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.
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,"
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner and Director of the National Economic Council Lawrence Summers take a look at the Obama administration's agenda for the G-20 Summit in Toronto on June 26 and 27.
