G20 Summit

Indonesia’s energy transition in doubt as US pulls out of US$20 billion coal phase-out plan

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The United States’ withdrawal from a multibillion-dollar plan designed to support Indonesia’s shift away from coal is likely to undermine the country’s energy-transition goals, analysts have said, particularly given Jakarta’s weak political will to meet its climate commitments. Washington confirmed its exit from the programme, known as the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), on March … Read more

Russia’s Lavrov joins top European diplomats at a G20 meeting in South Africa. Rubio is skipping it

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Archyde G20 Meeting Amid Global Tensions: A Focus on Ukraine, Climate Change, and Geopolitical Divisions G20 Meeting Amid global Tensions: A Focus on Ukraine, climate Change, and Geopolitical Divisions Table of Contents 1. G20 Meeting Amid global Tensions: A Focus on Ukraine, climate Change, and Geopolitical Divisions 2. Russia’s Presence, Ukraine’s Absence, and Shifting Alliances … Read more

Rubio will skip a G20 meeting after calling host South Africa’s policies anti-American

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will skip a two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the leading rich and developing nations that starts on Thursday after criticizing host South Africa’s policies as anti-American. Instead, Rubio was headed back to the United States on Wednesday from his first trip to the Middle East … Read more