World leaders pose for a family photo during the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg on November 22, 2025. Yves Herman/Pool/AFP/Getty Images Johannesburg Reuters —

A Group of 20 leaders’ summit in South Africa adopted a declaration addressing the climate crisis and other global challenges on Saturday after it was drafted without US input in a move a White House official called “shameful.”

The declaration, using language to which Washington has been opposed, “can’t be renegotiated,” South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson told reporters, reflecting strains between Pretoria and the Trump administration over the event.

“We had the entire year of working towards this adoption and the past week has been quite intense,” the spokesperson said.

Ramaphosa, host of this

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