The G20’s legacy so far has been to preserve capitalist financial systems.
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South Africa’s G20 presidency highlighted climate action and just energy transitions.
The G20’s Women 20 group agreed that action is needed to stop unpaid care work and forced labour, and improve women’s health and climate leadership.
South Africa’s G20 presidency’s Digital Economy working group tried to make progress on digital inequality, high data costs and weak broadband. How did they do?
Development banks have spent over US$1 billion on factory farming in Africa, locking in high greenhouse gas emissions. Natural farming systems are a better choice.
India links new rural power lines to solar projects, providing cleaner energy for farms, while South Africa has ways for communities to benefit from green energy profits.
The G20 2025 declaration issued in Johannesburg will be just empty words unless the endorsements are turned into action.
There is a great institutional need for strong inequality analysis. That’s why the world needs to establish an International Panel on Inequality.
Reducing inequality should be a guiding principle to decisions on climate change.
This year’s G20 president, South Africa, hosts the G20 summit from 22 November in Johannesburg. But has civil society really been included in the talks?
South Africa can continue to advocate for its G20 presidency priorities beyond its 2025 term.
African farmers face rising climate disasters that destroy crops and livestock. The G20 must champion new, affordable tech-based insurance for them.
The optimal and safe use of agricultural inputs to increase food production is key to achieving global food security.
Cultural and creative industries account for 3.39% of global GDP and 3.55% of jobs.
South Africa’s G20 presidency is a chance to lobby for investment in drought-tolerant crops, better irrigation, and early warning systems.
As G20 president, South Africa should encourage richer countries to support the Single African Air Transport Market.
Africa’s small-scale aquaculture practitioners need cold storage facilities to stop their fish from going to waste.
The G20 must collect ancient practices that can help the world withstand climate change so that this knowledge is available for future generations.
South Africa’s Eastern Cape women farmers have problems getting land, loans, and leadership positions.
Africa’s second climate summit agreed that climate finance to Africa must be a legal obligation and that every country on the continent should have a climate law.
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR), United Nations University; Aston University
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Assistant Professor, University of Kinshasa
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Research Associate, University of Cambridge
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Chief Director: Tshwane University of Technology – Institute for Economic Research on Innovation; Node Head: DST/NRF SciSTIP CoE; and Professor Extraordinary: Stellenbosch University – Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology., Tshwane University of Technology
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Senior Researcher at the African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town
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Honorary Research Associate, University of Oxford
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Lecturer: Agroecology and Sustainable Livelihoods, Nelson Mandela University
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Director General CIFOR, Director of Science CIFOR-ICRAF, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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Emeritus Associate Professor in Public Law, UCT. Visiting Adjunct Professor, WITS School of Governance; Director, Africa Programme, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
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Senior Lecturer at the African Energy Leadership Centre, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Adjunct professor, Discipline Lead: Energy and Director of the African Energy Leadership Centre., University of the Witwatersrand
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Research associate at African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town