#no g20

[black-mosquito]

Nach sieben Jahren (!) gibt’s immer noch G20 Prozesse.

Aktuell läuft der so genannte Rondenbarg Prozess – kommt zur solidarischen Prozessbegleitung.

Mehr Infos und Termine hier:

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Happy baby.

Miller Legacy G19 beginning

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Who are the G20?

[phoenixyfriend]

Positive news for the optimistic!

I first heard about this on the BBC Global News Podcast (starts at around 14:40 for me, but that may vary based on the ads they give you), but I found an article from The Guardian as well, if you work best with a text format. Preview:

The G20 group of the world’s most powerful countries is exploring plans for a global minimum tax on the world’s 3,000 billionaires, aiming to end a “race to the bottom” that has enabled the super-rich to pay less than the rest of the population.

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Louis McGregor Infant Lookbook

I know he's a child by now, but I've had this prepared for a while and didn't get around to posting it. I've also prepared his toddler lookbook, so look out for that. Also, no fancy names for each outfit this time around, he's just a baby after all. I wasn't gonna include the hot weather outfit at first, since we never saw it, but then I added it because look at it!

CC links + example posts under the cut.

(Everything not mentioned is base game.)

Used in all: defaults / skin overlay / hair curl / lashes / body blush (personally edited to work with infants) / eyebrows / teeth

Everyday: outfit / socks / shoes

Sleep: nightgown

Party: outfit / hat / socks / shoes

Cold: sweater* / trousers / hat / shoes

Hot: top / shorts* / hat / shoes

*simsfinds warning

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"Lieber tanz ich als G20" - demonstration rave against G20 meeting in Hamburg in 2017 by Chris Zielecki

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[peripatetic in delhi — some tangerine skies]

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Nissan Primera Sedan p10

@improve_photography

[nullnvoid911]

German riot police stand to guard protests during the G20 summit in Hamburg.

Kai Pfaffenbach, July 7, 2017

[girl-please-study]

2/25 days of productivity

Meet my Krishna Kanhaiya. After attending Temple at midnight for Janamastmi, we woke up at 6 to go for our daily run and exercise! But the park was unusually empty today for some reason.

[kp777]

By Julia Conley

Common Dreams

April 16, 2024

"The institutions of world finance have lost their muscle," wrote more than 100 activists, celebrities, and political leaders. "You can be the leaders who bring them into the 21st century."

Quoting the economist John Maynard Keynes at the time of the founding of the modern global finance system in 1944, more than 100 signatories on Tuesday called on the world's largest economies to allow the world "to taste hope again" by pouring resources into solving the global debt and climate crises.

Keynes remarked after the historic Bretton Woods meeting in New Hampshire that the summit offered new hope to everyone from "our businessmen and our manufacturers and our unemployed" as world leaders established the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

But with the world now "rocked by conflict, food insecurity, biodiversity loss, and spiraling inflation," said the signers of an open letter organized by communications and campaign group Project Everyone, the global community needs "another Bretton Woods moment"—one that would correct the "imperfect" system hammered out 80 years ago and live up to the ideals that were centered at the original meeting, including "prosperity as a means of peace" and wealth as a means of serving "the common good."

The letter states that global inequality is "compounded by the devastation wrought by climate change," which is disproportionately likely to impact the Global South even as developing countries contribute a mere fraction of the planet-heating emissions of wealthy nations.

The signatories—including International Rescue Committee CEO David Miliband, philanthropist Abigail Disney, and singer and activist Annie Lennox—called on G20 countries to take steps including tripling their investment in the World Bank and IMF, canceling developing countries' debt to the institutions, and reforming tax codes to ensure big polluters and the wealthiest people contribute to efforts to mitigate inequality.

"This is your chance," reads the letter, which was released as world leaders met in Washington, D.C. for the World Bank and IMF's Spring Meetings. "The institutions of world finance have lost their muscle. You can be the leaders who bring them into the 21st century. You can unlock the colossal public and private investment potential of renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, and climate adaptation."

Under the status quo, the signatories noted, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are "way off track," with $3 trillion still needed achieve the objective of a "greener, fairer, better world by 2030," as agreed to by 193 U.N. member states.

Project Everyone and its supporters reiterated a demand made by Oxfam International Monday to cancel debts owed by countries in the Global South that are facing rising inequality, as their debt obligations to the IMF and the World Bank have left them unable to invest in education, climate adaptation, housing, and other public services.

"Removing burdensome debt allows countries to invest in their people and their future: in resilience, education, health, and nutrition," wrote the signatories. "This drives growth and creates string partners to trade with... Each of us stands to gain from stability, lower food and energy costs, and nature protection."

The wealthiest countries in the world, said Project Everyone, must look to the leaders who met at Bretton Woods and "fulfill their promise: to transform these instruments for peace and prosperity and truly set them to work in our common interest."

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2 bedroom flat for sale on Garrioch Road, North Kelvinside, Glasgow

Asking price: £180,000

Sold price: £240,626

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Miller Legacy G19 beginning

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Members of the African Union

During the inaugural session of the two-day G20 Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that the African Union (AU) had been granted permanent membership in the Group of 20 largest economies (G20) worldwide. As reported by PTI, this announcement marked the AU's accession as a new member of this prominent global organization, consisting of 55 nations. Shortly after the announcement, Union of Comoros President and AU chairperson Azali Assoumani took the seat as a full member of the G20.

by themapaholic

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

G20 agree to work on Brazil's 'billionaire tax' idea, implementation seen difficult

The world's 20 biggest economies (G20) agreed on Thursday to work together to ensure the ultra rich are effectively taxed, in a declaration that seeks a balance between national sovereignty and more cooperation on tax avoidance.

The declaration, which will be published on Friday, was a priority for Brazil, chairing talks of the G20 this year, whose leader Luiz Inacio Lula, a former factory worker, was pushing to include the "billionaire tax" on the G20 agenda.

"With full respect to tax sovereignty, we will seek to engage cooperatively to ensure that ultra-high-net-worth individuals are effectively taxed," the G20 tax declaration, seen by Reuters, said.

"Cooperation could involve exchanging best practices, encouraging debates around tax principles, and devising anti-avoidance mechanisms, including addressing potentially harmful tax practices," it said.

Continue reading.

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Louis McGregor Toddler Lookbook

Here's Louis's toddler outfits! I realised I've only ever shown three (four if you include the photographs) of them in the story, but I made the lookbook for all anyway. He did wear his sleepwear in game (obviously), but not swimwear and hot weather, since the weather was always cold during his toddlerhood. But just look at his little bonnet!

other lookbooks: infant

CC links + example posts under the cut.

Used in all: defaults / skin overlay (pumpkin) / hair / lashes / body blush / cheek blush / eyebrows / teeth

Everyday: outfit* / socks / shoes

Formal: outfit / hat / socks / shoes

Sleep: nightgown

Party: top / bottom / hat / socks / shoes

Swim: outfit / hat

Hot: outfit* / hat / socks / shoes

Cold: outfit / hat / socks / shoes

*tsr warning