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 [...]

TF5 - 2030 Agenda and Development Cooperation INVOLVING HIGHER EDUCATION (SDG4) IN ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES (SDG11) THROUGH PROBLEM-SOLVING AND LEARNING-BY-DOING PRACTICES TOWARDS THE 2030 AGENDA ABSTRACT Global goals are inherently interrelated and therefore effective, comprehensive action taken towards one goal can support the [...]

TF5 - 2030 Agenda and Development Cooperation THE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN A POST-COVID WORLD ABSTRACT Women across the world are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, reversing gains in gender equality made in recent decades. Women-led businesses have been more negatively impacted [...]

TF5 - 2030 Agenda and Development Cooperation A MORE SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT AGRI-FOOD SECTOR TO BETTER DEAL WITH THE PANDEMIC ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has put new emphasis on the intrinsic weaknesses of current food production and consumption models across the world. These weaknesses include [...]

TF5 - 2030 Agenda and Development Cooperation AVAILING EXISTING FRAMEWORKS TO ENABLE A CLEAN AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSITION IN THE TRANSPORT SECTOR ABSTRACT While there is an immediate need to tackle global environmental issues, the decarbonization of the transport sector represents a key challenge at the [...]

TF5 - 2030 Agenda and Development Cooperation SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION FOR SDGS POST PANDEMIC: STRENGTHENING TECHNOLOGY FACILITATION MECHANISM AND GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS FOR LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES ABSTRACT The UN has called for a “Decade of Action” in respect of SDGs in order to [...]

TF5 - 2030 Agenda and Development Cooperation SUPPORTING SMES IN SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT POST-COVID-19: CHALLENGES AND POLICY AGENDA FOR THE G20 ABSTRACT SMEs contribute substantially to global employment and economic growth. Yet constraints such as lack of capital, human resources and knowledge capability have rendered [...]