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latest news & developmentsTrump could bring a plot twist to SA’s G20 presidency
The US president-elect’s threat to Brics and regressive climate change stance risk stoking tension
SA’s G20 presidency a chance to reform global governance
Global financial reforms, action to mitigate and adapt to climate change, a just energy transition and ensuring food security should be central to its work
The geopolitics of Brics and G7
The world’s lines of division have skewed during the past two summits
Economic growth in G7 versus Brics: A reality check
It is imperative that social movements inside both blocs navigate their agenda
Renewable energy company G7 fails in Eskom interdict bid
Eskom changed its rules, giving preference to projects that are ‘shovel-ready’ and would get new power on the grid quickly
What’s in it for the ‘friends of Brics’?
A bigger alliance will give the group extra economic heft, but it remains to be seen whether its members can speak in one voice
Swift action: Sanction-heavy future calls for policymakers to de-risk
The Reserve Bank has warned that sanctions will be ‘catastrophic’ to the economy, which is currently vulnerable to geopolitical shocks
Where does SA fit into America’s ‘new consensus’?
The United States is crafting a new foreign policy that keeps the economic superpower at its centre
No G7, no Phala Phala, no problem
No buffalo on the menu at South Africa/Namibia gala dinner
Will the dollar hit a Brics wall?
The architecture of the global financial system hurts emerging market economies but the alliance has yet to offer an alternative
It’s time for the G7 to deliver on Africa
South Africa and Senegal, as AU chair, are attending the important summit of the leaders of the big industrialised nations
What developing countries need to reach net zero
Wealthier countries need to give emerging economies three resources: time to adapt, financial support and policy assistance
Give Africa clean energy funds – IEA
Fatih Birol, the IEA’s executive director, says wealthy countries have a ‘moral responsibility’ to enable a just transition
Parties divided on carbon trading system as UN climate talks end
One country pays for greenhouse gas emissions in another country and uses that credit for its own emission reduction targets — but accounting irregularities increased carbon…
Two-million new J&J jabs to come within two weeks, says Aspen
Johnson & Johnson plans to replace our two-million unusable vaccines by July. The vaccines are unsuitable for use and must be destroyed, while the country’s vaccination programme…