The Civil 20 C20, the official civil society engagement group of the G20, is hoping that delegates at the upcoming heads of state summit in Johannesburg will integrate civil society voices into the G20 decision-making process. In its political declaration to G20 leaders, the C20 pushed for sweeping reforms across five key pillars: economic justice, climate action, technology and cultural sovereignty, food and care economies, and civic participation.
"The wellbeing of people and the health of the planet must be at the centre of the global economic agenda. The time for incrementalism has passed. The path ahead must be grounded in participation, redistribution, and environmental justice," the declaration states.
The declaration urges world leaders to reject extractive economic models that erode local resources, to recognise local and indigenous knowledge systems as engines of climate and economic resilience, and to embed equity in global migration and environmental governance.