- English
In a context of escalating and interlinked climate and biodiversity crises, ambitious, integrated and inclusive action towards just transitions is central to ensuring a more sustainable, equitable and resilient world for current and future generations.
The year 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement and the submission of the second round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), with COP30 in Brazil and the Baku to Belém roadmap to 1ドル.3 trillion placing renewed emphasis on ambitious action and means of implementation.
All of this unfolds against a backdrop of mounting geopolitical competition and concern over the rapidly narrowing window to keep the crucial 1.5°C goal within reach. At the same time, unequal access to finance and technology, along with the persistence of economic, trade and power models that deepen social inequalities and cause continued harm to biodiversity and ecosystems, threatens to undermine progress in advancing the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and promoting climate action. This includes tripling renewable energy capacity, doubling energy efficiency and transitioning away from fossil fuels in a just, orderly and equitable manner, in line with the outcomes of the Paris Agreement’s First Global Stocktake.
As South Africa’s G20 presidency underscores, disparities in wealth and development, within and between countries, require a paradigm shift that places solidarity, equality and sustainability at the core. Given its economic and political weight and its significant contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions, the G20 must exercise leadership in promoting global transitions that are ambitious, equitable and just for all. The group is uniquely positioned to foster international partnerships that expand and improve access to climate finance, support countries in pursuing just transitions and promote inclusive industrial development through equitable and cooperative critical mineral value chains – generating added value while upholding sustainable economic, technological and environmental practices.
Guided by the spirit of Ubuntu, ‘I am because we are’, Task Force 05 (TF05) of the T20 seeks to advance solutions to enhance G20 action and international cooperation towards inclusive, sustainable development around the following four priorities:
- promoting sustainable and equitable critical mineral value chains;
- scaling adaptation finance;
- supporting inclusive, just energy transitions; and
- biodiversity-climate-development nexus.
- English
In a context of escalating and interlinked climate and biodiversity crises, ambitious, integrated and inclusive action towards just transitions is central to ensuring a more sustainable, equitable and resilient world for current and future generations.
The year 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement and the submission of the second round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), with COP30 in Brazil and the Baku to Belém roadmap to 1ドル.3 trillion placing renewed emphasis on ambitious action and means of implementation.
All of this unfolds against a backdrop of mounting geopolitical competition and concern over the rapidly narrowing window to keep the crucial 1.5°C goal within reach. At the same time, unequal access to finance and technology, along with the persistence of economic, trade and power models that deepen social inequalities and cause continued harm to biodiversity and ecosystems, threatens to undermine progress in advancing the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and promoting climate action. This includes tripling renewable energy capacity, doubling energy efficiency and transitioning away from fossil fuels in a just, orderly and equitable manner, in line with the outcomes of the Paris Agreement’s First Global Stocktake.
As South Africa’s G20 presidency underscores, disparities in wealth and development, within and between countries, require a paradigm shift that places solidarity, equality and sustainability at the core. Given its economic and political weight and its significant contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions, the G20 must exercise leadership in promoting global transitions that are ambitious, equitable and just for all. The group is uniquely positioned to foster international partnerships that expand and improve access to climate finance, support countries in pursuing just transitions and promote inclusive industrial development through equitable and cooperative critical mineral value chains – generating added value while upholding sustainable economic, technological and environmental practices.
Guided by the spirit of Ubuntu, ‘I am because we are’, Task Force 05 (TF05) of the T20 seeks to advance solutions to enhance G20 action and international cooperation towards inclusive, sustainable development around the following four priorities:
- promoting sustainable and equitable critical mineral value chains;
- scaling adaptation finance;
- supporting inclusive, just energy transitions; and
- biodiversity-climate-development nexus.