Issue: 017: March 2022 AUSTRALIA EXPANDS INDIA TIES: As negotiators inch toward an interim trade deal and Prime Ministers Morrison and Modi meet in a virtual summit, Australia has announced $132 million of India initiatives including an increased Austrade presence in India and new key minerals and technology partnerships. TRADE MINISTERS TO BOOST SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE: Trade Ministers Tehan, Goyal and Koichi from Australia, India and Japan have agreed to further develop a trilateral supply chain initiative. They tasked Austrade,…
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Authors: The International Institute for Sustainable Development & Earth Negotiations Bulletin Accreditation Link: https://www.iisd.org/publications/state-global-environmental-governance-2021 Negotiating global agreements on climate action, biodiversity restoration, plastic pollution control, and other environmental crises is not easy at the best of times—and 2021 was far from that. By Jennifer Allan (Dr.), Elsa Tsioumani (Dr.), Natalie Jones (Dr.), Bernard Soubry (Dr.) This report by the Earth Negotiations Bulletin team explores the highlights and lowlights in a tumultuous year—including the problematic popularity of pledging, the strategies that helped online meetings make…
PBEC member Redsip is an early monetization stage start-up in the hottest creator economy space [More than 140 U.S. companies in this sector raised at least $5 billion last year] Unlike OnlyFans, Cameo (both became unicorns last year), and other all-in-one creator platforms such as Memberful, Redsip focuses on turning creators into full-fledged small businesses in the lifestyle sector around wine & dine. The vertical is just now going through tremendous innovation triggered by the pandemic, while Redsip is plugging…
Jakarta, February, 2022 The Indonesian B20 Task Force has held the first meeting in the series of B20 Indonesia Presidency 2022, where a number of crucial issues such as eliminating digital inequality, sharing green economy financing, and fighting global cybercrime became the main discussion. The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) held the Inception Meeting of B20 Indonesia Presidency 2022 on January 27-28 in Jakarta. The two-days forum was attended by more than 2,000 participants and government delegations from…
We speak with the Philippines’ secretary of finance about the importance of sustainable finance and some long-term lessons from the pandemic An interview with: Carlos G Dominguez III Finance Secretary of the Philippines Heavy monsoon rain linked to Typhoon In-fa causes severe flooding on residential property near Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines in July 2021. Photo by Shutterstock. In the first part of this interview, we spoke about the fiscal pressures brought about by COVID-19 on the Philippines, the country’s monetary and…
We speak with the Philippines’ secretary of finance about how the country withstood the impacts of the pandemic and continues to remain competitive An interview with: Carlos G Dominguez III Finance Secretary of the Philippines Carlos G Dominguez III, the Philippines’ secretary of finance, speaks with Unravel. COVID-19 continues to impact societies and economies globally. As days have stretched to months and months to years, the world is slowly pivoting towards “living with the virus”. Asia’s COVID story is a…
Description: This month we catch up with PBEC Board Member Luis Miguel Aboitiz who previously served as a Director of Unionbank and as Executive Vice President – Chief Strategy Officer of Aboitiz Group, before his retirement on April 30, 2020. He was also Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer – Corporate Business Group of AboitizPower from 2016 to 2018, and Senior Vice President-Power Marketing and Trading from 2009 to 2015. Miguel is currently a Director of Aboitiz Power…
By Steven Irvine – Founder, CEO & Editor ‘Week in China’ Island diplomacy China backs Argentina’s Falklands claim Feb 2022 (WiC 573) Argentina has joined the BRI Argentinian leader Alberto Fernandez wouldn’t have been counting on Olympic glory when he flew into Beijing earlier this month – his nation’s athletes have competed at 19 Winter Olympic Games without winning a single medal. But President Fernandez had bigger fish to fry in his meeting on the sidelines of the Games with Xi…
‘One of society’s biggest challenges’: How the Aviation Impact Accelerator is pushing the aviation sector towards net zero. Dame Polly Courtice was Founder-Director of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and one of the founders of the Aviation Impact Accelerator. ‘Our enemy is time. Achieving an aviation sector with no climate impact is one of society’s biggest challenges. Solving it will require a complex combination of technology, business, human behaviour and policy.’ – Rob Miller, Director, University of…
PBEC is pleased to share that ICC will be hosting its first Global Finance Forum from 25-27 April 2022. This fully virtual event will bring together a diverse network of over 3,000 participants from the public and private sectors for practical discussions about pressing trade finance and investment issues. The Global Finance Forum The Global Finance Forum will provide a platform for a diverse range of organizations to share their views on the financing ecosystem. To learn more about engagement opportunities within the conference, please contact their team at externalaffairs@iccwbo.org. Join us (virtually)…