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The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP), representing Civil Society Organizations in over 130 countries applauds the initiative by the AU to be a full member at the G20. We also pledge our full support for the AU in pursuing this initiative.

The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP), representing Civil Society Organizations in over 130 countries applauds the initiative by the AU to be a full member at the G20. We also pledge our full support for the AU in pursuing this initiative.

On 7 November, as the G20 returns to the UK, the agenda is to nurse an already failed economic model back to life, while looking to sew up an unjust international climate deal outside the UN process.

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Global Economic Forum to Expand Permanently:

President Obama will announce Friday that the once elite club of rich industrial nations known as the Group of 7 will be permanently replaced as a global forum for economic policy by the much broader Group of 20 that includes China, Brazil, India and other fast-growing developing countries, administration officials said Thursday.

G-20 Urged to Address Financing of Emissions Reductions - G-20 Dispatches - WSJ:

Panelists on a discussion about efforts to fight global warming ahead of a key Copenhagen summit in December said it’s crucial for the G-20 take steps toward breaking gridlock over how emissions reductions will be financed.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: G-20 Pittsburgh Summit: Reasons to Celebrate?:

Optimism is the leitmotif surrounding the upcoming Pittsburgh Summit. Yet certain concerns remain. A year ago, as the dramatic recession unfolded around the world, many were convinced we were heading for a repeat of the Crash of 1929.
Due to measures adopted at the G-20 Summit in London last April, the worst threat in decades to the global economy was contained.