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Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · Jun 29

Ahead of the UN #FfD4 summit in Seville, we joined 20+ orgs in central London to say: #CancelDebtChooseHope

54 countries are in debt crisis but rich countries are BLOCKING solutions

No one should have to play Jenga with their economy, choosing between public services or debt payments
#Ffd4People

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Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · Jun 29

🧱 Yesterday in London, with @debtjustice.bsky.social + others, we stacked a GIANT Jenga on the Southbank, exposing how fragile Global South finances are under colonial debt

As world leaders @ #FfD4 meet in Seville to defend a system build on extraction, we build resistance! ✊
#CancelDebtChooseHope

Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · Jun 28

🌍 It's the global day of action for economic justice!

We joined 20+ organisations on London's southbank with a giant jenga tower to show how the system is stacked against the global south.

As world leaders meet in Seville we say #CancelDebtChooseHope 💥✊🏽

campaigners play giant jenga to highlight the injustice in the global debt system.

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Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · Jun 11

Europe helped launch global financing reform in 2002. Now it’s gutting it to protect the colonial status quo!

At #FfD4, we say: Back a real UN debt convention. End the hypocrisy. ✊🏾

Have a read of Eurodad's Op-Ed in Politico 👇

#FfD4People #CancelTheDebt

European Network on Debt and Development - Eurodad @eurodadnews.bsky.social · Jun 11

#FfD4 will set the agenda for how the global economic system will serve #development in the coming years.

European governments should show the political will that is needed for #EconomicJustice. The time is now! ⏰

Read our OpEd (@politico.eu): www.politico.eu/sponsored-co...

Now is the time to rebuild the global economic system

European political will is needed ahead of the UN Financing for Development Conference in Sevilla

www.politico.eu

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Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · Jun 8

🔥 END THE HYPOCRISY

At #FfD4, the Global North is dodging climate finance, pushing loans not grants, and burying obligations in dirty deals

This isn’t aid. It’s a trap!

🚨 APMDD sounds the alarm
📢 Read more: tinyurl.com/APMDD-FFD4

#FfD4People #CancelTheDebt

Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · Jun 7

There can be no #DebtJustice without #ClimateJustice, & no climate justice without debt justice!

European leaders must not miss the opportunity to support an #EraOfJustice & support transformative debt reform to end the vicious cycle at #FfD4!

#CancelDebtChooseHope #FfD4People

Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · Jun 7

The Global South is trapped in a vicious debt cycle under a broken system. Ahead of #FfD4, we demand real solutions for southern voices. The world must not stay silent

Read this statement by Latindadd, AfroDad and APMDD on this critical moment and the draft outcome doc 👉🏻 bit.ly/43I8Fgs

#FfD4People

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European Network on Debt and Development - Eurodad @eurodadnews.bsky.social · Jun 5

The @oecd-ocde.bsky.social's DAC Chair says int'l development cooperation needs more 'transparency & accountability'.
We agree, but we can't wait for another closed-door reflection exercise. Any redesign must take place in the only fully inclusive space where all countries have an equal say - the UN

Open letter

DAC CSO reference group

Our long-standing call for a UN Convention on International Development Cooperation remains as relevant and urgent as ever.

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Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · Jun 3

Part 2 of our debt jubilee history lesson 📖

This isn’t just a debt crisis - it's a crime!

The Global South is trapped by illegitimate, colonial debt. Time to cancel it all. No excuses. No delays.

#CancelDebtChooseHope #Jubilee2025 #D4CJubilee25 #CancelTheDebt #DebtForClimate

Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · Jun 2

🎯 In truth, this is how they hide that they drive forward further extraction in the Global South and continue to pile up their climate and #neocolonial debt towards the South!

#DebtForClimate #CancelTheDebt

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Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · Jun 2

In this sense, this debt is also a convenient way for the rich to speak about their link to the poor: they're giving them money that enables development! 🤔

#CancelTheDebt

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Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · Jun 2

💯But as long as richer governments and companies don't pay much more for what they take from the poorer ones, the Global South's debt enables more extraction, towards the North!

This is not a power shift! ❌

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Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · Jun 2

The #WorldBank and development banks have been promising for decades that their debt enables poorer countries to get rich - in their terms!

Particularly by fueling the #GlobalSouth's trade with the North!

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Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · Jun 2

Most often, this translates into investment protection, weak labour laws, boundless security spending, commodification of nature, and when there's a lot of debt at stake, even geo-political alignment to the creditor!

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#DebtForClimate #CancelTheDebt

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Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · Jun 2

Especially private creditors-who hold most of the South’s debt-they simply earn 💰 with interest as they're higher than the interests in the North!

Notably, when a country’s highly indebted, this debt allows creditors to dictate poorer governments how they should govern
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Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · Jun 2

🧵#DebtforClimate FAQ #2

HOW ARE CREDITORS BENEFITTING FROM GLOBAL SOUTH DEBT? 🤔

#CancelTheDebt

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Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · Jun 2

Listen up!

✅ #CancelTheDebt
✅ Fix the unjust debt system

Read the briefing ⬇️

#CancelDebtChooseHope #FFD4People

Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · Jun 2

📣New briefing!

Debt & austerity are fuelling authoritarianism & undermining democracy in the Global South

Without #DebtJustice political instability will deepen

Decision-makers must act at #FfD4
✅#CancelTheDebt
✅Fix the unjust debt system

Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4jtCkj6

#CancelDebtChooseHope

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Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · Jun 1

Debt cancellation isn’t radical - it’s ancient!

From Babylon to the Bible, societies wrote off debts to restore justice.

So when we demand #debtcancellation today, we’re not being extreme. We’re following a long, time-tested tradition!

#CancelDebtChooseHope #D4CJubilee25 #Jubilee25 #DebtJustice

Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · May 30

The world’s poorest countries are paying more in debt than they receive in aid!

📢 This is not development!

It’s a broken, colonial system.

#FfD4 must change that: support Para 10 & Para 43 e alt2.

Read more: ow.ly/yHk050W058B

#Fin4Dev #FfD4People #CanceltheDebt

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Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · May 30

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🖥️ Wed 4 June - hear from Global South & UK campaigners on why debt justice is essential for climate justice, why 2025 is an important year for action, and what we can do in the UK!

👉 actionnetwork.org/events/achie...

#CancelDebtChooseHope

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Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · May 20

UK webinar: Why does debt matter for #climatejustice?

Join Global South activists to uncover how colonial debt traps sabotage climate solutions, and how #debtcancellation is crucial for climate action

📆 Register here: tinyurl.com/CACC-Jun2025

#D4CJubilee25 #CancelDebtChooseHope #Ffd4

Achieving Climate Justice: Why Debt Matters

As the global climate crisis accelerates, the countries that have done least to cause it are facing deadly impacts and mounting costs. Rich countries are failing to step up on climate finance, and aid...

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Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · May 3

📅 15 May 17.30 UTC/18.30 BST

👉 Join Absolom Jim, D4C Zimbabwe on 'Debt and Climate: Resistance and Power' webinar.

This is the year of #Jubilee2025 where we #CancelDebtChooseHope

Get involved! Together we are powerful ✊🏾✊🏻

Register today 👇🏼
debtjustice.org.uk/webinar

@debtjustice.bsky.social

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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · Mar 26

Debt-for-nature swaps have failed to deliver real benefits for the Global South - so why expect them to fund the clean energy transition?

We break down why we need grants + debt cancellation, not more debt swaps

Read in @devex.com w/ Power Shift Africa -

Opinion: Why debt swaps are failing the renewable energy transition

Given the performance of debt-for-nature swaps to date, the idea that these could finance the clean energy transition is unsound.

www.devex.com

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Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · Mar 19

2/2 📩 We invite you to join this webinar to learn about the case of the citizen debt audit in Ecuador and what we can do in this Jubilee 2025.

It is time to act against the colonial debt trap.

📝Register now: tinyurl.com/debtaudits

📆Date: March 24
⏰Time: 7 pm UTC

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Webinar: ¿Cómo lograr la anulación de las deudas ilegítimas? Auditoría ciudadana de la deuda pública como forma de liberación. After registering, you will r...

Es más urgente que nunca lograr la cancelación incondicional de las deudas ilegítimas del Sur Global. El G7, el FMI y el Banco Mundial, nunca cancelarán la deuda en nuestros términos. Los cambios radi...

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Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · Mar 19

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In the midst of a crisis where we see the rise of fascism, the destruction of our ecosystems, and the violations of our rights, it is more urgent than ever to achieve the unconditional cancellation of the illegitimate debts of the Global South to overthrow the capitalist system. ✊🏾

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Debt for Climate UK @debtforclimateuk.bsky.social · Feb 27

Join us Friday 28/2 at 3PM UTC for our #DebtforClimate Reading Circle💥

We'll explore radical texts against debt, colonialism & exploitation by prominent authors & academics. No prior reading needed! 📚

💻 Online & open to all
⏰ Be on time, we read together
✊ Debt-free entry
📩 Message for details