Meer | More than a century after the original Scramble for Africa, a quieter but equally consequential contest for the continent’s land is unfolding. This time, the driving force is not overt imperial conquest but global climate action regarding carbon markets, renewable energy investments, conserva...
Tax Justice UK | Inequality in the UK is surging, with vast wealth concentrated among a tiny elite. This imbalance harms economic growth, weakens democracy, worsens the cost‑of‑living crisis and accelerates climate damage. A tax system favouring wealth over work deepens the divide, prompting growing...
GPF | The G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg in late November offered a once-in-20-years opportunity to promote a specific African agenda through the G20. The South African government set high expectations when it chose the theme “Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability” for its presidency.
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The Guardian | Rising economic division is destabilising nations and eroding accountability. Joseph Stiglitz’s G20 blueprint offers a way toward global economic renewal.
Source: The Guardian.
GPF | Report on the eleventh session of the intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (“UN Treaty“).
Source: Global Policy Forum.
Commissioned by the G20 South Africa Presidency | Inequality is one of the most urgent concerns in the world today, generating many other problems in economies, societies, polities and the environment.
Source: G20 Reports.