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‘Cooperative globalisation’ requires further action on global climate change

‘Cooperative globalisation’ requires further action on global climate change Fresh calls from the global investor community for stronger intergovernmental action More than 200 global investors, with $15 trillion of assets under management, have together released a fresh call for action by governments, at the upcoming G7 and the G20 Summits, that will enable and encourage

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‘Cooperative globalisation’ requires greater women’s economic empowerment

‘Cooperative globalisation’ requires greater women’s economic empowerment Angel Merkel, Ivanka Trump and Christine Lagarde push the G20 down the right path. One of the major themes of the Global Foundation’s two recent Rome Roundtables has been the global imperative for women\’s economic empowerment to become a reality rather than just a series of platitudes. There

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Australia gains, Asia too, as Patrick White goes ‘home’, to China.

Australia gains, Asia too, as Patrick White goes ‘home‘, to China. The success of the Foundation’s global and regional strategies is highlighted at a major event in Sydney One of China’s leading internationalists, who has enjoyed a long association with the Global Foundation, was honoured in Sydney on 3 April, at a reception and dinner

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Argentina returns to the world

Argentina returns to the world \’Argentina is now a go-to destination for global investment\’. After decades of economic populism and missed opportunities, Argentina is at last opening up to the global economy, thanks to new political leadership in Buenos Aires. This was evident in Sydney on 21 March when the Vice President of Argentina, Ms

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Rome meeting has right focus

Rome meeting has right focus The Australian EDITORIALS January 16, 2017 The United Nations’ 17 “sustainable development goals” are overly ambitious, if not utopian. They include no poverty, zero hunger, clean water, reduced inequalities, climate action, and major infrastructure. But if substantial progress is to be made, co-operation between business, governments, organisations such as the

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St. John Paul’s warnings about capitalism have come to pass, Pope Francis tells business leaders

St. John Paul’s warnings about capitalism have come to pass, Pope Francis tells business leaders Catholic Culture January 16, 2017 Pope Francis received members of the Global Foundation on January 14 and called upon business leaders to imitate St. Teresa of Calcutta by overcoming indifference to the poor. The Global Foundation is an Australian organization

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