G20

This year’s G20 process has felt like a rollercoaster: exhilarating highs, exhausted lows, and constant questions looping in our heads: Is this process meaningful? Can we influence it? Will the United States derail everything?  In this piece, Elin, the International Climate Politics Hub G20 Coordinator, shares her own reflections on the challenges and possibilities of engaging the G20 from a civil society perspective, particularly on issues of climate, energy, and food justice.

This article was written by Professor Adekeye Adebajo, part of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Southern Africa offices G20 engagement process and efforts. It reviews the first eleven months of South Africa’s presidency of the G20 (November 2024–November 2025).