In this context, several policy options can be identified to ensure that stimulus packages are designed to support the longer-term recovery in a way that also facilitates the low-carbon transition. This alignment between the growth pick-up and climate objectives in stimulus packages […]
In order to define shared actionable policies around AI, we first propose to establish a Foundational Framework to identify the relevant AI-related pillars, goals and metrics, and then to employ an Operational Framework for strategic planning and effective execution. The Foundational Framework […]
CREATE A SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY BOARD The G20 should create a Sustainable Technology Board (STB) as a mechanism for coordination, cooperation, and scaling of SusTech solutions.4 An STB is called for given the transformative potential of new technologies, and to address the concern, […]
Based on the above challenges the following recommendations are put forward for the G20 to ensure that digital transformation initiatives support today’s global development agenda. PRIORITISE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENABLING ECOSYSTEM WHERE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION CAN THRIVE When it comes to promoting […]
The current situation is reminiscent of the rapid development of financial services globally in the 1990s and 2000s. Fuelled by light-touch regulation, and in no small measure by hubris and the desire to follow their own self-determined rules, banks and insurers grew […]
WHAT IS “CLEAN-IT” AND “SUSTAINABILITY BY DESIGN”? With the introduction of digital applications to almost every imaginable aspect of human life, we can expect a dramatic increase in the use of digital technologies. At the beginning of the massive roll-out of such […]
KEY ASPECTS TO CONSIDER: “Everyone can create money; the problem is to get it accepted” (Minsky 1986). Globally, conventional cash usage is declining.4 In countries such as Sweden and Norway, it is a well-entrenched process. In others, it is a slow-motion trend. […]
The G20 should explore how it can best engage with major internet and technology companies, ensuring that the interests of all its members, and not just those at the technological cutting edge, are represented. As a first step, it should establish a […]
To harness the full potential of DSI and of the digital technologies that promise precision plant breeding and food supply chain resilience, G20 agriculture ministers need to go beyond simply accelerating innovation and instead take a more comprehensive approach. This includes (i) […]
To address the abovementioned challenges we propose three supportive policy recommendations: (a) Support for STI missions for SDGs in LMICs based on country-level priorities; (b) multilateral and regional efforts to enable financing for technology facilitation under the TFM and in turn promote […]