AYABONGA CAWE: SA could use G20 leadership to shine light on food insecurity
Mechanisms are needed to deal with the crisis and anticipate disasters caused by climate and ecological risks
SA officially took over as chair of the Group of 20 (G20) yesterday, at a volatile, uncertain time. For about the next 50 weeks the country will hold considerable sway over this important group’s agenda.
SA takes up the mantle while its record of advocacy on key issues gives it somewhat of a “run-up” to the multilateral crease. Our agitation against the prioritisation of intellectual property “rents” and profits at the expense of saving lives, the approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and its co-chairing of the UN Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals lay the basis for a package of G20 priorities over the next year. ..
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