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Director, G7 & G20 & BRICS Research Groups, Global Health Diplomacy Program; coauthor Reconfiguring the Global Governance of Climate Change

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John Kirton
6 years
G20 media beware! I was just attacked and injured in Buenos Aires half a block from a summit site and police station. Police simply said “happens three times a day” so won’t follow up. @g20org @g20rg @GloGovProj @davidakin @CdnPress_Ott @TomBernes
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John Kirton
2 years
Canada as number one! @cfp150
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2 years
#G7 economic forecasts, 2023
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John Kirton
6 years
Thanks. After 31 G7 summits, 12 G20 ones & 1 BRICS one since 1988 my luck and the host’s security finally ran out. Don’t cry for me, cry for Argentina (footnote Evita)
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Peter Stoett
6 years
@DujaMuhanna @jjkirton sorry this happened to you, John!
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John Kirton
6 years
And I will bring them a free copy of my G20 book, which all my new twitter followers can download for free here @sdiospipino @g20org @g20rg @GloGovProj
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Lucas Castro 🇦🇷
6 years
@jjkirton @g20org @g20rg @GloGovProj @davidakin @CdnPress_Ott @TomBernes I hope that some compatriot will invite you to eat roast to compensate for the bad moment.
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John Kirton
6 years
So we need @g20org Buenos Aires Summit to ensure that Argentina never suffers from a financial crisis again & make globalization work for all! Time to get on with the job. @g20rg @GloGovProj @HeleneEmorine @cicciale @Juliapomares @BRICSResearch
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Axel Mammes
6 years
@Starenblanco @jjkirton @g20org @g20rg @GloGovProj @davidakin @CdnPress_Ott @TomBernes Macri, Cristina, Kirchner, Duhalde, De La Rua, Menem, it goes back way back. The streets here have not been safe for tourists for a long time now, it's become worse and worse specially since 2001.
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John Kirton
6 years
A good bottle of Malbec last evening dispelled the trance. I am sure Summit security is better today. Time to move on to having the @g20rg Buenos Aires Summit help make Argentina full of inclusive prosperity and globalization that works for all. @g20rg @GloGovProj
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John Kirton
6 years
It is today. The two young women with me beat the two young men attacking me yesterday. Gender equality works! @g20org Buenos Aries Summit will give it a boost! @MJBocci @g20rg @GloGovProj @juliafkulik @Juliapomares @W20_Argentina
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John Kirton
4 years
I recommended Dr. Tedros be given the same status at G20 summits as the heads of the IMF & WBG. Who agrees? @PeterASinger @WHO @IlonaKickbusch @JamesOrbinski @DrSophieHarman @profplum8 @kentbuse @SaldanhaVP @g20rg @GloGovProj @T20Solutions
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John Kirton
4 years
I was pleased to participated and learned a lot. All G20 members should follow Australia’s lead here. @caitebyrne @erinwatsonlynn @A_Beaulieu_ @FemInt @g20rg @GloGovProj @glob_solutions
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John Kirton
2 years
Is Canada number one? How can it become one? @cfp150 @juliafkulik @brittaneywarren @SAT_Dobson
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John Kirton
6 years
I already am and am sure I will and all my media colleagues too. Hope all G20 leaders can help their host here. @alegentiltandil @g20org @g20rg @GloGovProj
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Alejandra Gentil
6 years
@jjkirton We argentinians have problems with security , but President Macri is working hard to solve it....Hope you have a good time here !!!
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John Kirton
6 years
Yes but reputatation of Argentina as a secure host and Buenos Aires as a safe venue is not. It happened half a block away from a summit site. @g20rg @g20org @GloGovProj @juliafkulik @TristenNaylor @mary_zelenova @HeleneEmorine @Janefilipiuk @cicciale
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Deja_X
6 years
@jjkirton OMG - good to hear that you are okay
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John Kirton
7 years
The authors in this book offer many insights on the key theme of accountability for the @G7 , #G20 , #BRICS and more -- order your copy from @Rout_PoliticsIR at
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John Kirton
6 years
Hope I have time to take a ferry to see Uruguay and hope Canada soon has a progressive free trade agreement with both of you with strong gender equality provisions built in. @Angelesokay
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Angeles Vazquez Riera
6 years
Thanks @jjkirton for following me! As uruguayan person, I sorry about what happened with you in the argentine´s brother country. Hope you are fine!💪
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John Kirton
6 years
Yes. Was travelling with two colleagues who counterattacked the two young men attacking me. But journals visiting @g20rg Buenos Aries Summit should not travel alone or trust the local @police to keep them safe. @slarmour1
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John Kirton
3 years
And how @cathmckenna helped get 1.5 degree post industrial warming limit into the Paris Agreement on climate change. @gmbutts @AliEhsassi @juliafkulik @kathykotris
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Gerald Butts
3 years
Some might consider the successful negotiation of NAFTA with the most difficult president of our lifetime a foreign policy success.
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John Kirton
6 years
Thanks. Time to look to the future yo build a better world. How can @g20org Buenos Aires Summit best help? @migeroli @g20org @g20rg @GloGovProj
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🇮🇱🇺🇦María Inés🇦🇷💛
6 years
@jjkirton @g20org @g20rg @GloGovProj @davidakin @CdnPress_Ott @TomBernes Nuestras disculpas Mr Kirton. Los argentinos somos gente de bien y tenemos un Gran Presidente. Tiene que luchar con una oposición salvaje del Gobierno anterior. Apologies 🙇
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John Kirton
8 years
My followers can get a 20% discount of my brand new China's G20 Leadership! (Enter FLR40 at )
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John Kirton
6 years
I have so far and am sure I wil @alegentilandil
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Alejandra Gentil
6 years
@jjkirton We argentinians have problems with security , but President Macri is working hard to solve it....Hope you have a good time here !!!
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John Kirton
1 year
Good but let’s wait to see the compliance score in a year before we celebrate. Still much to do. @G7 @g7_rg @GloGovProj @juliafkulik @brittaneywarren @slarmour1
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G7 Research Group
1 year
The @G7 's Hiroshima Summit produced a strong performance, one of the best ever according to @jjkirton @glogovproj #G7summit #G7HiroshimaSummit
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John Kirton
6 years
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Lucas Castro 🇦🇷
6 years
@jjkirton @g20org @g20rg @GloGovProj @davidakin @CdnPress_Ott @TomBernes I hope that some compatriot will invite you to eat roast to compensate for the bad moment.
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John Kirton
1 year
Yours is a key message to send to the G20 leaders at this critical time. We are honoured to have you in our book @DrTedros @WHOWPRO @IlonaKickbusch @GHealthDip @GloGovProj @g20org @G20IndiaSherpa @g20rg @maddlin @brittaneywarren
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
1 year
Ahead of the @g20org Leaders' Summit, I contributed to the @GloGovProj publication. My piece, ‘When health is at risk, everything is at risk', emphasises that investing in health is also an investment in social, economic and political stability and security.
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John Kirton
6 years
And just after he co-edited the Summit Background book which is yours for free here @U24noticas @PatoBullrich
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Urgente24.com
6 years
FRACASO EN LA SEGURIDAD Asaltaron a un diplomático canadiense del G20 … . @jjkirton . @g20org . @PatoBullrich
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John Kirton
4 years
Canada is not back in the twentieth century for a short term second class seat at a body designed for the world of 1945. Now it can fully focus on G7, @g20org etc. @g7_rg @MichelleRempel @cfp150 @g20rg @MeaganKByrd @GloGovProj
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Michelle Rempel Garner
4 years
CANADA IS BACK!
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John Kirton
5 years
And agree to a major increase in guaranteed annual funding for the @WHO Compare to @g20org members’ stimulus spending this past week alone. A penny of prevention is worth a pound of cure! @IlonaKickbusch @DrTedros @MBoccoz @GloGovProj @g20rg
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Ilona Kickbusch
5 years
This #G20SaudiArabia extraordinary summit must recognize that #COVID19 must be a turning point for global cooperation.
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John Kirton
6 years
Poll show all Canadians also put climate change first. Will @g7 Charlevoix Summit? @brittaneywarren @g7_rg @GloGovProj @cathmckenna
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G7 Italy
6 years
#myG7 : We value your feedback. Thank you. Here is what you’ve told us matters to YOU over the past two months!
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John Kirton
5 years
Controlling climate change and crime together. Cobenefits abount! @ErikSolheim @GloGovProj
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Erik Solheim
5 years
Scientists found that crime drops when cities are greener. Less stress. Neighborhoods coming together. The urban future is green, 🌲 🌳
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John Kirton
5 years
We former forest rangers and tree planters applaud! Make Ontario Green Again! @cathmckenna @EcologyOttawa @ElizabethMay @brittaneywarren
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Ecology Ottawa
5 years
Amazing news! Hats off to @cathmckenna and the fed. gov't for stepping in and saving the Ontario tree-planting program. This is an important step at a time when the province is moving backward on #trees , #climate and other environmental issues.
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John Kirton
6 years
A century ago Argentina was as rich as Canada. How can we make it so again now, with the help of @g20org @g20rg @GloGovProj @cfp150 @cecilianahon @mh45_mario @MGraceEgan @teresakramarz
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MH45
6 years
@tesakotumulta @pstoett @DujaMuhanna @jjkirton You should explain why the country is so corrupted. 70 years of Peronism fascist & 12 years of Castro communism/socialism with the Kirchners left a country who once was 1 of the 1st countries in the world totally bankrupt & an uneducated population that wants 2 live from the gov
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John Kirton
6 years
France signals it will mainstream gender at G7 next year so Justin's @G7 Charlevoix Summit legacy lives another year. @g7_rg @GloGovProj
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John Kirton
9 years
@G20Turkey2015 Antalya Obama calls PMJT "Justin" and applauds his willingness to deficit spend on infrastructure @g7_g20 @g20rg @t20turkey
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John Kirton
2 years
My latest book on the #G7 and #G20 governance of #climate change has finally arrived — just in time for the #G7Elmau summit to be enriched by! Huge thanks to my coauthors Ella Kokotis and @brittaneywarren , and to @maddlin @Rout_PoliticsIR @tandfonline @G7 @g20org @g20rg @G7_rg
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John Kirton
6 years
Yes but “tears are not enough” so let’s work together to build a better world. @MarGarcia_Rrpp @GloGovProj
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John Kirton
3 years
Good news that helped make @G7 Cornwall Summit a strong success, & no new new coal in Canada! Still much more to do @cathmckenna @JonathanWNV @ElizabethMay @brittaneywarren @g7_rg @GloGovProj @slarmour1 @AliEhsassi @g20rg @GloGovProj @cfp150
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Catherine McKenna
3 years
Huge announcement by @JustinTrudeau ! 🇨🇦 commits to double climate finance to 5.3B/5yrs including to tackle adaptation & biodiversity loss. Biggest climate pledge ever! More ambition on climate finance will be key to a successful #COP26 . Kudos to @JonathanWNV & @karinagould . 👏
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flor 🦁🏳️‍🌈
6 years
The same story for us, the students of visual arts of UNA in San Telmo/Puerto Madero, that’s in the oposite side, the police station is in front of our university and the police do nothing about the robberies.
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John Kirton
6 years
All the students should download a free copy of my Background book for the Buenos Aires summit to see how they can help it do a better job @born5794 @g20rg @GloGovProj @g20org
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flor 🦁🏳️‍🌈
6 years
The same story for us, the students of visual arts of UNA in San Telmo/Puerto Madero, that’s in the oposite side, the police station is in front of our university and the police do nothing about the robberies.
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John Kirton
6 years
No it is not so I am back at work!
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John Kirton
5 years
Will Canada go as Green as Germany in November? Wonder what the Manitoba numbers say here. Will @G7 Biarritz Summit feel the green heat in August and act boldly to control climate change? @ElizabethMay @brittaneywarren @olaf_weber @cfp150 @GloGovProj @g7_rg
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Chetan Mehta, MD, CCFP
5 years
Environment is emerging as a top concern ahead of the federal election, a new poll says #onpoli #cdnpoli @fordnation ⁩ ⁦ @AndrewScheer
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John Kirton
4 years
With the greatest thanks to my co-author @Alissawang , I am pleased to announce our article "China’s Global Leadership Through #G20 Compliance" has just been published in the Chinese Political Science Journal, part of @SpringerNature . Read it here:
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John Kirton
4 years
Noted him as evidence of the relaxed nature of the meeting, which is good. PMJT makes summit leaders relax since selfie’s at G20 2015 @AGMacDougall @gmbutts @rolandparis @g7_rg @g20rg @GloGovProj @juliafkulik @cfp150
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Andrew MacDougall
4 years
Only reference to Canada’s Prime Minister in this ⁦ @FT ⁩ write-up of yesterday’s G-7 chat is of a selfie Trudeau took during the meeting. At least it doesn’t mention Canada is the only G-7 nation drawing on its Covax share....
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John Kirton
5 years
Wise words. Let’s focus on the real issue of controlling the climate crisis @stevewardpoli @ElizabethMay @brittaneywarren @cfp150
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Steve Ward
5 years
To folks having a fit about Kinsella advising the @CanadianGreens ’ election campaign: he will have a background role. He will conform to #GPCNorms . I trust @ElizabethMay ’s judgement & instincts. Could folks reserve judgement & see how it goes before jumping on soapboxes? #cdnpoli
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John Kirton
3 years
So good to have a terrific, experienced MP back focused on controlling climate change. @JulieDzerowicz @cathmckenna @AliEhsassi @cfp150
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Julie Dzerowicz 🇨🇦🇺🇦
3 years
Thank you #DavenportTO for your confidence in me. It will be an honour to once again serve you. I’m ready to get back to work. As your MP, I will keep fighting for climate action, a basic income, $10/day childcare & more. I will fight for a prosperous, fairer & equitable 🇨🇦.
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John Kirton
6 years
Sadly yes. Took some precautions but assumed Argentina would do more to secure its @g20org Summit sites. @t_dunmore
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Thomas Dunmore Rodriguez
6 years
So sorry to hear that. Insecurity and violence extremely high across Latin America. Impunity a driving factor. I´m afraid it sounds like you´ve just experienced both in quick succession
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John Kirton
11 months
Canada ranks second among @g7 countries. Will @JustinTrudeau get credit for that? @cfp150 @g7_rg @GloGovProj @juliafkulik @kathykotris
@TheGlobal_Index
Global Index
11 months
Most income equality countries: 1. Norway 🇳🇴 2. Sweden 🇸🇪 3. Finland 🇫🇮 4. Denmark 🇩🇰 5. Netherlands 🇳🇱 6. New Zealand 🇳🇿 7. Switzerland 🇨🇭 8. Australia 🇦🇺 9. Germany 🇩🇪 10. Canada 🇨🇦 . 16. UK 🇬🇧 17. Japan 🇯🇵 18. Spain 🇪🇸 19. France 🇫🇷 20. Singapore 🇸🇬 23. Italy 🇮🇹 24. UAE 🇦🇪
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John Kirton
6 years
The @g20org Buenos Aires Summit produced a communique with 88 precise, future-oriented politically obligatory commitments, more than the 61 at Toronto in June 2010 and close to the 95 at Washington in 2008 @g20rg @GloGovProj @MGraceEgan @DujaMuhanna
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John Kirton
3 years
So I can better fight climate change in my social scientist wonky way. @KenHardie @cathmckenna @brittaneywarren @maddlin
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Ken Hardie
3 years
My colleague @cathmckenna has asked people to Tweet why they're getting a COVID-19 vaccine...some great responses! So why not chime in? What's your reason for getting 'the jab' ??
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John Kirton
4 years
Yes increase the permanent base budget of @who , give greater authority to @DrTedros as DG to apportion it and an ample discretionary fund of his own. @IssacATFlorence @PeterASinger @IlonaKickbusch @MBoccoz @g20org @g20rg @GloGovProj @glob_solutions
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Isaac Florence
5 years
How about funding existing multilateral systems and further empowering them to make the tough decisions we need them to make? Principally the World Health Organisation
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John Kirton
5 years
Good question. Which P5 member might be secretly vetoing this? Why woud @antonioguterres not act? @HelenClarkNZ @blanchardCanada @GloGovProj Thus UN wants @g20org & G7 to lead? Good SecGen is at G20 summit today. @TristenNaylor @caitebyrne @JonLuckhurst
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Helen Clark
5 years
Why hasn't UN Security Council addressed #Covid_19 as a threat to global peace & security? @FinancialTimes tracker today records 472,000 cases. #IMF warns #pandemic may cause global recession this year. UNSG can bring issues to UNSC under Art 99 of Charter
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John Kirton
9 years
My followers on Twitter can get a half-price discount! Use this code: 50ATS14N @AshgatePolitics
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John Kirton
9 years
Available! "The Global Governance of Climate Change: G7, G20 & UN Leadership" @AshgatePolitics http://t.co/Zxvwoqp8ln http://t.co/QiFVxwlbPm
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John Kirton
5 years
The green revolution begins on the coasts but with good green Guelph in the middle! @ElizabethMay @GregTaylor100 @brittaneywarren
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John Kirton
5 years
A real honour to present the Saudi finance minister with a copy of my Japan G20 2019 book. On to @g20org Riyadh for a bigger better one! @g20rg @GloGovProj @G20SherpaCanada @G20SherpaCanada @TristenNaylor @maddlin @LanaLukash @juliafkulik @brittaneywarren
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G20 Research Group
5 years
At the @g20org ’s Access to Opportunities symposium @jjkirton had the honour to meet HE Mohammed Al-Jadaan @jjkirton @GloGovProj #G20SaudiArabia
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John Kirton
3 years
Inside will they act on the newest pandemic of mental health? @DrTedros @g20org @g20rg @GloGovProj @GHealthDip @KaylinMDawe @maddlin
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G20 Brasil
3 years
The Musei Capitolini in Rome, the world’s oldest museum, is ready to host the #G20 Health Ministers Meeting that will be held on 5-6 September. #G20Italy
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John Kirton
5 years
You will send the right message in any colour but FYI I prefer Green! @ElizabethMay @brittaneywarren @MaeanderSarah
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Elizabeth May
5 years
See you soon! I decided to wear my wedding dress - but with feather boas! :) #HappyPride #loveislove #GPC
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John Kirton
4 years
@darrenmccaffrey
Darren McCaffrey
4 years
Top 5 countries 🌍 with highest number of #coronavirus cases 1. 🇺🇸 USA (Trump) 2. 🇧🇷 Brazil (Bolsonaro) 3. 🇷🇺 Russia (Putin) 4. 🇮🇳 India (Modi) 5. 🇬🇧 UK (Johnson)
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6 years
Thanks. No need for Shane. Will enjoy the people, good, And fine wine. Who makes the best Malbec here? @SalzVictoria
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Emma's Pie
6 years
@jjkirton @g20org @g20rg @GloGovProj @davidakin @CdnPress_Ott @TomBernes I'm so sorry,this is what we have to live every day,although among these beasts there are good people too.I'm very ashamed,I hope after all you could have a pleasant stay and enjoy our food.
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John Kirton
4 years
Can’t wait to hear what Dr. Fitzgibbon will say about G7 & Quad Summits contribution to global health so far this year! @g7_rg @GHealthDip @IlonaKickbusch @MeaganKByrd @NATOCanada @kentbuse @SaldanhaVP @maddlin @brittaneywarren @juliafkulik @SAT_Dobson
@NATOCanada
NATO Association of Canada
4 years
💉 What will it take to vaccinate everyone? Join us for our discussion on the logistics and challenges of vaccination efforts next week! ⏰ Wednesday, March 17th, 11am ET Register here:
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John Kirton
5 years
Pleased to give a lecture today on the history of the #G20 and Saudi Arabia’s plans for the #G20Riyadh Summit at #Oman ’s National Defence College
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John Kirton
7 years
End fossil fuel subsidies now as G20 leaders agreed in 2009 @g20org @g20rg @g7canada @g20rg @GloGovProj @brittaney @HeleneEmorine
@TheEconomist
The Economist
7 years
Petrol subsidies contribute to traffic jams in Cairo, which the World Bank estimates cost 3.6% of GDP
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John Kirton
6 years
Halifax @g7 Environment Ministers Meeting has now mobilized $187 million in new money from its Canadian host, far more than any G7 EMM before @cathmckenna @g7_rg @GloGovProj @maria_l_banda @brittaneywarren @tasnialk @slarmour1 @MGraceEgan @JuliaTops
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John Kirton
4 years
Had @who been fully & properly funded as 2020 began, how many more lives could it have saved in the USA & elsewhere? Any estimates? @WorldBank @worldbankdata @WHO @OECD @IlonaKickbusch @PeterASinger @ow @DrSophieHarman @adamkams @PattyHajdu @IMFNews
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John Kirton
5 years
@maria__zelenova
Maria Zelenova
5 years
I had the absolute honour of presenting President @JunckerEU with our background book on #G20   governance. Thank you for taking the time to meet with our team! @g20rg @GloGovProj @jjkirton
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Jake Schmidt - NRDC
5 years
China to strengthen Paris Agreement climate target next year: it could be massive
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John Kirton
4 years
Cobenefits abound and boomers since the sixties have believed women can wear what they want. No retreat! @cathmckenna
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Catherine McKenna
4 years
Kind of funny that some people get really annoyed that women might actually #BiketoWork in normal clothes. Maybe they aren't always in a rush with kids, errands, work. (And I don't do spandex.) 😊
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John Kirton
9 years
Justin Trudeau makes good impression with his speaking style among G20 leaders today @g29turkey2015 @g7_g20 @g20rg @t20 @C20Turkey
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John Kirton
6 years
Thanks to all who came to the House of Commons in London today to hear Madeline, me and Argentina’s ambassador on the @g7 & @g20org summits important work. @g7_rg @g20rg @GloGovProj @G7Sherpa @G20SherpaCanada @brittaneywarren @TristenNaylor @brittaneywarren @mary_zelenova
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John Kirton
4 years
Wise words from the visionary who catalyzed the full strength Think 7 in 2018. Hope we live up to his hopes and the global need. @SenBoehm @g7_rg @sandsatwilson @GloGovProj @juliafkulik @brittaneywarren @MariaMarch31 @DujaMuhanna @MeaganKByrd @g7_rg
@SenBoehm
Peter M Boehm
4 years
Required reading. An informed report and primer for future G7 action from the #Think7 Summit of experts. Sherpas should take note. @TheWilsonCenter @UofT @g7_rg @jjkirton
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John Kirton
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@GloGovProj
The Global Governance Project
5 years
One month later and our #G20 Osaka Summit background book has topped 100,000 views. Thank you for reading and if you haven't already done so, join @EmmanuelMacron @JunckerEU , @phumzileunwomen in doing so here @g20rg @g20org @jjkirton
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John Kirton
8 years
Good that G7 Education ministers just endorsed EVIDENCE based decision making @cathmckenna @g7_g20 @g7_rg
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Catherine McKenna
8 years
Surprising that my tweet about the gendered impact of climate change has riled some people up. Reinforces the need to raise it. #G7 #its2016
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John Kirton
6 years
Education is never a waste of time. But sometimes takes patience @santidarman @GloGovProj @g20rg @Alissawang @MichaelMotala
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John Kirton
4 years
To get rich quick
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Joel Wood
4 years
Why did you become an academic? Wrong answers only.
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John Kirton
4 years
Well done USA. Now who else has arrears they should pay? Will G7 promise to fully fund Covax at their Summit tomorrow? @GHealthDip @WHO @IlonaKickbusch @kentbuse @PeterASinger @JamesOrbinski @brittaneywarren @juliafkulik @Laurie_Garrett @g7_rg @GloGovProj
@AFP
AFP News Agency
4 years
#BREAKING Sec. of State Blinken says US to fulfill obligations by paying more than $200 million to WHO this month
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4 years
@g20rg
G20 Research Group
4 years
We're proud to share G20 Saudi Arabia: The Riyadh Summit with the world, and hope you'll enjoy articles by G20 leaders and guests, heads of international organizations and experts, supported by our research into what makes a summit a success! @GloGovProj
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@AFP
AFP News Agency
5 years
#BREAKING G7 to hold #coronavirus summit via videoconference on Monday: French presidency
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John Kirton
5 years
Peter, keep up your great work on the front lines and thanks for your help in getting @DrTedros where we need him today. @PeterASinger @IlonaKickbusch @PattyHajdu @cathmckenna @Carolyn_Bennett @AliEhsassi @G20SherpaCanada @GloGovProj @JamesOrbinski
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Dr. Peter A Singer, OC
5 years
Thanks John for your support of @WHO . I fully agree with you about @DrTedros great leadership. #Together
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John Kirton
3 years
It was a big disappointment which @G7 leaders can correct at Cornwall on June 11 & @g20org ones in Rome in October, or before @kentbuse @WHO @PeterASinger @SaldanhaVP @GHealthDip @g7_rg @g20rg @BRICSResearch @IlonaKickbusch
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kent buse
3 years
Failure of #G20 to take up recommendations of @TheIndPanel & framing Rome #GlobalHealthSummit commitments as *principles* represents uniquely missed opportunity in pandemic context 👉Leaders must translate principles 2 targets @ygpillay @bmj_latest #WHA74
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John Kirton
6 years
@maria__zelenova
Maria Zelenova
6 years
It was an honour to meet Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and to present him with the @g20rg book. Thank you for taking the time to meet our team!
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John Kirton
6 years
Minister McKenna announces a zero plastic waste strategy for Canadian government & a $12 million fund for new ideas @g7 Halifax ministerial for environment & oceans. What other governments will join? @g7_rg @GloGovProj @brittaneywarren @MGraceEgan
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John Kirton
2 years
@g20rg
G20 Research Group
2 years
What two things can the G20 leaders do at the New Delhi Summit to integrate and implement support for the SDGs? @jjkirton 's remarks at the #T20India inception conference @GloGovProj
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John Kirton
7 years
Just in time to advise @G7Canada and @G20Argentina how to improve members' compliance with their summit commitments @CarolineBracht @teresakramarz @drhhardt @b_momani @juliafkulik
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John Kirton
6 years
A great contribution to launch Japan’s year as G20 host! Thanks to all participants @JonLuckhurst @g20org @g20rg @GloGovProj @cicciale @jiyoonhhan @HeleneEmorine @DavidAWelch
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Jonathan Luckhurst
6 years
My new article for DIE/GDI blog, ‘Prospects and Possibilities for Japan’s 2019 #G20 Osaka Summit’ #T20 #G20Japan #T20Japan @DIE_GDI - (about our conference⁩ ⁦ @jjkirton ⁩ ⁦ @caitebyrne ⁩)
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John Kirton
5 years
Nor did they mention the gender dimensions of the Covid crisis, despite their leaders Buenos Aires Summit pledge @who @IlonaKickbusch @LanaLukash @g20org @g20rg @GloGovProj @UN_Women @Katja_Iversen @erinwatsonlynn @juliafkulik @MeaganKByrd
@g20rg
G20 Research Group
5 years
In their 3rd videoconference, @g20org finance ministers and central bankers make more commitments to support and implement #G20 leaders' efforts to manage the #COVID -19 crisis — but don't mention @WHO (Photo credit Miguel Sousa by @unsplash ) @GloGovProj
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John Kirton
4 years
Indeed. How can we get the G7 summit to come together to offer unanimous support for the WHO? Health is a political challenge as well as choice. @gabbystern @WHO @IlonaKickbusch @JamesOrbinski @DrSenait @g7_rg @GloGovProj @glob_solutions
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Professor Senait Fisseha
4 years
‘Through it all, ⁦ @DrTedros ⁩ has endeavored to rise above the troubles with a focus on one main task: Building international “solidarity” against an outbreak whose confirmed death toll is nearly 300,000‘ ⁦ @AFP @WHO
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John Kirton
5 years
Health is indeed a political choice, at the highest level of all countries. Should Dr Tedros be invited to all @g20org & G7 summits from now on? @IlonaKickbusch @g20rg @g7_rg @GloGovProj @juliafkulik @brittaneywarren @mary_zelenova @caitebyrne @JonLuckhurst
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Ilona Kickbusch
5 years
Note how normal it is now for @who to be in touch with heads of state and government - quite a political shift. Important to ensure that commitment and support to #globalhealth and @who be translated into long term support after #COVID ー19 @DrTedros
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John Kirton
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@marghebianchi
Margherita Bianchi
3 years
On 13 July, @IAIonline hosts #RobertoCingolani (Minister @MiTE_IT ) for a discussion on multilateral coordination on #greengrowth , prospects for #climatediplomacy and #climateaction ahead of the #G20 and #COP26 meetings. Register here:
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John Kirton
5 years
@UNGeneva
United Nations Geneva
5 years
In light of some #COVID19 cases at international organizations in Geneva, from 16/3 all UN staff based at the Palais des Nations will work remotely, unless their presence in the building is necessary. @UNGeneva & other UN agencies will continue to deliver for the people we serve.
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John Kirton
6 years
No need to be ashamed. Let’s hope @g20org Buenos Aries Summit can help here. @MartinZCaceres @g20rg @glogovpro
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Dr Ramon
6 years
@jjkirton @g20org @g20rg @GloGovProj @davidakin @CdnPress_Ott @TomBernes I’m ver sorry Mr Kirton, it really is a shame for Argentina. This is the police we have😢
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John Kirton
5 years
Good to be down here @UN to help link the health & climate summits. Hope to hear & see Steven Lucas this afternoon @cathmckenna @ec_minister @brittaneywarren @MeaganKByrd @MaeanderSarah @maddlin @Angela_Hou @SenBoehm @cfp150
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Catherine McKenna
5 years
Great to see the world 🌎 coming together at the @UN #ClimateActionSummit to fight climate change and protect the environment for our kids and grandkids. Canada has stepped up to join the fight! We’ve done a lot, and there’s much more to do. #ClimateActionWeek #elxn43
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John Kirton
4 years
@BRICSResearch
BRICS Research Group
4 years
We're proud to announce our GSI Global Table: Creating Compliance with G7 & G20 Commitments, with Marina Larionova, Ella Kokotsis, Meagan Byrd & Alessandra Cicci. @glob_solutions @GloGovProj @jjkirton @MeaganKByrd @cicciale @g20org @G7
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John Kirton
6 years
Thanks but Canadians love immigrants. Ask my son in law, a proud Canadian now. We build bridges not walls. Hope @g20org Summit infrastructure priority will too. @mauriodonez @g20rg @GloGovProj @HeleneEmorine @cicciale @Janefilipiuk @mary_zelenova @c_hallink
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Mauri Ordoñez
6 years
It feels like an immigrant feels in your country. At least you could enter to Argentina. Welcome, gringo! 🇦🇷
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John Kirton
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John Kirton
5 years
Eat plants, grow trees - this we all can do. @loganbrenzel @brittaneywarren @Eimear3D @Angela_Hou @G7fr @GHealthDip @MeaganKByrd Health cobenefits too.
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Logan Brenzel, PhD
5 years
IPCC leaked report: Going vegetarian/vegan and controlling land use are key to climate crisis
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John Kirton
6 years
@HeleneEmorine
Hélène Emorine
6 years
France just announced that the priorities of its #G7 presidency will be: 👉🏻Fighting against inequality 👉🏻 Protecting democracy 👉🏻 Fighting against climate change @jjkirton @g7_rg @francediplo_EN
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John Kirton
5 years
I was thinking deeply if @g20org Osaka Summit would be a broad, significant and sleepy success. & sleep helps health! @brittaneywarren @g20rg @GloGovProj @DujaMuhanna @mary_zelenova
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Brittaney
5 years
Starting the first day off right at the @g20org media centre #swag #hammocks @jjkirton @g20rg #G20OsakaSummit
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John Kirton
3 years
We need @DrTedros invited to @G7 & @g20org summits now & @WHO made a permanent member of the G20 just like the IMF & WBG. Health is wealth. @IlonaKickbusch @PeterASinger @GloGovProj make globalization in vaccines work for all @g7_rg @g20rg @GHealthDip
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
3 years
I look forward to working with you, @Karl_Lauterbach , during 🇩🇪's @G7 Presidency to end the pandemic, ensure #VaccinEquity & vaccinate 70% of people in ALL countries by July. I agree we must strengthen 🌎 public health, incl through a #PandemicAccord
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@g20rg
G20 Research Group
5 years
Saudi Arabia's King Salman will lead discussions on #COVID19 with @g20org leaders and guests, including @WHO , @UN , @IMF , @WorldBank , @OECD , @ilo , @wto , @FAO and @FinStbBoard @GloGovProj
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@Spa_Eng
SPAENG
5 years
The Saudi #G20 Presidency is communicating with G20 countries to convene an extraordinary virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit next week to advance a coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its human and economic implications. #SPAGOV
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John Kirton
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@benphillips76
Ben Phillips
1 year
The Power to End a Pandemic. Hot off the presses, in the official G20 Summit magazine, Winnie Byanyima sets out on how to ensure access to medicines for all.
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John Kirton
6 years
She was a St Mike's student in the International Relations program @UofTNews based @Trinity_College @MayoMoran @cicciale @brittaneywarren
@g7_rg
G7 Research Group
6 years
@cathmckenna opens her briefing on #oceans at #G7Charlevoix highlighting her summitry beginnings as a student of @jjkirton at @UofT . Now working with @G7 on #ClimateAction for #G72018 .
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