10-30-16 Russia, however, has a history of operating with a more complete inclusion of elements of political power and influence as well as Operational Art that ties combined arms to campaign objectives. It is so important to Russian doctrine (that) they have used and continue to use the term, Maskirovka—the art of deception—to elevate the complete set of actions and conditions that fall short of war that enables battlefield victories to be decided before tanks and infantry close in battle. It is Maskirovka, and the complementary technological changes to the character of warfare now and in the future, that make Russia the significant resurging threat to regional stability, NATO, and the U.S....
To be clear, Maskirovka does not have an equivalent U.S. doctrine, such as Military Deception. Maskirovka is much more encompassing than just tactical deception measures as I learned early in my career.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2016/10/31/maskirovka_from_russia_with_deception_110282.html
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from K. Dawisha: Putin's Kleptocracy, Simon and Schuster, 2014:
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The Unelected Central Bankers of the World Making Worldwide Decisions
Mark Carney (above) and Francois Villeroy de Galhau have called for action by financial experts to deal with the risks of climate change, at the first conference hosted by a high-level group of central banks and supervisors dedicated to the subject.
The Central Banks and Supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System, or NGFS, held its inaugural international climate risk conference for supervisors at the Netherlands Bank on April 6.
https://www.centralbanking.com/central-banks/financial-stability/3452781/major-central-banks-call-for-concerted-action-on-climate-change
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When the Leaders of the G20* met in China in 2016 they highlighted the necessity to scale up green financing. They also endorsed efforts to “provide clear strategic policy signals and frameworks” to target this objective. The question to what extent central banks can and should contribute to this momentum is moving up policy agendas worldwide.
Against this background, the Council on Economic Policies and De Nederlandsche Bank are organizing a workshop on “Central Banking and Green Finance”. The event will convene researchers from academia, central banks, and other non-academic research institutions on November 28-29, 2017 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://www.cepweb.org/central-banking-and-green-finance/
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9-9-2016 The G20 has highlighted the necessity to "scale up green financing" in partnership with the private sector in order to shift trillions of dollars from dirty to clean investments. https://www.edie.net/news/6/G20-vows-to--scale-up-green-finance--in-collaboration-with-business/
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9-9-2016 G20 countries are not doing enough to mitigate climate change and must work harder, climate experts urged in Beijing as leaders of the world’s 20 major economies gathered in Hangzhou.
The Group of 20 (G20) economies must ratchet up efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, shift away from investment in coal towards renewable energy and reduce fossil fuel subsidies.
Current pledges made by the 20 countries, which account for 75 per cent of global carbon emissions, fall far short of a target set by last year’s Paris Agreement to keep the rise in average global temperature “well below 2 degrees Celsius”, said a report by Climate Transparency, a consortium of think tanks. http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2014205/worlds-top-20-economies-not-doing-enough-fight-climate
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7-27-16 A G20 meeting gathered Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on July 23-24 in Chengdu, China, and concluded on a Communiqué affirming the focus of the G20 Green Finance Study Group (GFSG) on green finance.
It is the first year that green finance is an integral part of the G20 agenda. http://www.climateactionprogramme.org/news/green_finance_in_g20_agenda_for_the_first_time
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