https://www.scmp.com/rss/509007/feed Karin Costa Vazquez is a non-resident senior fellow at the Centre for China and Globalisation and an associate professor at O.P. Jindal Global University. A leading voice in the Global South, she served as general coordinator at Brazil’s Ministry of Finance during Brazil’s G20 and Brics presidencies and advised multilateral development banks and UN agencies on development finance, South-South cooperation, and global governance reform. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Karin Costa Vazquez Karin Costa Vazquez As South Africa hands over the Group of 20 presidency, something more consequential than a routine rotation is taking place. The moment marks the end of an unprecedented cycle: four consecutive presidencies led by major economies of the Global South – Indonesia, India, Brazil and South Africa. For four years, the G20 was steered by countries whose development priorities, demographic structures and geopolitical positions diverged from those of the Group of Seven. In 2026, the gavel will pass to... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3333956/us-must-build-global-souths-g20-momentum-not-undermine-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3333956/us-must-build-global-souths-g20-momentum-not-undermine-it?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:30:09 +0000 Xi Jinping’s pledge last year for China to hit peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060 was received with a mix of euphoria and scepticism outside China. As China accounts for 28 per cent of global emissions, its commitment to carbon neutrality is a much-anticipated step towards net zero emissions worldwide. The acceleration in the construction of coal-fired power plants in the past year and the lack of a robust road map towards China’s decarbonisation... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3141396/china-moves-towards-net-zero-emissions-world-ready-economic-impact?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3141396/china-moves-towards-net-zero-emissions-world-ready-economic-impact?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 18 Jul 2021 17:00:07 +0000 In a recent letter to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, US Senator Robert Menendez expressed “concern” with remarks made by Bolsonaro and his foreign minister, Ernesto Araújo, on the election of US President Joe Biden. Menendez, the chairman of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, called on Bolsonaro to join the US and the international community in “condemning the incitement of violence”. He said anything other than a “categorical rejection” of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3123338/trumps-defeat-leaves-bolsonaro-rebalancing-brazils-relations-us-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3123338/trumps-defeat-leaves-bolsonaro-rebalancing-brazils-relations-us-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Feb 2021 10:15:06 +0000