In symbolic finale to the G20 Social Summit, a collective declaration representing the voices of workers, civil society, youth, women, persons with disabilities, and vulnerable communities across the globe,

The leaders from the world’s largest economies have descended on Johannesburg despite the absence of the US, which will take over the G20 presidency from South Africa.

What is at stake, and how prepared is the G20 to tackle the world’s economic challenges at a time of geopolitical turbulence in the ‘Age of Polycrisis’ since 2020? The prelude to the Johannesburg Summit is marked by the US decision to boycott it.