The G20 sits at the centre of the global climate dilemma. Member countries can either allow oil and gas production to surge, locking in climate catastrophe, or scale it back in line with a just energy transition. Despite climate pledges,…
Rising Food Prices Since 2020, the cost of staple foods like maize, wheat and cooking oil has kept climbing. Climate change, global market disruptions, high input costs and corporate control of food value chains have driven these increases. For low-income…
This worker-centred framework has been co-produced with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). South Africa’s transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy must be fair, inclusive, and centred on workers and communities. A Worker-Centred Framework for Financing the Just…
Why This Matters The G20 countries produce three-quarters of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. While they have invested heavily in renewable energy, progress on phasing out oil and gas has stalled. These fuels remain deeply tied to transport and industry,…
In 2024, the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) deepened its impact in South Africa and across the continent, advancing progressive research and advocacy to support rights realisation and planetary wellbeing. The year was marked by organisational growth and consolidation: IEJ…
This fact sheet outlines the aims and composition of the G20, what hosting the G20 entails, and importantly, how civil society can contribute to the G20's deliberations.
As the world's wealthiest economies gather in South Africa throughout its G20 Presidency, citizens, civil society, and social movements should ask, ?Who profits from a weak international taxation system??.
The debate about the African debt crisis overlooks the real human costs. Hiding behind the billions owed are the lived experiences of many Africans: workers skipping meals just to afford bus fare, graduates sitting idle without jobs, and nurses treating patients without access to medicine.
Imagine a world where rising food prices force a parent to skip a meal so their children can eat. A world where farm workers grow food they cannot afford while other communities watch their crops perish due to extreme weather conditions. This is our current reality: we are living through a food crisis.
We need to strive for a future that allows us to expand access to electricity for more people globally, all without harming our planet. In this world, rapid development does not come with a looming environmental crisis.