Forging equitable and sustainable development through health diplomacy: Actions and global solidarity in health
Health diplomacy integrates governance, sustainable funding and digital innovation to enhance global health by 2030.
Health diplomacy integrates governance, sustainable funding and digital innovation to enhance global health by 2030.
The Matopiba region underscores the broader challenges facing the G20 and the urgent need for governance that balances economic interests with environmental and social protections, as local communities contend with deforestation and displacement.
The G20 Common Framework must expand its scope to formally include middle-income countries, which increasingly face unsustainable debt burdens.
Industrial strategies should link economic growth, industry, innovation, and infrastructure while tackling inequalities. The G20 must lead the move toward green industrialisation.
G20 cooperation can help prevent trade distortions.
The 2025 South African G20 presidency can advance foundational learning to address Africa’s learning crisis. Guided by the spirit of ubuntu, it should support investments in essential reading and math skills to avoid the future costs of illiteracy.
South Africa's 2025 presidency highlights Africa's AI potential, shifting focus from global policies to local initiatives that aim to close the AI equity gap and promote inclusive digital transformation.
To secure a stable and fruitful future for the G20 as a forum for multilateral agreements and commitments, the goals of the G20 will need to adapt to the recent, dramatic fracturing of geopolitical relations. This piece spells out three ...
The G20 should address reform challenges during South Africa's presidency, as ongoing geopolitical tensions obstruct global cooperation and complicate efforts to revamp the international financial architecture.
The slow recovery from the global financial crisis, growing inequality, the inability of institutions like the World Trade Organization to transform their mandates and rising geopolitical competition all contributed to a gradual loss of faith in multilateralism.
With disasters becoming more frequent and severe, G20 countries need to reduce poverty and address inequality. Linking social safety nets to disaster risk management can protect vulnerable groups and promote resilience.
The world cannot afford to miss another chance. The G20 must rise to the challenge and help shape a renewed multilateralism based on equity, solidarity and resilience.
The G20 water platform provides an opportunity to share best practices, highlighting the need for collaboration among ministries and effective governance to achieve water security.
The G20 should prioritise digital inclusion to enhance social integration and innovation in the Global South, using tax incentives to support this goal.
The G20, representing top nations, can promote digitalisation in agri-food systems under South Africa's leadership to boost cooperation.
Food prices sit at the intersection of equity and sustainability and the G20 has a role to play in ensuring fair price for produce and labour.
Integrating ESG principles into debt management is a transformative shift towards resilience, sustainability and equity.
From dependency to empowerment: Africa’s economic future beyond aid
Foreign aid has influenced Africa’s development for decades, weakening economic resilience. South Africa’s G20 presidency presents a chance to boost foreign direct investment and diversify partnerships for greater economic sovereignty.