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  • What working people want, a guide for the German Presidency of the G20

    What working people want, a guide for the German Presidency of the G20

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    Sustainable future for all workers

    In advance of the G20 Employment Working Group meeting over March 27-28, Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), calls upon Germany’s G20 Presidency to ‘chart a course for inclusive growth’ that benefits the lives of working people. Ms Burrow is a participant in The Labour 20 (L20), which represents the interests of workers at the G20 level. It unites trade unions from G20 countries and Global Unions and is convened by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the OECD.

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  • Entkoppelte Finanzmärkte und die Ungleichheit: Globalisierung gestalten!

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    Finanzmärkte in den Dienst der Menschen stellen

    Populistische Bewegungen geben vor, Kontrolle über die Globalisierung zurückzugewinnen – durch Rückzug von internationaler Zusammenarbeit. Jedoch können die anderen Länder Gegenmaßnahmen ergreifen und Allianzen bilden. Dies kann zu einer Abwärtsspirale führen, z.B. in Form von Handelskriegen und Steuerwettdumping – zum Nachteil Aller.

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  • B20, C20 and T20: Joint Statement for a sustainable energy transition

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    The Chairs of the Energy and Climate Task Forces of the Think20, together with Business20 and Civil20, published a Joint Statement to support a sustainable energy transition. On the occasion of the meeting of the G20 Energy and Climate Sustainability Working Groups on 22 and 23 March in Berlin, the Engagement Groups call on the G20 to step up and adopt three main provisions: First, the G20 should take the lead in implementing the Paris Agreement. Second, the G20 should drive towards carbon pricing mechanisms and agree on a time line for phasing-out fossil fuel subsidies. Third, the G20 should enable financial markets to deliver on sustainable development.

    Please read the full statement here

  • Recommendations on Global Energy Governance and the G20

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    shifting towards low-carbon technologies

    As the G20 Working Groups on Sustainability, Energy and Climate are preparing to meet later this week, it is well worth reminding ourselves of the importance of the upcoming G20 summit in Hamburg for global energy governance. It is the first G20 summit since President Trump was elected on a pro-fossil fuels, climate-skeptic, and protectionist/nationalist agenda. It is also the first G20 summit since the Paris Agreement entered into force on 4 November 2016, a legally binding agreement to keep global warming ‘well below 2°C’, ratified by all G20 members except Russia and Turkey.

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  • Welche Rolle soll künftig die technische Zusammenarbeit in der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit spielen?

    Die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (EZ) ist mit weitreichenden globalen Herausforderungen konfrontiert: Der Klimawandel, soziale Ungleichheit, die Krisenanfälligkeit der Weltwirtschaft sowie Krisen und gewaltsame Konflikte gefährden eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in einer zunehmend interdependenten Welt.

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