South Africa had hoped to make the G20 a platform for pressuring rich countries to do more to tackle climate change

President Cyril Ramaphosa will this morning officially open the inaugural meeting of the Group of 20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors under South Africa’s G20 Presidency.

There seemed little hope of agreement on issues host President Cyril Ramaphosa sees as core: inadequate climate finance from rich nations, reform of a financial system that penalises poor countries an

The Treasury secretary is the second top U.S. official not to attend the Group of 20 gatherings because of rising tension with South Africa over its land policies.

Firefighters battled to extinguish a blaze that engulfed large tracts of Cape Town’s landmark Table Mountain on Wednesday before a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 nations.