Transnational Bodies

G20 Creates Group to Monitor Global Financial Governance

April 26, 2017

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble and President of Bundesbank Jens Wiedmann have announced the creation of a group of financial experts within the G20 (Group of 20 forum) designed to “review issues relating to global financial governance” in institutions like the World Bank.
Think Tank Calls for G20 Ban on Financial Data Manipulation

April 12, 2017

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has called on the Group of 20 (G20) forum to adopt an agreement prohibiting financial data manipulation by governments and holding states responsible for addressing such activity “passing through or emanating from its territory or perpetrated by its citizens.”
G7 Women’s Forum Promotes “Women’s Empowerment”

April 12, 2017

The 2017 G7 (Group of 7 countries) meetings recently held in Italy featured a forum designed to address “women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work” by promoting the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles.
G20 Declaration Calls for Universal Internet Access by 2025

April 12, 2017

G20 (Group of 20 countries) IT ministers approved a declaration calling for universal Internet access within their respective countries by 2025 as part of the drive to promote human rights like freedom of expression found in the Sustainable Development Goals.
Report Seeks Urgent Action on Global Energy Goals

April 05, 2017

The World Bank and the International Energy Agency’s latest Global Tracking Framework (GTF) report on the progress of “sustainable energy” access calls on governments to devote more resources to meeting the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for access to electricity, renewable energy, and efficiency.
WEF Pushes Big Economies on "Sustainable" Energy

March 30, 2017

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released a publication warning that large economies around the world are lagging in the adoption of "environmentally sustainable" energy systems and calling on large energy consumers, including the US, Russia, China, India, and Japan, to do more to encourage this energy "transition."
Gregg: Global Governance "Corrupts" Idea of Human Rights

March 28, 2017

In a recent article, Samuel Gregg of the Acton Institute concludes that the phenomenon of global governance has become detached from traditional values of economic freedom and natural rights and instead aspires to the liberation of individuals everywhere in the world "from any natural or social constraints that might inhibit the realization of" their desires.
US Skips IACHR Hearings on Travel Restrictions

March 27, 2017

Voice of America reports that US government officials chose not to participate in a series of meetings held by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on the impact of President Donald Trump’s executive orders on travel and refugee resettlement, citing ongoing litigation related to the migration policies.
Global Agencies Diverge on Roadmap to Climate Action

March 24, 2017

An article on the website Climate Home on competing press releases from the International Renewable Energy Agency and the International Energy Agency painting diverging pictures on how to combat global warming highlights the complexity and uncertainty involved in UN and activist calls to impose laws and policies to advance the UN's Paris climate deal.
EIB, WEF Call for "Social Inclusion" in EU Growth

March 23, 2017

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) have produced a report calling on EU policymakers to place "social inclusion" at the center of national and supranational policies promoting economic growth.