Tess Woolfenden
@tesswoolfenden.bsky.social
Policy & research @ Debt Justice UK (views are my own)
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Mounting debt crisis means global South governments are spending on average 15% of their revenue servicing external debt. This figure has doubled since 2010.
More than 3.4 billion people now live in countries that spend more on interest payments than on health or education.
More than 3.4 billion people now live in countries that spend more on interest payments than on health or education.
December 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Mounting debt crisis means global South governments are spending on average 15% of their revenue servicing external debt. This figure has doubled since 2010.
More than 3.4 billion people now live in countries that spend more on interest payments than on health or education.
More than 3.4 billion people now live in countries that spend more on interest payments than on health or education.
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Our partners in Sri Lanka have release a powerful statement following Cyclone Ditwah.
It highlights that it's impossible to rebuild when IMF conditions slash subsidies, shrink public spending, and demand privatisation. Climate-vulnerable communities need support, not austerity.
It highlights that it's impossible to rebuild when IMF conditions slash subsidies, shrink public spending, and demand privatisation. Climate-vulnerable communities need support, not austerity.
People of Sri Lanka demand renegotiation of the IMF deal, debt, and climate justice in the face of the national disaster
Cyclone Ditwah has inflicted devastating impacts across Sri Lanka. As of December 6, 2025, the death toll exceeds 600, with several hundred still missing, thousands displaced, with massive property, infrastructure, and livelihood damages. Ditwah builds ...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Our partners in Sri Lanka have release a powerful statement following Cyclone Ditwah.
It highlights that it's impossible to rebuild when IMF conditions slash subsidies, shrink public spending, and demand privatisation. Climate-vulnerable communities need support, not austerity.
It highlights that it's impossible to rebuild when IMF conditions slash subsidies, shrink public spending, and demand privatisation. Climate-vulnerable communities need support, not austerity.
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Want to know how #COP30 outcomes stacked up against demands for debt and climate justice? 🌍💸
We’ve got you covered ✅ Our blog breaks down the failure to deliver on public #ClimateFinance and #DebtJustice, and the opportunities ahead as we continue the fight ✊🔥
👉 debtjustice.org.uk/blog/how-did...
We’ve got you covered ✅ Our blog breaks down the failure to deliver on public #ClimateFinance and #DebtJustice, and the opportunities ahead as we continue the fight ✊🔥
👉 debtjustice.org.uk/blog/how-did...
How did COP30 stand up against debt and climate justice demands? - Debt Justice
This blog reviews the outcomes of COP30 in relation to the demands of the Debt and Climate Working Group COP30 in Belém has now come to an end. What was billed as the “people’s COP” was, in reality,…
debtjustice.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Want to know how #COP30 outcomes stacked up against demands for debt and climate justice? 🌍💸
We’ve got you covered ✅ Our blog breaks down the failure to deliver on public #ClimateFinance and #DebtJustice, and the opportunities ahead as we continue the fight ✊🔥
👉 debtjustice.org.uk/blog/how-did...
We’ve got you covered ✅ Our blog breaks down the failure to deliver on public #ClimateFinance and #DebtJustice, and the opportunities ahead as we continue the fight ✊🔥
👉 debtjustice.org.uk/blog/how-did...
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BREAKING 🚨: The government has just announced that they are ending new oil and gas exploration in the UK and have started a plan for workers and communities to transition away from fossil fuels.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
BREAKING 🚨: The government has just announced that they are ending new oil and gas exploration in the UK and have started a plan for workers and communities to transition away from fossil fuels.
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1️⃣0️⃣years on from the #ParisAgreement and at a time when its 1.5C target is slipping out of reach, #COP30 was a win for a #JustTransition but a loss for climate ambition.
Our climate expert analyses the achievements & misses in Belém.
Read more 👉 www.eurodad.org/cop30_a_win_...
Our climate expert analyses the achievements & misses in Belém.
Read more 👉 www.eurodad.org/cop30_a_win_...
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
1️⃣0️⃣years on from the #ParisAgreement and at a time when its 1.5C target is slipping out of reach, #COP30 was a win for a #JustTransition but a loss for climate ambition.
Our climate expert analyses the achievements & misses in Belém.
Read more 👉 www.eurodad.org/cop30_a_win_...
Our climate expert analyses the achievements & misses in Belém.
Read more 👉 www.eurodad.org/cop30_a_win_...
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The Budget Must Address the Household Debt Crisis
The cost-of-living crisis isn’t over. Unemployment and bankruptcies are rising, and more than 10 million people are affected by growing household debt. This budget is a crucial moment for action.
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The cost-of-living crisis isn’t over. Unemployment and bankruptcies are rising, and more than 10 million people are affected by growing household debt. This budget is a crucial moment for action.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The Budget Must Address the Household Debt Crisis
The cost-of-living crisis isn’t over. Unemployment and bankruptcies are rising, and more than 10 million people are affected by growing household debt. This budget is a crucial moment for action.
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The cost-of-living crisis isn’t over. Unemployment and bankruptcies are rising, and more than 10 million people are affected by growing household debt. This budget is a crucial moment for action.
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The COP30 outcome gives a glimpse of progress towards a just transition, but leaves huge questions about finance provision.
Undemocratic, unaccountable financial institutions remain at the centre, with urgent need for reform.
Reflections from Recourse's @fstrub.bsky.social 🧵 #COP30
Undemocratic, unaccountable financial institutions remain at the centre, with urgent need for reform.
Reflections from Recourse's @fstrub.bsky.social 🧵 #COP30
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The COP30 outcome gives a glimpse of progress towards a just transition, but leaves huge questions about finance provision.
Undemocratic, unaccountable financial institutions remain at the centre, with urgent need for reform.
Reflections from Recourse's @fstrub.bsky.social 🧵 #COP30
Undemocratic, unaccountable financial institutions remain at the centre, with urgent need for reform.
Reflections from Recourse's @fstrub.bsky.social 🧵 #COP30
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1/3.🗣️ At the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice (DCJ) press conference today at #COP30 Brazil in Belém, Lidy Nacpil of #APMDD condemned the Global North’s “sheer climate hypocrisy” in promoting a fossil fuel transition roadmap while expanding fossil fuel financing at home and abroad 🔥💸.
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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1/4.🗣️ At the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice (DCJ) press conference today at COP30 Brazil in Belém,
#meenaraman, of the Third World Network broke down the finance crisis at the heart of negotiations 💰🔥.
#meenaraman, of the Third World Network broke down the finance crisis at the heart of negotiations 💰🔥.
November 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
1/4.🗣️ At the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice (DCJ) press conference today at COP30 Brazil in Belém,
#meenaraman, of the Third World Network broke down the finance crisis at the heart of negotiations 💰🔥.
#meenaraman, of the Third World Network broke down the finance crisis at the heart of negotiations 💰🔥.
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Ahead of the UK budget, government debt has dominated headlines. Threat of a UK “debt crisis” is used to justify cuts in welfare and public services.
But the story is far more nuanced and the REAL global debt crisis isn’t getting nearly enough attention. @tim-jones6.bsky.social explains
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But the story is far more nuanced and the REAL global debt crisis isn’t getting nearly enough attention. @tim-jones6.bsky.social explains
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November 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Ahead of the UK budget, government debt has dominated headlines. Threat of a UK “debt crisis” is used to justify cuts in welfare and public services.
But the story is far more nuanced and the REAL global debt crisis isn’t getting nearly enough attention. @tim-jones6.bsky.social explains
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But the story is far more nuanced and the REAL global debt crisis isn’t getting nearly enough attention. @tim-jones6.bsky.social explains
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It's crunch time at #COP30 and we want to remind Global North governments of the obligations they keep trying to escape.
🛑We reject their false finance schemes, and demand the public, grant-based finance our communities deserve.
#PayUp #ClimateFinance
🛑We reject their false finance schemes, and demand the public, grant-based finance our communities deserve.
#PayUp #ClimateFinance
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
It's crunch time at #COP30 and we want to remind Global North governments of the obligations they keep trying to escape.
🛑We reject their false finance schemes, and demand the public, grant-based finance our communities deserve.
#PayUp #ClimateFinance
🛑We reject their false finance schemes, and demand the public, grant-based finance our communities deserve.
#PayUp #ClimateFinance
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📢📢 CSOs at #COP30 demand debt cancellation for the Global South.
🎤Say:
❌ There's no climate action under a debt burden
🛑 We must reject debt swaps and other false finance solutions
#CancelTheDebt #ClimateFinance
🎤Say:
❌ There's no climate action under a debt burden
🛑 We must reject debt swaps and other false finance solutions
#CancelTheDebt #ClimateFinance
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
📢📢 CSOs at #COP30 demand debt cancellation for the Global South.
🎤Say:
❌ There's no climate action under a debt burden
🛑 We must reject debt swaps and other false finance solutions
#CancelTheDebt #ClimateFinance
🎤Say:
❌ There's no climate action under a debt burden
🛑 We must reject debt swaps and other false finance solutions
#CancelTheDebt #ClimateFinance
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Meet the world’s loan sharks 🦈👇🏾
💸 Fifty-four countries are in debt crisis - while private lenders make vast profits.
🚑 In Africa, 34 countries are spending more on debt than health or education.
It's time to #CancelDebtChooseHope for #DebtJustice
SIGN here >> debtjustice.org.uk/canceldebt
💸 Fifty-four countries are in debt crisis - while private lenders make vast profits.
🚑 In Africa, 34 countries are spending more on debt than health or education.
It's time to #CancelDebtChooseHope for #DebtJustice
SIGN here >> debtjustice.org.uk/canceldebt
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Meet the world’s loan sharks 🦈👇🏾
💸 Fifty-four countries are in debt crisis - while private lenders make vast profits.
🚑 In Africa, 34 countries are spending more on debt than health or education.
It's time to #CancelDebtChooseHope for #DebtJustice
SIGN here >> debtjustice.org.uk/canceldebt
💸 Fifty-four countries are in debt crisis - while private lenders make vast profits.
🚑 In Africa, 34 countries are spending more on debt than health or education.
It's time to #CancelDebtChooseHope for #DebtJustice
SIGN here >> debtjustice.org.uk/canceldebt
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(Nov 11th) Carbon Markets Action: Activists, frontline leaders and communities started Day 2 of #COP30 resisting the #CarbonCasino at the #ClimateTalks where rich nations and corporations gamble our lives, territories and the planet’s future away.
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
(Nov 11th) Carbon Markets Action: Activists, frontline leaders and communities started Day 2 of #COP30 resisting the #CarbonCasino at the #ClimateTalks where rich nations and corporations gamble our lives, territories and the planet’s future away.
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@oglobo.globo.com #News “The Global Campaign for Climate Justice (DCJ), a global network of organizations from the Global South with 250 members, deepened its criticism of the fund's model, which it considered a "false solution."
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
@oglobo.globo.com #News “The Global Campaign for Climate Justice (DCJ), a global network of organizations from the Global South with 250 members, deepened its criticism of the fund's model, which it considered a "false solution."
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SAVING MULTILATERALISM IS NOT ENOUGH FOR SAVING THE PLANET AND THE POOR: The Paris Agreement’s promise of a unified climate solution faces a harsh reality of injustices and inadequate action #COP30
By Meenakshi Raman @thirdworldnewsreel.bsky.social
Read here: www.twn.my/title2/clima...
By Meenakshi Raman @thirdworldnewsreel.bsky.social
Read here: www.twn.my/title2/clima...
October 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
SAVING MULTILATERALISM IS NOT ENOUGH FOR SAVING THE PLANET AND THE POOR: The Paris Agreement’s promise of a unified climate solution faces a harsh reality of injustices and inadequate action #COP30
By Meenakshi Raman @thirdworldnewsreel.bsky.social
Read here: www.twn.my/title2/clima...
By Meenakshi Raman @thirdworldnewsreel.bsky.social
Read here: www.twn.my/title2/clima...
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🚨BREAKING: fossil fuel reps met government ministers 500+ times in Labour’s first year in power.
💀 That’s two meetings every working day, overshadowing the meetings held with climate and social justice groups by three to one (1/5)
💀 That’s two meetings every working day, overshadowing the meetings held with climate and social justice groups by three to one (1/5)
October 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
🚨BREAKING: fossil fuel reps met government ministers 500+ times in Labour’s first year in power.
💀 That’s two meetings every working day, overshadowing the meetings held with climate and social justice groups by three to one (1/5)
💀 That’s two meetings every working day, overshadowing the meetings held with climate and social justice groups by three to one (1/5)
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More than 45 charities, campaigners and trade unions have signed our open letter urging UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband to back an ambitious outcome on just transition at the UN Climate Summit #COP30.
October 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
More than 45 charities, campaigners and trade unions have signed our open letter urging UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband to back an ambitious outcome on just transition at the UN Climate Summit #COP30.
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South Africa’s #G20 presidency has the potential to catalyse meaningful global #debt reform, but so far nothing tangible has been achieved.
1️⃣6️⃣5️⃣ organisations have called on @cyrilramaphosabsky.bsky.social to take action on the #debtcrisis.
Read the call here➡️ www.eurodad.org/letter_to_sa...
1️⃣6️⃣5️⃣ organisations have called on @cyrilramaphosabsky.bsky.social to take action on the #debtcrisis.
Read the call here➡️ www.eurodad.org/letter_to_sa...
October 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
South Africa’s #G20 presidency has the potential to catalyse meaningful global #debt reform, but so far nothing tangible has been achieved.
1️⃣6️⃣5️⃣ organisations have called on @cyrilramaphosabsky.bsky.social to take action on the #debtcrisis.
Read the call here➡️ www.eurodad.org/letter_to_sa...
1️⃣6️⃣5️⃣ organisations have called on @cyrilramaphosabsky.bsky.social to take action on the #debtcrisis.
Read the call here➡️ www.eurodad.org/letter_to_sa...
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Colonial exploitation didn’t just steal resources; it built systems that locked many African communities into ecological and economic fragility, vulnerabilities that climate change now makes worse.
Today, climate hazards mirror these colonial legacies.
Read more: bit.ly/48jtliH
Today, climate hazards mirror these colonial legacies.
Read more: bit.ly/48jtliH
Colonialism and climate risk are connected: evidence from Ghana and Senegal
There is growing recognition that the breakdown of the global climate, and vulnerability to its effects, are deeply rooted in histories of colonialism.
bit.ly
September 15, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Colonial exploitation didn’t just steal resources; it built systems that locked many African communities into ecological and economic fragility, vulnerabilities that climate change now makes worse.
Today, climate hazards mirror these colonial legacies.
Read more: bit.ly/48jtliH
Today, climate hazards mirror these colonial legacies.
Read more: bit.ly/48jtliH
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TODAY We Rise Up! ✊
Today We Rally! ✊
Today We #DrawTheLine! ✊
📢Join us TODAY for the Draw the Line Kickoff Rally: it's not to be missed!
Be inspired by activists from across the planet and let's unite for a better world! 🌍
The people united will never be defeated! 👊
Today We Rally! ✊
Today We #DrawTheLine! ✊
📢Join us TODAY for the Draw the Line Kickoff Rally: it's not to be missed!
Be inspired by activists from across the planet and let's unite for a better world! 🌍
The people united will never be defeated! 👊
September 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
TODAY We Rise Up! ✊
Today We Rally! ✊
Today We #DrawTheLine! ✊
📢Join us TODAY for the Draw the Line Kickoff Rally: it's not to be missed!
Be inspired by activists from across the planet and let's unite for a better world! 🌍
The people united will never be defeated! 👊
Today We Rally! ✊
Today We #DrawTheLine! ✊
📢Join us TODAY for the Draw the Line Kickoff Rally: it's not to be missed!
Be inspired by activists from across the planet and let's unite for a better world! 🌍
The people united will never be defeated! 👊
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1/7 Next week we are rising up, around the world, to #DrawTheLine — against climate chaos & #MakeBillionairesPay.
We're taking part in mass rallies, strikes, walkouts, & artistic interventions against injustice, pollution, & violence – & to demand a future built on peace, equality & clean energy.
We're taking part in mass rallies, strikes, walkouts, & artistic interventions against injustice, pollution, & violence – & to demand a future built on peace, equality & clean energy.
September 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
1/7 Next week we are rising up, around the world, to #DrawTheLine — against climate chaos & #MakeBillionairesPay.
We're taking part in mass rallies, strikes, walkouts, & artistic interventions against injustice, pollution, & violence – & to demand a future built on peace, equality & clean energy.
We're taking part in mass rallies, strikes, walkouts, & artistic interventions against injustice, pollution, & violence – & to demand a future built on peace, equality & clean energy.
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📢 It's time to rise up to #DrawTheLine against the unjust systems at the root of the climate crisis! It's time for #JustTransitionRising!
⚡️ Join us for the Draw the Line Kickoff Rally: it's not to be missed!
➡️ bit.ly/DrawtheLineO...
✊ The people united will never be defeated!
⚡️ Join us for the Draw the Line Kickoff Rally: it's not to be missed!
➡️ bit.ly/DrawtheLineO...
✊ The people united will never be defeated!
September 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
📢 It's time to rise up to #DrawTheLine against the unjust systems at the root of the climate crisis! It's time for #JustTransitionRising!
⚡️ Join us for the Draw the Line Kickoff Rally: it's not to be missed!
➡️ bit.ly/DrawtheLineO...
✊ The people united will never be defeated!
⚡️ Join us for the Draw the Line Kickoff Rally: it's not to be missed!
➡️ bit.ly/DrawtheLineO...
✊ The people united will never be defeated!
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✊🏽 JOIN THE PROTESTS ✊🏽
On 17 September, join the national demonstration organised by @ukstoptrump.bsky.social, against Trump's unprecedented second state visit.
We are standing up, shoulder to shoulder against the evil of far-right Trump-led politics!
www.globaljustice.org.uk/event/trump-...
On 17 September, join the national demonstration organised by @ukstoptrump.bsky.social, against Trump's unprecedented second state visit.
We are standing up, shoulder to shoulder against the evil of far-right Trump-led politics!
www.globaljustice.org.uk/event/trump-...
September 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
✊🏽 JOIN THE PROTESTS ✊🏽
On 17 September, join the national demonstration organised by @ukstoptrump.bsky.social, against Trump's unprecedented second state visit.
We are standing up, shoulder to shoulder against the evil of far-right Trump-led politics!
www.globaljustice.org.uk/event/trump-...
On 17 September, join the national demonstration organised by @ukstoptrump.bsky.social, against Trump's unprecedented second state visit.
We are standing up, shoulder to shoulder against the evil of far-right Trump-led politics!
www.globaljustice.org.uk/event/trump-...