G20 summit a triumph of multilateralism despite US boycott, says South African president Cyril Ramaphosa

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The document stressed the seriousness of climate change and the need for adaptation, praised ambitious renewable energy targets and decried hefty debt service charges suffered by poor countries.
46% : It wasn't a good decision for the American government to be absent The summit came as tensions over Russia's war in Ukraine fracture the transatlantic alliance, and after ineffectual climate talks at Cop30 in Brazil, in which oil-producing and high-consuming nations prevented mention of fossil fuels driving the crisis going in the final declaration.
30% : Mr Trump had also rejected South Africa's agenda of helping developing nations transition to clean energy, cut their crippling debt costs and adapt to climate change-induced weather disasters.

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