TF2 - Climate Change, Sustainable Energy & Environment AVOIDING A CARBON TRADE WAR: G20 DIALOGUE AND COORDINATION AND THE EUROPEAN CARBON BORDER ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM (CBAM) ABSTRACT Catalysing the G20’s competitive advantage on global climate action, this policy brief proposes: 1. To swiftly act to fill [...]

TF2 - Climate Change, Sustainable Energy & Environment RESETTING LOW CARBON GREEN GROWTH POLICIES THROUGH STIMULUS PACKAGES IN THE AFTERMATH OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has led many countries to initiate unprecedented economic recovery packages. G20 policy makers tackling the health crisis, which is [...]

TF2 - Climate Change, Sustainable Energy & Environment FIXING FINANCIAL, ECONOMIC AND GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES TO SAVE FORESTS AND THE OCEAN, AND ENHANCE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS ABSTRACT Forests and the ocean are vital for climate, biological diversity, and human communities, but they are degraded [...]

TF2 - Climate Change, Sustainable Energy & Environment LOCALISING THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY IMPERATIVE IN A POST COVID-19 ERA: PLACE, TRADE AND MULTILATERALISM ABSTRACT Resource extraction and consumption is projected to double by 2060. However, today only 8.6% of raw materials extracted are put back into [...]

TF2 - Climate Change, Sustainable Energy & Environment INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND POLICY INSTRUMENTS TO PROMOTE A HYDROGEN ECONOMY: A FOCUS ON THE STEEL-MAKING INDUSTRY ABSTRACT In the last three years, green hydrogen has been gaining significant momentum. Hydrogen will become a key component of decarbonisation [...]

TF2 - Climate Change, Sustainable Energy & Environment PROMOTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY FINANCING WITHIN THE G20: THE ROLE OF FISCAL INSTRUMENTS ABSTRACT Improvements in energy efficiency (EE) can deliver a “double dividend” by reducing emissions and helping to protect the environment. Yet, constraints such as limited [...]

TF2 - Climate Change, Sustainable Energy & Environment DESIGNING RECOVERY PACKAGES TO BE CONSISTENT WITH LOW-CARBON TRANSITIONS ABSTRACT G20 countries should make a renewed commitment towards providing stronger incentives for investment in low-carbon technologies, including through carbon pricing, but also via a more rapid phasing [...]

TF2 - Climate Change, Sustainable Energy & Environment ACCELERATING YOUTH-LED TRANSFORMATIVE ACTIONS THROUGH ICT-ENABLED EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ABSTRACT We are living in a dynamic and changing world, one that requires youth and young people to be critically informed and prepared to address a range [...]

TF2 - Climate Change, Sustainable Energy & Environment POLICY DIRECTION FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AND COMBATING ENERGY POVERTY ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has added urgency to addressing Energy Poverty challenges. Local energy initiatives can support local employment, while bringing benefits to vulnerable consumers. In more developed [...]

TF5 - 2030 Agenda and Development Cooperation DEBT RELIEF FOR SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY IN LOW- AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES: PROPOSAL FOR NEW FUNDING MECHANISMS TO COMPLEMENT THE DSSI PROBLEM-SOLVING AND LEARNING-BY-DOING PRACTICES TOWARDS THE 2030 AGENDA ABSTRACT Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic continues its successive waves worldwide and [...]