Reaction to IMF board approval of $3bn loan to Pakistan
For more information and interviews contact Jerome Phelps on +44 7307 620372 The IMF has agreed to disburse a loan of $3 billion to Pakistan, following other new loans from…
Summit for a New Global Financing Pact fails to deliver on debt
For more information and interviews contact Tim Jones on +44 7307 620372 Responding to the outcome of the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact held in Paris this week,…
The global debt crisis and the need for reparations
More and more global South and civil society leaders have started calling not just for debt cancellation but for reparations. But what does this mean and what is being called…
The Paris summit: Progress or procrastination in the fight for debt cancellation?
This week, many world leaders will be gathering in Paris for a summit hosted by President Macron. Self-titled the “Summit for a New Global Financing Pact” This pact promises to…
DEADLINE EXTENDED Artist call-out
Debt Justice is looking to commission up to ten new pieces of visual and/orperformance art for an exhibition exploring the links between debt and colonialism, with some works also addressing…
COP27 debt-related outcomes: glimmers of hope but the fight continues
The COP27 climate conference came to a close early Sunday morning as negotiations ended two days late. Encouragingly, there was some progress on recognising the debt crisis as a climate…
Reaction to the establishment of a Loss and Damage Fund at COP27
Responding to the COP27 agreement to set up a new Loss and Damage Fund, Heidi Chow, Executive Director of Debt Justice said: “This is a landmark decision that is long…
Media briefing: Key statistics on climate change and debt ahead of COP27
For questions and interviews on the links between debt and climate change please contact: Tim Jones, Debt Justice: +44 7307 620372 tim@debtjustice.org.uk Dharini Parthasarathy, Climate Action Network: dparthasarathy@climatenetwork.org The debt…
NEW BRIEFING: Why climate justice must include debt justice
This joint paper pulls together key information on the debt and climate crisis nexus, and outlines policy positions on solutions with recommendations for decision-makers to act. Alongside Climate Action Network…
The climate crisis could increase African country debts by $1 trillion
Sub-Saharan African countries will have to take on almost $1 trillion in debt over the next ten years unless wealthy countries provide adequate finance to address the climate crisis, according…
