G20 needs a new approach to tackle the changing world order

Prof. Henrietta L. Moore | 24 September 2026

In December, the UK will take over the G20 presidency from the United States. The world is a remarkably different place since the UK last hosted the G20 in 2009. Back then, it led a collective response to the 2008 financial crash, mobilising more than US$1 trillion (£740 billion) to rebuild economies across the world.

In 2027, it will arguably face an even stiffer challenge – leading cooperation when the major powers in the world no longer see eye-to-eye on the nature of problems, let alone the pathway to solutions. The world is experiencing the highest number of armed conflicts since 1946. Strategic rivalry now runs deeper through trade, technology, energy and finance. Yet these are precisely the areas where no country can secure prosperity by acting alone. The old order is fractured, but our interdependence is stronger than ever.

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About the Author

Henrietta L. Moore is Co-President of The New Alignment and Founder and Director at the Institute for Global Prosperity, University College London. A leading global thinker on prosperity, Professor Dame Henrietta L. Moore challenges traditional economic models of growth arguing that to flourish communities, businesses and governments need to engage collaboratively with local diversity and work within ecological limits.