Environment Research Center (CREEP), University of Perugia, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), James G. Carton - Dublin City University, Yena Chae - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Alena Fargere - SWEN Capital Partners, Bartlomiej Kolodziejczyk, Rami Shabaneh - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre (KAPSARC)
Embracing innovation to meet food systems challenges
Channing Arndt - International Food Policy Research Institute, Judy Chambers - International Food Policy Research Institute, Patricia Zambrano - International Food Policy Research Institute, Mohammed Issa Alahmdi - University of Tabuk, Aishah Alatawi - University of Tabuk, Rui Benfica - International Food Policy Research Institute, Martin G. Edward - Newcastle University, Angharad M. R. Gatehouse - Newcastle University, Felix Moronta-Barrios - International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, GYA, Akhter Ahmed - International Food Policy Research Institute
Bioeconomy: A sustainable development strategy
Hugo Chavarría - Hemispheric Program of Bioeconomy and Productive Development, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Eduardo Trigo - Interamerican Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Federico Villarreal - Federico Villarreal, Director of Cooperation at IICA., Pablo Elverdin - Group of Producing Countries of the Southern Cone (GPS), Valeria Piñeiro - International Food Policy Research Institute
The true cost of food
David Laborde Debucquet - Markets, Trade and Institutions Division- International Food Policy Research Institute, Marie Parent - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Valeria Piñeiro - International Food Policy Research Institute
Sector coupling, regulatory convergence and climate change
Rolando Fuentes - EGADE Business School–Tec de Monterrey, Matthias Finger - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lester C. Hunt - University of Portsmouth, Baltasar Manzano - University of Vigo, Juan Jose Montero - Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Nora Nezamuddin - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC)
Enhanced water security and energy access: Key investments for Sub-Saharan Africa
Claudia Ringler - International Food Policy Research Institute, Abdulaziz M. Alqarawy - King Abdulaziz University, William Brent - Power for All, Gabriel Collins - Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy, Paul Orengoh - African Ministers’ Council on Water, Bridget Scanlon - University of Texas, Lama Yaseen - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC)
Framing energy and minerals for future pathways
Michelle Michot Foss - Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, Michaels S. Moats - Missouri University of Science and Technology, Kwame Awuah-Offei - Missouri University of Science & Technology
Promoting human-centric technologies and the urban NEXUS to address the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) sustainability challenges of smart cities
Ghadah Aldabbagh - King Abdulaziz University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nikos Dimitriou - National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Jauad El Kharraz - Middle East Desalination Research Center, Hammou Laamrani - League of Arab States, Kamal Tumi - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Daniela Diegelmann - Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Majed Mohammed Mustafa Hallawani - King Saud University, Abdullah M. Al-Abed - King Saud University, Ziad A Alameddine - King Saud University, Gideon Kofi Agbley - University for Development Studies
Global food and water security, trade and market stability
Valeria Piñeiro - International Food Policy Research Institute , Pablo Elverdin - Group of Producing Countries of the Southern Cone (GPS), Martin Piñeiro - Argentine Council of International Relations (CARI), Estefania Puricelli - University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, Marcelo Regunaga - Graduate Program on Agribusiness, University of Buenos Aires, Federico Villareal - National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Instituto de Geografía, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Global Solutions Hubs

At our Global Solutions Hubs, you will find policy recommendations, solutions and experts on the policy areas of the G20 and T20. They cover the topics that are at the heart of the Global Solutions Initiative.
Do you have ideas for a Global Solutions Hub or would you like to submit your own Solution Session? Please contact us (contact@global-solutions-initiative.org).
What can the G20 do to promote a sustainable bioeconomy and stable food systems?

The required move from a fossil fuel-based economy to a bioeconomy, characterized by a sustainable use of renewable resources, entails a number of trade-offs that need to be addressed. Policy-makers need to understand the trade-offs in order to make the right decisions. This panel discusses the important trade-off between agricultural production for food and bio fuels, and biodiversity protection. It reflects on the international externalities of national biodiversity strategies and the role of the G20.

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Experts

Alexander Bonde
German Federal Environmental Foundation DBU
Franziska Schünemann
University Hohenheim, Germany
Maximo Torero
Economic and Social Development Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization
Robert Vos
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Netherlands
What can the G20 do to promote a circular carbon economy?

It is increasingly clear that to stay within the limits agreed with the Paris Agreement, all possible climate mitigation options and pathways must be seriously considered. The need to substantially reduce CO2 emissions, including in “hard to abate” sectors, raises the interest in mitigation options such as storing or (re-using) CO2 emissions, or using biomass and renewables based-fuels. However, the growing awareness for the need, potential and applicability of these technologies raises the question of potential trade-offs and use conflicts, e.g. regarding the total availability of biomass and renewable electricity or the capacity and feasibility of CO2 transport and storage infrastructure. This panel will start from the concept of a circular carbon economy to discuss the full picture and potential of main climate mitigation levers (reduction, re-use and storage of CO2) for different sectors; together with potential tradeoffs and solutions.

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Experts

Khalid Abuleif
Saudi Arabia
Gunnar Luderer
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Miranda Schreurs
Technical University of Munich
Adair Turner
Energy Transitions Commission
What can the G20 do to support green investment in emerging and developing economies?

The International Energy Agency predicts that global energy consumption will rise more than 25% by 2040, with the sharpest increase in emerging and developing economies. In fact, demand will double in some of these countries within this period. To comply with the goals set out in the Paris climate agreement, investment in renewable energies must increase substantially in order to meet the additional demand with energy from clean sources. This objective can only be achieved by mobilising much larger amounts of private capital. However, and despite the continuing phase of zero interest and even negative interest rates, major obstacles to investing in such projects persist, in particular in developing and emerging economies, where potential hurdles include political risk, complex contracts and a lack of compatibility with funding structures in industrialised countries. The panel “Green finance in emerging and developing markets” at the Global Solutions Summit will discuss possible solutions and ways of systematic cooperation to overcome these challenges, taking the recommendations of the G20 Eminent Persons Group on Global Financial Governance as a starting point for the discussion.

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Experts

Michael Dittrich
Federal Environmental Foundation, Germany
Mafalda Duarte
Climate Investment Funds
Manuel Pulgar-Vidal
WWF International
Clean-IT: What can the G20 do to reduce the Carbon Footprint of IT?

Curated by the Hasso Plattner Institute

Digital technologies are indispensable to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet IT technology has an immense energy requirement for its countless computers and devices, its massive amounts of data and global networks. As a result, more CO2 is released today through digital technologies than all air traffic worldwide, and the energy consumption is increasing due to the rapid spread of digital solutions throughout the world. Every single data transfer consumes energy. Every new data center with its high-performance computers has to be supplied with tons of electricity, and large amounts of energy have to be cooled. Training a single AI model can emit as much carbon as five cars do throughout their lifespans. Deep learning, which trains AI applications, is not only computationally expensive, it is also highly energy intensive and has an immense carbon footprint. Research efforts must be drastically increased in order to find ways to make digital technologies more energy efficient and climate friendly. HPI launched the Clean-IT initiative to present new algorithmic approaches of how digital technologies can be part of the solution of climate crisis – not its accelerator.

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Experts

Christoph Meinel
Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany
Jochen Flasbarth
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Salem Avan
United Nations
Mei Lin Fung
People Centered Internet
Richard Perez
University of Cape Town
Ann Rosenberg
SAP Next Gen
What can the G20 do to prepare the road to COP26 and ensure functioning global carbon markets?

If anything, the COVID-19 crisis adds another layer to the complexity and urgency of finding effective solutions in the fight against climate change. Although COP 26 has been postponed to 2021, the challenge for the presidents and heads of states set to meet in Scotland remains: They must agree on sufficiently strong plans to keep global greenhouse gas emissions within limits that prevent dangerous climate change – a challenge that was left unresolved in the hallmark 2015 Paris climate agreement and in climate talks since. Emissions cuts in all sectors of the economy will be required as will smart policies and incentives to enables these cuts. Although the massive financial emergency and stimulus packages that are currently put together in response to the COVID-19 pandemic can be a huge opportunity for driving investment into the zero-carbon transformation, they are also a huge liability if the bulk of the funding goes to high-carbon activities and prolongs their lifetime.

How should economic stimulus measures aimed at stabilising the world economy in the COVID-19 crisis be designed and implemented to support the transformation to zero carbon economies? What can the G20 to do inject dynamic and ambition into international climate talks? How can international coordination of carbon pricing systems, together with policies that enable a just zero carbon transition, increase the support for climate action and enable higher level of emission cuts?

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Experts

Svenja Schulze
Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Ottmar Edenhofer
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Amar Bhattacharya
Brookings Institution
Laurence Tubiana
European Climate Foundation
Engaging citizens in shaping policies fit for the future: from COVID-19 to climate emergency

Curated and produced by the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)

If, as many have argued, the COVID-19 crisis represents a critical juncture, state and non-state actors must work together to ensure a recovery that considers broader objectives than growth alone.

The discussion will especially focus on the broad public engagement and structured deliberation that can underpin sustained collective change across government, business and civil society. Learning from the growing number of citizens’ assemblies and conventions on climate action around the world, the aim of this global table is to highlight ways that governments at different levels can build a social and political mandate for climate policies through deliberative democratic processes and other participatory methods.

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Experts

Matthew Taylor
Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
Nicole Curato
Centre for Deliberative Democracy & Global Governance, University of Canberra
Claire Mellier
Convention Citoyenne pour le Climat
Sumana Nandi
XR- Affinity Network of Asia
Rebecca Willis
Climate Assembly UK

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