This year’s G20 Summit is being held for the first time in an African nation. It will focus on helping developing economies adapt to the climate crisis, transition to clean energy and cut excessive debt. Van Heerden says there is likely to be a declaration at the end of the summit.
“They (G20 Leaders) know that the Group of 20 is about the 20 largest economies in the world, but they are keen and they are sensitive enough to know that they cannot operate in a world without Africa, without the Third World, and certainly without the Global South. And I think because everyone has been on the receiving end of the bully called Trump, that they are going to rally behind SA. Not that they are anti-Trump or anti-the US, but they are saying that we are no longer going to be bullied and we need to recognise that issues of sustainability, equality are actually important in the multilateral global system,” he said.
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