Focus on the G8-G20

Old wine or new bottled in the G20?
Prospects for a world leaders’ forum that promotes global equity and democratic governance
By Gauri Sreenivasan

When G20 leaders announced, following their 2009 Pittsburgh Summit, that the G20 forum would become their “premier forum” for international economic cooperation it was an important indicator of how global power relations are changing. What is not yet clear is whether the rise of the G20 will, in fact, bring needed changes to how decisions are made by world leaders, or what those decisions will be.

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Ending Poverty and Inequality:
Canada's G8 Challenge, Canada's G8 Legacy

By Amanda Sussman
2010 is a critical year for Canada, and for the world.  Beyond the opportunity offered by the circumstance of so many world leaders coming to Canada for the G8 and G20 Summits, many of us are inspired by the opportunity to reassert Canada’s reputation as a country committed to confronting injustice and inequity and promoting respect for human rights within a strong, rules-based, democratic global system.

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From Financing to Fossil Fuels Subsidies:
The Case for Climate Action at Canada’s Summits

By Clare Demerse
Picture yourself as the leader of a G8 country. When you look ahead to the summer’s G8 meeting, you might remember that the last time you saw many of your peers was at the United Nations (UN) climate negotiations in Copenhagen last December. Unfortunately, that meeting didn’t have a very happy ending.

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Recovery for All:
Towards fairer global economic rules

By Bill Morton
It's not “recovery for all” as low-income and developing countries, the hardest it by the global financial crisis, are also the unlucky losers in the recovery process.

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Basic Decency :
Interview with Charles Abugre

An e-Au Courant interview
A Ghanaian national, Charles Abugre is the Deputy Director of the United Nations Millennium Campaign, Africa. He was recently in Canada and spoke with e-Au Courant.

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At the Table

At the Table is a Canadian and global civil society campaign, mobilizing citizens to “take their place” at the G8 and G20 Summits.

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