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The Conscious Advertising Network (CAN) attended the 2024 Cannes Lions festival to increase its profile and network with industry leaders. Key activities included co-hosting a panel with VCCP on the risks of AI and misinformation, participating in dialogues on greenwashing and ad fraud, and forming partnerships with organizations such as The Marketing Society and Goals House. The report highlights a tension between the industry's focus on AI and the relative lack of attention given to sustainability, while noting CAN's role as leading advisors on the United Nations Global Principles on Information Integrity.

The policy brief argues that while South Africa is the only permanent African member of the G-20, the current system of inviting the AU chair and a NEPAD representative is insufficient due to high rotation and a lack of formal coordination. It highlights that G-20 agendas on infrastructure, tax reform, and sustainable development financing directly impact Africa's development goals, such as Agenda 2063. To address capacity gaps, the authors recommend establishing a coordinating secretariat within the AU Commission, drawing on the successful model used for the 2011 Busan Forum on Aid Effectiveness and South Africa's 2013 BRICS outreach to African countries.

Over 440 labour and social lawyers from Europe have issued a manifesto calling on the European Union to protect fundamental social rights against the pressures of the economic and financial crisis. The signatories argue that austerity measures and labour market deregulaton—often forced by the 'troika' (IMF, European Commission, and ECB)—are undermining collective bargaining, increasing poverty, and threatening the viability of the European project. They urge the EU to adhere to the Lisbon Treaty and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, asserting that high labour and social standards are essential pre-conditions for sustainable economic development.