The T20 Communiqué

T20 South Africa Summit 2025

Our vision for T20 South Africa: Consolidate and Sustain

T20 South Africa

South Africa is at the helm of the Think 20 in 2025. Building on the progress made by previous presidencies, the T20 prioritises diverse perspectives to foster inclusivity and collaboration and bridge geopolitical divides. Join us as we strive for a more just and sustainable future.
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Task Forces

The T20 bolsters South Africa’s G20 presidency by bringing together leading thinkers from across the world. They collaborate within five dedicated Task Forces, focusing their expertise on the following critical themes.

T20 Communiqué

The T20 Communiqué delivers high-impact, solutions-driven, and implementation-focused policy recommendations to the G20. This essential document draws on the collective expertise of the T20's five Task Forces, covering crucial areas: Trade and Investment, Digital Transformation, Financing for Sustainable Development, Solidarity for the Achievement of the SDGs and Accelerating Climate Action and the Just Energy Transition.

Policy Briefs

MDB Reform For More And Better Climate Finance Data, Allocation, Local Ownership And Impact

Financing for Sustainable Development
14 November 2025

Role of G20 in Reducing Health Inequalities Through the Provision of Public Healthcare Services by Enhancing the Capacity of Local Government Institutions

Solidarity for the Achievement of the SDGs
14 November 2025

Ensuring Healthcare Access for Forcibly Displaced People: Advancing SDG 3, SDG 10 and SDG13 Through Lessons From Brazil and Canada2025

Solidarity for the Achievement of the SDGs
14 November 2025

Raising Up the G20’s Ambition and Leadership on Tax Justice: An Intersectional Analysis

Financing for Sustainable Development
14 November 2025

Commentary

Image: Unsplash, Rahul Mishra

The G20 should challenge the power dynamics in digital public infrastructure

Data plays a crucial role in T20 discussions at the G20, influencing online interaction and civic engagement. The G20 should use its influence to create a multi-stakeholder agenda for Digital Public Infrastructure design.

Image: Unsplash, Markus Spiske

Will the G20 listen to its own advisors? 4 urgent steps on climate change

The G20 must make sure that when power stations are closed down, new jobs are offered to workers and the pollution left behind is cleaned up.

Image: Unsplash, Igor Omilaev

Accelerating climate action and the just energy transition: The role of South Africa’s G20 presidency

South Africa’s G20 presidency presents a crucial opportunity to shape the just energy transition in the Global South, which bears the brunt of climate change despite contributing the least to global greenhouse gas emissions.

Statements & Speeches

Keynote Remarks by the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Alvin Botes at the T20 Summit, Johannesburg, South Africa

The T20 Summit is the culmination of concerted efforts by the T20’s five Task Forces on trade, digital transformation, development financing, SDGs, and climate action, strengthening the intellectual backbone of the G20.
13 Nov 2025

Welcoming Remarks by Chairperson of The G20 Empowerment of Women Working Group Advocate Mikateko Joyce Maluleke- Johannesburg, South Africa

The Empowerment Working Group convened at the fourth Technical Meeting to finalise the Empowerment of Women Ministerial Declaration, a historic milestone for the G20 Forum, benefiting women across G20 countries, the Global South, and the Global North.
27 Oct 2025

Minister Dion George’s closing remarks at the G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Ministerial Meeting- Cape Town, South Africa

Under South Africa's Presidency, Environment and Climate Ministers achieved two G20 firsts: the Cape Town Declaration on Crimes Affecting the Environment and on Air Quality.
17 Oct 2025

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News

Call for Expressions of Interest: G20 Social Summit

The G20 Social Summit is scheduled for 18–20 November 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Making the WTO Work for Business and Consumers: A South-South Dialogue on WTO Reform

GENEVA – African stakeholders and the broader Global South convened at the South African Permanent Mission on 17 September 2025 to press for urgent reforms to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The roundtable, titled “Making the WTO Work for Business ...

UNGA 2025: T20 South Africa and DIRCO host high-level roundtable on financing for development

The global development finance landscape is at a critical juncture, facing immense pressure and a growing gap in funding needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Developing countries, in particular, struggle with debt, limited access to private ...

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