Policy Area
Sustainable Energy, Water and Food Systems
POLICY BRIEFS
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.
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G20 2020
Bioeconomy: A sustainable development strategy -
G20 2020
The true cost of food -
G20 2020
Global food and water security, trade, and market stability -
G20 2020
Sector coupling, regulatory convergence and climate change -
Enhanced water security and energy access: Key investments for Sub-Saharan Africa -
G20 2020
Framing energy and minerals for future pathways -
G20 2020
Promoting human-centric technologies and the urban NEXUS to address the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) sustainability challenges of smart cities -
G20 2020
Integrated policies to improve the Energy-Water-Food System Nexus to achieve the SDGS -
G20 2020
The WEF Nexus approach: An imperative enabler for sustainable development in the MENA Region -
G20 2020
Waste management and electricity generation in Africa: Developing Waste-to-Energy to the benefit of sustainable cities? -
G20 2020
Promoting energy market stability in a transitioning world -
G20 2020
Integrated nexus policies for sustainable and resilient energy, water, and food systems -
G20 2020
Scaling sustainable agricultural practices -
G20 2020
Responsible large-scale agricultural investments in and by G20 countries: A call for more transparency -
G20 2020
Refreshing global energy security policy and infrastructure for the energy transition -
G20 2020
Adaptive policy to leverage hydrogen in the energy transition -
G20 2020
Embracing innovation to meet food systems challenges -
G20 2020
Bioeconomy: A Sustainable Development Strategy -
G20 2020
True Cost of Food -
G20 2020
Global food and water security, trade and market stability -
G20 Japan
Global Targets on Drinking Water
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G20 Japan
Improving Future Ocean Governance – Governance of Global Goods in an Age of Global Shifts
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G20 Japan
Sustainable Prevention of Food Crises in Sub-Saharan Africa
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G20 Japan
Linking Smallholder Production with Value-Added Food Markets
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G20 Japan
Energy Transition in Emerging and Developing Countries: Promoting the New Paradigm
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G20 Japan
Potential of Various Renewable Energy and its Introduction Policy in Southeast Asia
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T20 Co-Chair Brief
G20 Argentina
Monitoring Agricultural Productivity for Sustainable Production and R&D planning
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G20 Argentina
Clarifying the problem of food loss and waste to improve food and nutrition security
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G20 Argentina
Promoting competition in the fertilizer industry and efficiency in the fertilizer use to improve land productivity and sustainability
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T20 Co-Chair Brief
G20 Argentina
Financing “A Sustainable Food Future”
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G20 Argentina
The role of trade and sustainable intensification to achieve global food security with less carbon emission and more carbon sequestration.
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Redirecting investment for a global food system that is sustainable and promotes healthy diets -
T20 Co-Chair Brief
G20 Argentina
Global food security and market stability: the role and concerns of large net food importers and exporters
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G20 Recommendations on Inequality, Climate Change, Food Security and Water Availability -
Engaging religious actors in addressing the famine emergency in South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia, and Yemen -
The G20’s role in improving quality of life through sustainable energy and urban infrastructure in Africa -
A decentralized, consumer-driven model for the solar eco-system -
Establishing an Expert Advisory Commission to assist the G20’s Energy Transformation Processes -
T20 Co-Chair Brief
G20 Germany
Targeting G20 Investments in Agriculture to End Rural Hunger
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T20 Co-Chair Brief
Key Policy Actions for Sustainable Land and Water Use to Serve People -
An Evidence-Based Approach to Ending Rural Hunger -
Achieving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change
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S20 Saudi Arabia Communique
S20 Saudi Arabia 2020: Read the Communique here.
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Diets for a Better Future
Diets for a Better Future demonstrates the leading role G20 countries can and must take to realize the exponential changes required for a healthy and sustainable world. The report explores what a more equitable distribution across a global ‘carbon budget’ for food could look like.
This report by EAT investigates current food consumption patterns and the efficacy of national dietary guidelines in G20 countries compared to the Planetary Health Diet.
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How to eradicate hunger by 2030
Every day too many men and women in countries across the globe struggle to feed their children a simple, nutritious meal. The SDGs are not simply aspirational, but offer us a results-driven blueprint for achieving worldwide peace and prosperity and recognize that we must first reach those furthest behind – whether in developing or developed countries. In this article, Ertharin Cousin outlines five steps towards achieving Zero Hunger.
We can eradicate hunger by 2030. Here’s how, by Ertharin Cousin
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Covid-19 & OPEC+ collapse: preliminary assessment of implications for energy markets, policies and geopolitical balances
The global economy is shaken by the consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak in major global economies which increasingly impacts demand, supply chains and trade.
In this uncertain environment, the surprising breakdown of the OPEC+ alliance cemented by Russia and Saudi Arabia has led to an oil price collapse, with major potential economic and geopolitical consequences.
By Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega, Director of the Ifri’s Center for Energy & Climate
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Energy, Climate and the COVID-19 Schocks: Double or Quits
The shocks from COVID-19 likely to affect energy and the climate are multiple and unprecedented in scale and scope.
Shocks from collapsing prices due to plummeting and then paralyzed demand combined with overproduction: this is the case for oil, but also to a lesser extent for electricity and gas. Other raw materials are also being affected.
Shocks to investments, because oil, as well as electricity companies, are experiencing dramatic falls in earnings while waiting for the peak of the pandemic to pass. They are cutting spending and revising or postponing projects. Jobs and smaller company survival are under threat.
Energy, Climate and the Covid-19 Shocks: Double or Quits
By Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega (IFRI -Institute Francais des Relations Internationales)