In preparation for high level climate change talks set to take place in Mexico at the end of this year, the Mexican government launched its COP 16: Mexico 2010 website in early July. On November 29, 2010 leaders from around the world will descend on the resort city of Cancun, Mexico for the two week COP 16 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The meeting will build upon negotiations that took place in Copenhagen at the end of 2009.
From financial reform to climate change to maternal health, this weekend's G8 and G20 summits will cover a seemingly disparate agenda of current issues that are affecting countries around the world. Tying them together is the need for a stable global economy and potentially preventing any concrete achievements are countries' individual agendas. Coming to the table with somewhat different objectives, having faired differently over the past two years, are the host country Canada and their southern neighbour, the US.
On May 28, 2010, Mexican President Felipe Calderon finished his second visit in ten days to his country's NAFTA partners. The trip included speeches before both nation's legislatures as well as meetings with President Obama and Prime Minister Harper.
In an op-ed published in the Financial Post on June 30, Finn Poschmann, Vice-President of Research at the C.D. Howe Institute, analyzes the emerging international consensus on economic stimulus and financial sector reform.
The Pembina Institute's recent Backgrounder outlines some of the key areas where the G8 and G20 summits in Canada could help to bolster the global climate negotiations, particularly by providing financial support for climate action in poorer countries.
A central element of the reform promised by the G20 in response to the global financial and economic crisis of 2007-2009 is the "Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth,"
