by Nkateko Joseph Mabasa | Aug 28, 2025 | G20 South Africa 2025
For the first time in 14 years, the G20 youth engagement group (Y20) closed its summit last week without issuing a communiqué — the set of recommendations that usually feeds into a declaration by world leaders at their annual summit, this year being hosted in...
by Solange Rosa | Aug 20, 2025 | G20 South Africa 2025
As South Africa prepares to host the G20 Summit in November, the first on African soil, the stakes are high. This historic opportunity places the country and the continent at a crossroads, one that demands not just economic diplomacy, but bold rethinking of how we...
by Nkateko Joseph Mabasa | Aug 15, 2025 | G20 South Africa 2025
Experts say gender inclusion is key to a sustainable energy shift in emerging economies.As part of South Africa’s G20 discussions ahead of the leaders’ summit in November, Oxfam South Africa — in collaboration with the International Institute for Sustainable...
by Katharina Zuegel | Aug 14, 2025 | G20 South Africa 2025
Last year was the world’s warmest on record, leaving no uncertainty that we are feeling the effects of climate change worldwide. Yet, persistent doubts about its existence continue to undermine the effectiveness of policy measures aimed at reducing humanity’s impact...
by Eric A Friedman & Lawrence O Gostin | Aug 11, 2025 | G20 South Africa 2025
As host of this year’s G20 Summit, South Africa could help end one of the greatest injustices in the world today — the cavernous gaps in wealth and in access to life’s basic necessities. Most acutely, people living through humanitarian crises are dying for want of...
by Nkateko Joseph Mabasa | Jul 15, 2025 | G20 South Africa 2025
The G20 think tank engagement group (T20) has called for the overhaul of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank financing models and increased transparency in the methodologies of credit rating agencies.A communique presented at the recent third sherpa...
