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At last G20 is showing how to finance an assault on poverty | Larry Elliott

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 5 days ago - 10:43

Brazilian president Lula’s proposals have the backing of the World Bank. Now we need action

All things considered, the world’s richest countries have emerged from the global pandemic in better shape than they could have imagined when Covid-19 first appeared just over four years ago.

To be sure, the impact of lockdown and its aftermath has been painful, but the effects on poor countries have been far more severe.

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‘A historic step’: G20 discuss plans for global minimum tax on billionaires

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 29 February - 13:12

Leaders gather in Brazil to explore solutions to the hypermobile super-rich avoiding tax

The G20 group of the world’s most powerful nations are exploring plans for a global minimum tax on the world’s 3,000 billionaires, aiming to end a “race to the bottom” that has enabled the super-rich to pay less than the rest of the population.

Leaders gathering in São Paulo on Thursday for a key G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors are preparing to discuss an internationally agreed backstop on the taxation of hypermobile wealthy individuals, amid increasing global cooperation to tackle tax avoidance.

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Brazil as G20 president urges UN reform to prevent conflicts

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 22 February - 19:10

International institutions are gripped by paralysis, Brazil tells meeting, while UK’s David Cameron criticises Russia

Brazil has put the Bermuda triangle of international diplomacy – reform of the United Nations and other multilateral bodies – at the heart of its presidency of the G20, arguing that the war in Gaza and shifts in the economic power balance finally make change possible.

A two-day meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Rio de Janeiro heard a blunt attack by the UK foreign secretary, David Cameron, on the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, over the invasion of Ukraine.

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Visualised: how all of G20 is missing climate goals — but some nations are closer than others

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 7 December - 08:43

As world leaders gather at Cop28, these charts show how far away the major economies are from their targets

Not a single G20 country has policies in place that are consistent with the Paris agreement’s goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C and meeting their “fair share” of emissions reduction.

The assessment, based on data up to 5 December provided by the Climate Action Tracker , comes as leaders gather in Dubai for the Cop28 conference.

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UK-India trade deal ‘not guaranteed’, says Sunak before Modi meeting

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 8 September, 2023 - 09:00

PM’s crunch meeting with Indian counterpart at G20 hoped to smooth way for free trade deal

Rishi Sunak has insisted a trade deal with India is not guaranteed, as he prepares to meet his Indian counterpart during the G20 summit in Delhi.

The British prime minister will speak to Narendra Modi this weekend at a crunch meeting that could determine the future of a free trade agreement between the two countries, as well as influence India’s approach to Russia.

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Rishi Sunak hopes for warm welcome at G20 as India’s ‘son-in-law’

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 8 September, 2023 - 05:00

British officials hope the UK prime minister’s star status in India will help in negotiations with Narendra Modi

Rishi Sunak has said he is looking forward to a “special” trip to New Delhi, where he believes he will be welcomed as “India’s son-in-law” during his first visit to the country since entering Downing Street.

The prime minister will land in the city on Friday morning ahead of this weekend’s G20 summit – the first time he has been to India since before the Covid-19 pandemic.

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‘Ashamed of our presence’: Delhi glosses over plight of poor as it rolls out G20 red carpet

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 8 September, 2023 - 04:27

Schools, offices, markets and restaurants have been ordered to close for three days as the city is cleaned up ahead of the arrival of world leaders

The first time that Saroaj Devi heard about the G20 was when tall green walls began to be erected around the slum in Delhi where she lives.

The new barricades, she soon realised, were to hide their impoverished homes from the foreign leaders and dignitaries who will descend on India’s capital this weekend for the G20 leaders’ summit: part of a £100m facelift that has seen Delhi undergo a glossy upgrade, while its poor communities have been removed from sight and several slums razed.

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Rishi Sunak ready to discuss corporate visas deal with India, No 10 suggests

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 7 September, 2023 - 21:30

PM travels to Delhi for G20 summit this weekend and is likely to discuss trade agreement with Narendra Modi

Rishi Sunak is willing to discuss corporate visas as part of a trade negotiation with India, Downing Street officials have indicated, as he flies to Delhi this weekend hoping to lay the groundwork for an agreement later this year.

Sunak lands in Delhi on Friday for the weekend’s G20 summit of world leaders, but will begin his trip with a key meeting with Narendra Modi at which officials say the two prime ministers are likely to discuss the sensitive subject of the prospective trade deal.

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Cutouts of menacing langurs employed to deter rhesus monkeys ahead of G20 in Delhi

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 1 September, 2023 - 00:02

New Delhi municipal council has also deployed ‘30 to 40 people’ to make monkey sounds to create the impression that the animals are alive

Lifesize cutouts of langurs have sprung up in several parts of New Delhi over the last few days as officials look to prevent the smaller rhesus monkeys from disrupting the G20 summit that will take place next week.

Rhesus monkeys are a menace in many areas in India’s national capital, running across busy roads without warning – putting both themselves and motorists at risk – and often attacking unsuspecting pedestrians or residents.