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G7 Climate Diplomacy — Sweet Words, but Just Debt and Delays for the Global South
The last few weeks have made two things clear. First, the heat waves hitting the Global North have hammered home (yet again) that climate change is getting faster and more dangerous by the day. Second, despite calls from U.S. climate czar John Kerry to separate climate issues from ...
Russian, Indian Media Claim Retired Chinese Diplomat Yang Jiechi to Resurface in South Africa for BRICS Gathering
Major Indian and Russian media outlets circulated an unusual story over the weekend that veteran Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi will come out of retirement to meet with Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on the sidelines of this week's BRICS security gathering in Johannesburg to discuss the worsening Sino-Indian border ...
Japanese Foreign Minister to Embark on Six-Nation Tour of South Asia and Africa
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi will head out this week on a six-nation Asian and African tour to discuss Tokyo's vision for Global South cooperation. Hayashi said at a press conference on Friday that he will first go to India and ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: China’s Top Diplomat Wang Yi Will Travel to Africa Next Week
China’s top diplomat Wang Yi will travel to Africa next week. He is attending a meeting of BRICS national security advisors in Johannesburg on 24 and 25 July. In addition to South Africa, he will also visit Nigeria, Kenya, and Türkiye. (CHINESE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS)
Why the G7’s Energy Offer to the Global South Could Backfire
2023 is on track to be the hottest year in recorded human history. The summer’s record heat waves, fires, and floods come as attempts by U.S. and Chinese lawmakers to restart talks about climate cooperation seem to be foundering on geopolitics. The ...
Algerian President In China to Push BRICS Membership, Economic Engagement
Algeria’s President Abdelmajid Tebboune is on a state visit to China. The visit, which will occupy most of the week, is seen as an attempt to raise Algeria’s international prominence and diversify its economy. Tebboune, who spent two days in Qatar on the way ...
Chinese Expert Pours Cold Water on Ethiopia’s BRICS Dream
In June, Ethiopia joined about twenty other emerging economies in applying to join the BRICS group, made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. As with South Africa’s late entry into the group, China’s support is a key determinant of ...
New Half-Billion Dollar Deal Aims to Position Angola’s Lobito Corridor as Main Gateway for Africa’s Critical Resources
The competition for access to critical metals used to manufacture electric vehicle batteries intensified with the announcement that Trafigura, a Singaporean-based commodity trading giant, is going to lead a consortium of European companies to rebuild a rail line poised to become one of Africa's most important logistics corridors. ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: China’s New Green Energy Diplomacy in Africa
Over the past six months, there's been a noticeable increase in the number of green energy deals announced by Chinese private and state-owned enterprises in Africa. But unlike the earlier era of Chinese-financed infrastructure development in Africa, this new push into ...
Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud on Africa’s Green Transition
This has been a week of revealing contrasts, so revealing that a screenwriter might find them a bit on the nose. Most prominent was the global attention focused on the underwater fate of a small group of rich people and the general ...
China Offers Solar Help to Blackout-Ridden South Africa
China has offered to donate solar panels and generators to South Africa to keep the lights on at key facilities like hospitals. The offer comes as green energy is increasingly emerging as a field for diplomatic engagement between Beijing and developing countries.
BRICS FM Gathering Ends With Few Specifics Other Than a Renewed Appeal for Multipolarity
A two-day gathering in Cape Town of representatives from the five founding members of the BRICS group joined by foreign ministers from ten other major developing countries ended on Friday with a sweeping joint statement that called for a rebalancing of the global order away from the ...