Speaking to his American counterpart, Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, during a closed session on Thursday 26 January, Godongwana also made an appeal that global collaborators recognise Africa’s “special needs and circumstances” in climate-change financing discussions.
- In 2021, South Africa became the recipient of $8.5bn in pledges from international partners comprising rich nations at COP26 in Glasgow to help transition the country’s carbon-intensive coal-based economy into a greener one.
