South Africa, under the leadership of Deputy Minister Andrew Whitfield, is using its G20 presidency to focus on Africa's ...

To achieve the global goal of tripling renewable power capacity by 2030, the world's largest emitters of CO2 emissions in G20 and beyond would need to more than double their annually added install. .

Other influential countries are turning inward. These developments raise concerns about how well mechanisms for global cooperation, such as the G20, can continue to operate, particularly those that ...

While both the G20 and BRICS+ aim to foster international cooperation, their trajectories highlight differing approaches. The ...

JOHANNESBURG — A meeting of foreign ministers from G20 countries will take place in Johannesburg on Thursday, but U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend amid diplomatic tensions ...

The G20 countries, which represent some 85% of global GDP and three quarters of trade, often struggle to see eye to eye, but geopolitical rifts since Russia's 2022 Ukraine invasion have rendered ...

South Africa assumed the G20 presidency on Dec. 1, 2024, becoming the first African country to hold the position. The presidency's theme, "Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability," underscores the ...

South Africa holds the rotating presidency of the G20 this year — the first African nation to do so — and has pledged to put issues that especially affect poor countries like debt relief and ...

CHINA OFFERS SUPPORT President Cyril Ramaphosa has said he wanted to use his country's G20 presidency to address climate change and fairer finance for poorer nations. South Africa, like many other ...

(Photo courtesy of the Japanese Foreign Ministry)(Kyodo) JOHANNESBURG (Kyodo) -- Foreign ministers of the Group of 20 countries met in ... what would have been his G20 talks debut having accused ...