Climate Finance under the South African G20 Presidency

This research paper outlines the priorities of South Africa's 2025 G20 presidency regarding climate finance, emphasizing the mobilization of resources for just energy transitions and the elevation of African concerns within the G20 framework, building upon the foundations laid during Brazil's 2024 presidency.

• South Africa has identified four primary priorities for its 2025 G20 presidency: strengthening disaster resilience and response, ensuring debt sustainability for low-income countries, mobilizing finance for a just energy transition, and utilizing critical minerals for sustainable development and inclusive growth.
• South Africa intends to use its G20 presidency to promote country platforms and bring African climate finance concerns to the forefront, drawing on its own experience with the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), which was launched at COP26 in 2021 with $8.5 billion in pledges.
• The Rio de Janeiro Leaders’ Declaration from Brazil's 2024 G20 presidency established several goals that influence South Africa's approach, including the need to scale climate finance from 'billions to trillions' from all sources and the optimization of environmental funds to match national priorities.
• Brazil's G20 presidency emphasized the reform of international financial architecture to address climate change and sustainable development, specifically calling for better risk capture and increased transparency in country risk assessments and credit ratings.

APA

South African Institute of International Affairs (2025). Climate Finance under the South African G20 Presidency. https://saiia.org.za/research/climate-finance-under-the-south-african-g20-presidency/

Chicago

South African Institute of International Affairs. Climate Finance under the South African G20 Presidency. 2025. https://saiia.org.za/research/climate-finance-under-the-south-african-g20-presidency/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{southafricaninstituteofinternationalaffairs2025climate, author = {{South African Institute of International Affairs}}, title = {{Climate Finance under the South African G20 Presidency}}, institution = {South African Institute of International Affairs}, year = {2025}, month = mar, url = {https://saiia.org.za/research/climate-finance-under-the-south-african-g20-presidency/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }