G20 draft declaration defies US with 'climate change' references, source says


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  • Saturday, 22 Nov 2025

A person walks by the G20 South Africa 2025 logo, inside the secured area of the G20 Summit venue at the Nasrec Expo centre, ahead of the summit scheduled for November 22–23 in Johannesburg, South Africa. November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -A G20 draft leaders' declaration includes references to "climate change" in defiance of U.S. objections, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.

The draft declaration was agreed ahead of this weekend's summit in Johannesburg without U.S. input.

U.S. President Donald Trump recently called climate change a "con job", and has not sent a delegation to the COP30 climate summit in Brazil.

(Reporting by Julia Payne; Editing by Aidan Lewis)

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