ISSUE 7 THE WORLD POLICY FORUM GLOBAL SOLUTIONS JOURNAL RECOUPLING THE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS SUMMIT 2021 EDITION ABALKHAIL ∙ ABDALÁ ∙ ANBUMOZHI ∙AVIA ∙ BALASEGARAM ∙ BENFORD BERDING ∙ BERTIN ∙ BROSSARD ∙ BYRNE ∙ CAPUA ∙ CARLSON ∙ CARNELLI CHAUDRON ∙ COHEN ∙ DI-GIOIA ∙ DOHERTY ∙ DREESEN ∙ EICH ∙ ENGELS FUNG ∙ GABRIEL ∙ GIAQUINTO ∙ GRAHAM ∙ HAUT ∙ HELLER ∙ HEMPEL ∙ HOU KADKOY ∙ KAPURIA ∙ KASTROP ∙ KELLY ∙ KHASHASHNEH ∙ KICKBUSCH KIRTON ∙ KOCH ∙ LAMBRECHT ∙ LEE ∙ MAGRI ∙ MEINEL ∙ MUKHERJEE MUNIR ∙ NACKE ∙ NATIVIDAD ∙ NISHIMURA ∙ NOFAL ∙ NSENGIMANA ∙ OLMOS ORTEGA ∙ PANTH ∙ PELLUCHON ∙ PETERSON ∙ PETRONE ∙ POMARES PONATTU ∙ RAFEE ∙ REALE ∙ SACHETTI ∙ SAK ∙ SCHARLACH ∙ SCHULZ SEMBLA ∙ SETHI ∙ SNOWER ∙ STRAUTMANN ∙ TARIQ ∙ TOPS ∙ TRIFONE WARREN ∙ WEST ∙ WINKLER ∙ WINTHER ∙ XU ∙ YAMEOGO THE WORLD POLICY FORUM ISSUE 7 ∙ MAY 2021 GLOBAL SOLUTIONS JOURNAL ∙ ISSUE 7 Dear Friends of the Global Solutions Initiative, The current confluence of global policy Dennis J. Snower challenges shows how urgently we need President, Global Solutions Initiative to rethink our understanding of wealth and progress and manage the global com- mons. Vaccinating the global population against COVID-19, addressing climate change and the loss of biodiversity, stem- ming the growth of poverty and wealth Markus Engels gaps, and finding a global consensus on Secretary General, Global Solutions digital governance – these challenges and Initiative many others are addressed in this Journal. Because they are systemic, resolving such globally shared problems will require a comprehensive approach. Go-it-alone, na- tionally independent solutions are bound to fail. » Go-it-alone, nationally independent solutions are bound to fail.« Italy has been serving as G20 President for six months, under the slogan “People, Planet, Prosperity”. We look forward to the 4 FOREWORD summits of G20 leaders, ministers and And please don’t forget: As a global engagement groups in late summer and common good, the Global Solutions Ini- autumn of 2021. International cooperation tiative is open to your ideas, contributions is more critical than ever, and it needs a and networking activities. Contact us! strong voice from global civil society, think We are counting the weeks, days and tanks, businesses, international institu- hours until we can meet again without a tions and NGOs. screen between us. Please stay well and As every year, the Global Solutions safe! Summit takes place halfway through the G20 Presidency, offering researchers, business leaders and policy makers a platform to contribute, primarily through evidence-based policy recommendations. In hope and confidence, This year’s summit will take place in a hy- brid format and will broadcast digitally all Dennis & Markus discussions, keynotes, and panels to en- sure that all stakeholders can contribute and participate. We are optimistic that we will meet again in person in 2022 when In- donesia heads the G20. 5 CONTENTS Global Solutions Journal VISION BRIEF 12 Recoupling shareholders, stakeholders and society Colm Kelly, PwC Dennis Snower, Global Solutions Initiative GOVERNANCE 26 Italy’s G20 and T20: Impact in a challenging global framework Paolo Magri, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) 31 The Rome G20 Summit: A window of opportunity to build back better Sigmar Gabriel, Atlantik-Brücke 37 Improving engagement groups’ impact on the G20 Julia Tops, London School of Economics Angela Min Yi Hou, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Madeline Koch, G20 Research Group 47 We need a global vaccination strategy Martin Schulz, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung 50 The new geopolitics of global health: The two types of vaccine diplomacy Ilona Kickbusch, World Health Summit Council 57 The G20’s climate, health and science synergies Brittaney Warren and John Kirton, G20 Research Group 66 The Italian Presidency of Urban20: Why it is a great chance for greener and more sustainable cities Luca Trifone, Municipality of Rome 71 Reinventing smart liveable cities in the post-COVID era: Three narratives for globally coordinated actions Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) 77 Regionalism, multilateralism and economic integration in ASEAN and East Asia Hidetoshi Nishimura, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) 6 CONTENTS Issue 7 84 Governance realignment in the Global South: From policy-centric to network governance Syed Munir Khasru and Avia Nahreen, Institute for Policy, Advocacy, and Governance (IPAG) Tariq H. Cheema, World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists With inputs from: Jonathan Cohen, Open Society Foundations 92 Healing the international trading system Pablo Federico Bertin and Victoria Olmos, Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI) ECONOMIC REALIGNMENT 104 Connecting narrative and numbers Christian Heller, Value Balancing Alliance & BASF SE Markus Engels, Global Solutions Initiative Jun-Suk Lee, Value Balancing Alliance & SK Group Dennis West, University of Oxford 113 The great realignment fuelled by impact: A call for new notions of success, progress and corporate performance Sonja Haut, Novartis 119 Well-being in the US and around the world during COVID-19: A lens into the human costs of the pandemic Carol Graham, Brookings Institution & University of Maryland 126 Agricultural trade and food security: Food security in developing countries and the G20 role in agricultural trade Facundo Gonzalez Sembla, Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI) 133 Moving forward: A sustainable green transition amid the pandemic Preeti Kapuria, Observer Research Foundation (ORF) TECHNOLOGICAL REALIGNMENT 144 Strengthening democratic principles in public discourse: German and European measures to combat hate speech in social networks Christine Lambrecht, German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection 7 CONTENTS 148 Digitalization as a common good: Contribution to an inclusive recovery Julia Pomares, City of Buenos Aires Andrés Ortega, Elcano Royal Institute María Belén Abdala, Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC) 155 Human-centric digital governance: Managing AI and other technological disruptions to the benefit of civil society Christian Kastrop and Dominic Ponattu, German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection 161 From scale to purpose? The EU’s support for startups in the global race for tech dominance Jake Benford, Bertelsmann Stiftung Frank Eich, Economicsense Ltd 169 A data economy for people and prosperity: What needs to be done to bring our digital governance to the next level Michael Strautmann, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 176 Gender and children effects of COVID-19: Mitigating equity, safety and ethical risks linking to digital transformation Syed Munir Khasru and Abdullah Ar Rafee, Institute for Policy, Advocacy, and Governance (IPAG) Matt Brossard, Jasmina Byrne, Marta Carnelli, Thomas Dreesen, Daniel Kardefelt Winther and Jean Luc Yameogo, UNICEF Stephane Chaudron and Rosanna Di-Gioia, European Commission – Joint Research Centre 183 Mitigating the digital divide in e-learning: The case for policy reform through capacity building Syed Munir Khasru and Abdullah Ar Rafee, Institute for Policy, Advocacy, and Governance (IPAG) Brajesh Panth and Jeffrey Jian Xu, Asian Development Bank Joseph Nsengimana, Mastercard Foundation ECOLOGICAL REALIGNMENT 194 International carbon pricing coalitions Malte Winkler and Sonja Peterson, Kiel Institute for the World Economy 201 Circular economy: Opportunities for business and well-being Maximilian Hempel and Volker Berding, German Federal Environmental Foundation Paula Scharlach, University of Osnabrück 8 CONTENTS 209 Clean-IT: Policies to support sustainable digital technologies Christoph Meinel, Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering Mei Lin Fung, People Centered Internet 218 Ecology as new Enlightenment Corine Pelluchon, Gustave Eiffel University 224 Green New Deal in the West. What about the rest? Güven Sak and Omar Kadkoy, Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey 230 Urban greening: The case for ecological realignment in informal neighborhoods Alejandro Sáez Reale and Melina Nacke, CIPPEC 239 Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR): A key catalyst for the transition to a circular economy – the case of Jordan Mohammed Khashashneh, Jordanian Ministry of Environment SOCIAL REALIGNMENT 252 Building a better future of work: Creating a more sustainable economy through good jobs and upskilling Bhushan Sethi, Chaitali Mukherjee and Ingrid Carlson, PwC 260 Address “shecession” to reset the post-COVID economy Irene Natividad, GlobeWomen Research & Education Institute 268 Reducing fragmentation and shaping post-pandemic resilience and sustainable development through data-driven decision-making: A demonstration project for the Circular Health approach Matthew Doherty and Manica Balasegaram, Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) Carlo Giaquinto, Penta Foundation Ilaria Capua, One Health Center of Excellence 277 Gender mainstreaming in the COVID-19 policy response: Fostering equality during the pandemic and beyond Florencia Caro Sachetti and Luciana Petrone, Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC) 286 A global partnership for infrastructure sustainability Beatriz Nofal, Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI) 296 The Global Solutions Initiative 298 Imprint 299 Council for Global Problem-Solving 9 Vision brief VISION