John Kirton

John Kirton is director and founder of the Global Governance Program, which includes the Global Health Diplomacy Program, the G7 Research Group, the G20 Research Group and the BRICS Research Group, all based at Trinity College in the University of Toronto, where he is a professor emeritus of political science and Canadian foreign policy. He is co-editor, with Ilona Kickbusch, of a series of publications on Health: A Political Choice, published by GT Media Group and the Global Governance Project. He is co-author of the Reconfiguring the Global Governance of Climate Change (2022) and Global Governance of Climate Change: G7, G20 and UN Leadership (2015); author of China’s G20 Governance (2016) and G20 Governance for a Globalized World (2013); and co-editor of Accountability for Effectiveness in Global Governance (2018) and BRICS and Global Governance (2018). He is also co-editor most recently of G7 Germany: The 2022 Elmau Summit and G20 Italy: The 2021 Rome Summit. Follow him on Twitter @jjkirton.