The Group of Twenty (G20), comprising the world’s largest advanced and emerging economies and representing over 85 percent of global output, addresses shared economic challenges. Bolstered with the addition of the African Union in 2023, the G20 will need to prove that it can continue to produce the international agreements needed to address the uncertainty and fragmentation in today’s global economy.

The Atlantic Council’s G20 programming and research emphasizes continuity in the agenda, focusing on food security, climate finance, reforming the global economic governance system, and enhancing digital public infrastructure.

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How can Brazil’s and other Global South countries’ priorities be advanced within the G20? What role should the US (as the 2026 G20 host), multilateral development banks and other international organizations play in supporting these areas?

The GeoEconomics Center and Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center hosted a special conference to discuss these issues on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meetings in July in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Watch the event and our coverage of the Meetings here.

How Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina approached this year’s G20

New Atlanticist Jul 30, 2024

Dispatch from Rio: Can Brazil set up the G20 leaders’ summit for success?

By Ananya Kumar, Mrugank Bhusari

Brasília has sought to acknowledge fundamental disagreements on geopolitics between some members, and then to sidestep them entirely at the ministerial level. How long can this approach last?
Brazil Economy & Business
How Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina approached this year’s G20

New Atlanticist Jul 26, 2024

‘We’re back to square one’ in fighting the hunger crisis, warns Cindy McCain

By Katherine Walla

At an Atlantic Council event on Thursday, the World Food Programme executive director warned that the world has lost the progress it has made over the past fifteen years on lowering global hunger levels.
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Areas of focus

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Food security


With Brazil leading the G20 in 2024, the focus is on addressing climate change, hunger, and inequality. This provides a crucial opportunity ahead of COP30 in Brazil in 2025, where global leaders will gather to pursue a sustainable future, balancing food production and environmental protection amid a challenging geopolitical context.

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Climate finance


As funding for climate change adaptation and mitigation rises, G20 member states and the private sector must collaborate to finance a robust climate agenda. The launch of landmark initiatives at COP28, including those from the private sector, highlights the need for public-private partnerships on climate finance and mobilizing resources for these efforts.

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Digital public infrastructure


The G20 presidencies of India and Brazil underscore the importance of digital public infrastructure in emerging markets, particularly in payments, identity, and digital networks. Developing DPI to expand financial inclusion requires robust frameworks for privacy, consumer protection, cybersecurity, competition, and public-private collaboration.

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Reform of global economic institutions


Eighty years after the IMF and World Bank’s creation, new economic powers, climate crises, debt, aging populations, and fintech advancements call for G20 countries to push for meaningful financial system reforms, including the World Bank’s Evolution Roadmap and the IMF’s 2025 quota review.

Expert commentary

How Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina approached this year’s G20

Issue Brief Sep 9, 2024

Brazil 2050: A vision for global food security

By Valentina Sader, Peter Engelke

How can the world meet the growing demand for food while also adapting to climate change?
Brazil Latin America
How Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina approached this year’s G20

Econographics Jun 17, 2024

India outpaces the rest of the G20 in gold purchases

By Josh Lipsky, Alisha Chhangani

In the last four months alone, India has added over twenty-four metric tons to its reserves—more than what the country had purchased in all of 2023.
Economy & Business India
How Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina approached this year’s G20

New Atlanticist May 14, 2024

Brazil’s tragic floods should put climate adaptation at the top of the G20 and COP agendas

By Valentina Sader

The ongoing flooding in Rio Grande do Sul is an example of the urgent need for countries to focus on adapting to climate change.
Brazil Climate Change & Climate Action
How Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina approached this year’s G20

Econographics Apr 12, 2024

Brazil’s approach to the G20: Leading by example

By Hung Tran

Brazil’s non-aligned, cooperative, and practical approach holds out the promise of a constructive outcome for this year’s G20 meetings—especially if progress is measured by concrete global initiatives.
Brazil G20
How Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina approached this year’s G20

New Atlanticist Feb 21, 2024

What’s on Brazil’s G20 agenda? Start by looking at where India left off.

By Mrugank Bhusari, Ananya Kumar, Pepe Zhang, and Valentina Sader

As G20 foreign ministers kick off their meeting in Rio de Janeiro, expect to see the shared views of New Delhi and Brasília reflected in continuity between their G20 agendas.
Brazil Climate Change & Climate Action
How Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina approached this year’s G20

Econographics Feb 14, 2024

Brazil aims to advance its bid for leadership of the Global South through food security

By Josh Lipsky, Mrugank Bhusari

If Brazil delivers tangible benefits on food security through its Presidency of the G20 and COP30, it will cement its position as a key leader of the Global South.
Brazil Economy & Business

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New Atlanticist

Nov 19, 2024

How Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina approached this year’s G20

By Ignacio Albe

Disparate national priorities among Latin America’s three G20 members threaten to stand in the way of a common agenda.

Brazil Climate Change & Climate Action

New Atlanticist

Nov 18, 2024

How the G20 can help close the women’s leadership gap

By Maite Gonzalez Latorre

A declaration on women’s empowerment at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Brazil would mark a significant step toward a more equitable future for women and girls worldwide.

Caribbean G20

Econographics

Nov 1, 2024

The underestimated implications of the BRICS Summit in Russia

By Hung Tran

It is a mistake for the West to dismiss the power of symbolism and narratives in the geopolitical competition for global influence.

Digital Currencies Economy & Business

Report

Sep 9, 2024

Sharing the post carbon economy means building a resilient EV supply chain

By Sarah Bauerle Danzman

In this report Sarah Bauerle Danzman advances the policy discussion by compiling trade, investment, and EV industrial policy data across the G20, and offers six recommendations to the G20 to build a resilient EV supply chain.

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New Atlanticist

Jul 30, 2024

Dispatch from Rio: Can Brazil set up the G20 leaders’ summit for success?

By Ananya Kumar, Mrugank Bhusari

Brasília has sought to acknowledge fundamental disagreements on geopolitics between some members, and then to sidestep them entirely at the ministerial level. How long can this approach last?

Brazil Economy & Business
Brazil G20 bilboard

Econographics

Apr 12, 2024

Brazil’s approach to the G20: Leading by example

By Hung Tran

Brazil’s non-aligned, cooperative, and practical approach holds out the promise of a constructive outcome for this year’s G20 meetings—especially if progress is measured by concrete global initiatives.

Brazil G20

New Atlanticist

Feb 21, 2024

What’s on Brazil’s G20 agenda? Start by looking at where India left off.

By Mrugank Bhusari, Ananya Kumar, Pepe Zhang, and Valentina Sader

As G20 foreign ministers kick off their meeting in Rio de Janeiro, expect to see the shared views of New Delhi and Brasília reflected in continuity between their G20 agendas.

Brazil Climate Change & Climate Action
Brazil, Corn, Agriculture, Food Security, G20, COP30, Global South

Econographics

Feb 14, 2024

Brazil aims to advance its bid for leadership of the Global South through food security

By Josh Lipsky, Mrugank Bhusari

If Brazil delivers tangible benefits on food security through its Presidency of the G20 and COP30, it will cement its position as a key leader of the Global South.

Brazil Economy & Business

In the News

Feb 5, 2024

Tran cited in Reuters on reforming the G20 Common Framework

Read the full article here.

G20 Inclusive Growth
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Spotlight

Jan 12, 2024

2024 predictions: How ten issues could shape the year in Latin America and the Caribbean

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

How will the region ride a new wave of changing economic and political dynamics? Will the region sizzle or fizzle? Join in and be a part of our ten-question poll on the future of LAC.

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Experts

Advisory Council member

Helga Flores Trejo

Member, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Advisory Council

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Brazil Economy & Business

Fellow

Emilie Bel

Nonresident Fellow

Africa Center

Africa Economy & Business

Staff

Mrugank Bhusari

Associate Director

GeoEconomics Center

Economy & Business French

Staff

Josh Lipsky

Senior Director

GeoEconomics Center

China Digital Currencies

Fellow

Barbara C. Matthews

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoEconomics Center

Americas China

Fellow

Hung Tran

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoEconomics Center

China Economy & Business