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"We need global leadership now more than ever, and yet there is little evidence of it" — our co-founder James Harding
The ‘G7bn’ urgently needs an agenda for leadership. Yesterday we began to discuss what this might be.
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The ‘G7bn’ urgently needs an agenda for leadership. Yesterday we began to discuss what this might be.
Here are the highlights (thread) #TortoiseG7bnSummit
Early in the morning, CEO of @AstraZenca Pascal Soriot revealed that a coronavirus vaccine could be ready by the end of this year.
Who said slow journalism can’t be news leading? #TortoiseG7bnSummit
Who said slow journalism can’t be news leading? #TortoiseG7bnSummit
@SamanthaJPower on why we need to build a coalition between traditionally separate spheres of society:
LIVE NOW: Is global leadership doomed – or due for a revival?
For our final session of the #TortoiseG7bnSummit we’re joined by:
@GayleSmith, CEO @ONECampaign,
@lisanandy, Shadow Secretary for Foreign Affairs
@IvoHDaalder, President, @ChicagoCouncil
For our final session of the #TortoiseG7bnSummit we’re joined by:
@GayleSmith, CEO @ONECampaign,
@lisanandy, Shadow Secretary for Foreign Affairs
@IvoHDaalder, President, @ChicagoCouncil
“When I look at where we are, I don't think I've seen anything like this in my lifetime” – @IvoHDaalder, President
@ChicagoCouncil, in the final session of the #TortoiseG7bnSummit
@ChicagoCouncil, in the final session of the #TortoiseG7bnSummit
@IvoHDaalder @ChicagoCouncil “Fragmentation with utterly failed leadership, I have never seen a circumstance, where the circumstances were even half as dire as they are now, where global leadership has failed to come together” – @GayleSmith CEO @ONECampaign
In our penultimate session of the day we are joined by award winning British-Ghanaian architect @dadjaye to talk about the fundamentals of designing a better world.
Don’t miss it. Join us from wherever you are right now.
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Don’t miss it. Join us from wherever you are right now.
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"What it [2020] has done profoundly is to create a global pause that we have not had for a very long time. " – @dadjaye, joins us live at the #TortoiseG7bnSummit
@dadjaye "The politics of the city can't be just left to the private sector, it's a continual dance between research science policy and delivery." – @dadjaye British-Ghanain Architect, at the #TortoiseG7bnSummit
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Right now, we’re asking: will Covid-19 change how we think about food security?
Join us live and in conversation with @AmirMAbdulla of @WFP and @welshce of the Global Food Security Program
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Join us live and in conversation with @AmirMAbdulla of @WFP and @welshce of the Global Food Security Program
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@AmirMAbdulla @WFP @welshce "A nutrition crisis leads to an education crisis" –@AmirMAbdulla of @WFP live at the #TortoiseG7bnSummit
"One of the most important things is to continue to remind the global food security community that this is not the last global food crisis." – @welshce Director of the Global Food Security Program
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STARTING NOW: We’re excited to be joined at the #TortoiseG7bnSummit by our keynote speaker, former US ambassador to the UN, @SamanthaJPower.
Our question for this session: what role can global organisations play in 2020?
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Our question for this session: what role can global organisations play in 2020?
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@SamanthaJPower "“Overall I would say it’s D, D- for political co-operation on the Covid crisis” – @DMiliband, at the #TortoiseG7BnSummit
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Join us live now: torto.se/2DJR7sj
"Political polarisation is just a killer of all semblance of unity in a crisis" – @SamanthaJPower
Live now at the #TortoiseG7bnSummit
Live now at the #TortoiseG7bnSummit
Right now, we’re asking: can the #SDGs help us build back better?
With @DMiliband, @KateGarve and @eddiendopu
Join us live in conversation at the #TortoiseG7bnSummit
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With @DMiliband, @KateGarve and @eddiendopu
Join us live in conversation at the #TortoiseG7bnSummit
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“It seems to be with the discourse, we are always catching up with the moment rather than allowing the goals to set the agenda” – @eddiendopu live at the #TortoiseG7bnSummit
We tend to think about the #SDGs in isolation and that has affected how we make policy.
@eddiendopu says it’s time for leaders to let the goals set the agenda.
@eddiendopu says it’s time for leaders to let the goals set the agenda.
Countries that went into the Covid crisis with a shaky economy will struggle to repay their debts.
Join us live as we discuss ‘The deal on debt’: torto.se/2DJR7sj
Join us live as we discuss ‘The deal on debt’: torto.se/2DJR7sj
“We should be thinking about what a time out from sanctions might look like to deal with the immediate health crisis”
These are exceptional times that call for exceptional fiscal measures.
@NgaireWoods speaking at our #TortoiseG7bnSummit
These are exceptional times that call for exceptional fiscal measures.
@NgaireWoods speaking at our #TortoiseG7bnSummit
During this, a crisis that they didn’t create, poorer countries are buckling under the weight of debt repayments.
Edwin Ikhuoria of the @ONECampaign on why we need to change our approach.
Edwin Ikhuoria of the @ONECampaign on why we need to change our approach.
Misinformation can be deadly. How do we give citizens new confidence to trust the information they see online?
Live with us now, helping us to answer that question:
@anneapplebaum
@jimmy_wales
@audreyt and
@Farah_Pandith
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Live with us now, helping us to answer that question:
@anneapplebaum
@jimmy_wales
@audreyt and
@Farah_Pandith
#TortoiseG7bnSummit
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Due to some slight technical issues @audreyt has decided to join us through "an analogue loophole". 😂
Heavy-handed regulation isn’t the answer to managing the viral spread of disinformation.
@audreyt Taiwan’s Digital Minister emphasises that media ‘competence’, instead of ‘literacy’, empowers every individual to curate and question the narratives they consume #TortoiseG7bnSummit
@audreyt Taiwan’s Digital Minister emphasises that media ‘competence’, instead of ‘literacy’, empowers every individual to curate and question the narratives they consume #TortoiseG7bnSummit
We just kicked off our #TortoiseG7bnSummit with a ThinkIn asking: who gets a vaccine?
Throughout today we’re discussing what leaders need to be doing about the big issues we face including: debt, the SDGs, misinformation, food security and much more.
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Throughout today we’re discussing what leaders need to be doing about the big issues we face including: debt, the SDGs, misinformation, food security and much more.
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Pascal Soriot, CEO of @AstraZeneca, joined us for the first session of the #TortoiseG7bnSummit and explained the current pause in their vaccine trial.
Register now to join us for the afternoon sessions: torto.se/2FagvI0
Register now to join us for the afternoon sessions: torto.se/2FagvI0
“Governments have programmes to vaccinate people over a period of time...we will not have the capacity to supply the hundreds of millions of doses that will be necessary, governments will have to prioritise populations at risk”
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Covid-19 can be the turning point in the fight against disinformation. But leaders need to start taking action.
We’ll be discussing how at the #TortoiseG7bnSummit on global leadership on Thursday 10 September.
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We’ll be discussing how at the #TortoiseG7bnSummit on global leadership on Thursday 10 September.
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For our second session we will ask the question ‘How do we hold misinformation to account?’. In preparation, we’ve been looking at the most common types of COVID misinformation.
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In Ofcom’s UK-based research, each conspiracy theory related to COVID was seen and shared less over time. It suggests that exposure to reality is a natural disinfectant.
But how do we stop lies spreading in the first place?
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But how do we stop lies spreading in the first place?
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