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Why in News?
The South-North Commission on Development was formally launched on June 30, 2026, at the Hamburg Sustainability Conference.
- Aim - To rewrite the rules of global engagement by moving past traditional, outdated donor-recipient models.
- Co-Chairs - The independent global commission is co-chaired by Olaf Scholz (former German Chancellor) and Laura Chinchilla (former President of Costa Rica).
- Composition - It will bring together up to 20 commissioners drawn from politics, business, labor, academia, international organisations, and civil society, with a majority represented by the Global South.
- Legacy Model - The initiative is explicitly modelled after the historic 1977 Brandt Commission, reviving its spirit to address systemic global inequalities in an increasingly multipolar world.
- Timeline- The commission is expected to present an interim report in 2027 and a final report by the end of 2028.
- Interconnected Global Challenges
- The Fiscal & Debt Crisis
- Trade Inequities & Value Chains
- Redefining "North" and "South" Labels
- Technology, Climate, and Emerging Leverage
Reference
Down to Earth | New South-North Commission
