CIGI and TEPAV co-hosted the Think 20 (T20) conference for the first time in Canada — with high-level representation from the G20 Turkey presidency, across 11 countries, and from government, think tanks, academia and financial institutions — to discuss economic cooperation and Turkey’s G20 agenda. The meeting hosts called on G20 leaders to broaden the agenda to include financial stability and climate change.
May 6, 2015
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Think 20 hosts urge G20 leaders to broaden agenda to include financial stability and climate change

CIGI and TEPAV co-hosted the Think 20 (T20) conference for the first time in Canada — with high-level representation from the G20 Turkey presidency, across 11 countries, and from government, think tanks, academia and financial institutions — to discuss economic cooperation and Turkey’s G20 agenda. The meeting hosts called on G20 leaders to broaden the agenda to include financial stability and climate change.

Highlights
 

Former Canadian PM Paul Martin: Is G20 living up to its role?

In a new CIGI Commentary based on his remarks to the T20 in Ottawa May 4, G20 co-founder and former Canadian prime minister the Rt. Hon. Paul Martin explores the potential of the G20 and multilateral institutions in globalization and economic cooperation.

United Nations climate deal should create policy options ‘menu’

The climate change agreement to be adopted at COP21 in December should include a menu of policy options that can facilitate increased ambition over time, says Henrik Jepsen. He makes the argument in the premier policy brief in the new series, Fixing Climate Governance. The series of policy briefs will offer original recommendations for improving the effectiveness of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Africa Portal relaunches with mobile-friendly design

In a joint initiative, CIGI and the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) have relaunched the Africa Portal with a fresh new design and mobile-friendly layout. With improvements to the overall user experience and functionality, users can more easily access the Africa Portal’s vast digital library of research on issues critical to Africa’s future.

Mark Jewett joins law program as CIGI senior fellow

CIGI International Law Research program welcomes international economic law expert Mark Jewett to the team of experts investigating sovereign debt and cross-border insolvency. Jewett is counsel to Bennett Jones LLP, where his practice focuses on domestic and international aspects of financial law.

Feature Publications
 

Development of Sustainability and Green Banking Regulations — Existing Codes and Practices

CIGI Paper No. 65 by Adeboye Oyegunle and Olaf Weber (@olaf_weber)
Interest in sustainable and green financial regulations has grown in recent years, due in part to increasing climate-change risks for the financial sector alongside a need to integrate this sector into the green economy. This paper recalls sustainability’s course from fringe issue to central concern, and examines seven emerging and developing countries, where regulatory approaches have been implemented successfully.

The New Innovator's Commercialization Dilemma: A Report on the CIGI International Intellectual Property Law Clinic

CIGI Special Report by James W. Hinton and Kent C. Howe
The CIGI International Intellectual Property (IP) Law Clinic operated for three months in 2014. The report outlines the impetus for the clinic and illustrates how an IP-focused law clinic can help to address the commercialization dilemma, which arises from a lack of IP legal knowledge, lack of financial resources and the high costs associated with IP protection.

Publications
 

The IMF as Just One Creditor: Who’s in Charge When a Country Can’t Pay?

CIGI Paper No. 66 by James M. Boughton (@BoughtonJames)

The Asian Infrastructure Development Bank: A New Bretton Woods Moment? A Total Chinese Triumph?

CIGI Policy Brief No. 59 by Hongying Wang

Law, Governance and Climate Change: An International Law and Policy Workshop in the Context of the UNFCCC COP 20

CIGI-CISDL Conference Report by Katherine Lofts (@katherinelofts)

Why Do Poor Children Perform So Poorly?

CIGI Commentary by Elizabeth Caucutt, Lance Lochner and Youngmin Park

Managing Coexistence in Global Trade Agreements

CIGI Commentary by Rohinton P. Medhora (@RohintonMedhora)

Upcoming Webcast
 

CIGI Signature Lecture – Breaking Climate Inertia: A "Radically" Practical Approach

Chris Ragan (@ctsragan)
At this public lecture and webcast, Professor of Economics Chris Ragan will propose a middle-ground approach amid the highly polarized discussion surrounding climate change in Canada. His approach addresses two questions: What is the most cost-effective way to achieve greenhouse gas reductions that aligns with economic prosperity? And what is the most pragmatic way to achieve those reductions?

Videos
 

Event Video – Disruptive Power: The Crisis of the State in the Digital Age

Taylor Owen (@taylor_owen)
Advances in digital communication technology have helped create a landscape of global political power that is much more complicated than ever before. In this lecture, author and professor Taylor Owen explored how technology is destabilizing processes that have shaped the world of international affairs, and how digital media are giving rise to a new form of disruptive power.

Podcast – Intellectual Property Rights

Myra Tawfik (@colonialip)
CIGI Senior Fellow Myra J. Tawfik visits the Inside the Issues studio to discuss intellectual property (IP) rights with co-host and Senior Fellow Andrew Thompson. In addition to touching on the basics of IP rights, the conversation considers dispute and enforcement mechanisms and the future of IP rights. Tawfik also shares information on her project that helps to bring IP law support to start-up organizations.
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