Our new name, Debt Justice
No one should be forced into debt just to put food on the table or to keep the lights on. Yet almost half of all adults in the UK are…
Latest IPCC report on climate change mitigation – what does it say about debt?
Earlier this month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published its latest report on progress towards mitigating the impacts of climate change. The report was written by nearly 300 expert…
Social media blast BlackRock to #CancelZambiasDebt
BlackRock is Zambia’s largest known bondholder but refused a previous request by Zambia to suspend debt payments during the pandemic – and has still not offered to restructure any of…
Cost of Living Crisis Will Pull More People in the UK into the Debt Trap – Time to Resist
Coming on top of fourteen years of stagnant incomes and a global pandemic, the latest cost of living crisis threatens to pull millions more people into debt. This is a…
Cancelling Ukraine’s debt would help the whole world
Ukrainians need resources now. The country needs to get food and medicine to communities living under Russian bombs and siege. It needs to help 6.5 million displaced people get to…
IPCC report: what does it say about debt and climate finance?
Climate justice requires debt justice. Communities and activists have been saying this for years. Decision-makers in the global North have refused to listen. Now, the latest report of the Intergovernmental…
International Women’s Day 2022: Putting women’s rights before unjust debt
As the multiple crises of global health, climate and debt continue to engulf the global South, women are bearing the brunt of the impact as resources are diverted to debt…
The Mozambique Debt Scandal: the storm before the storm
Mid-January 2022, Storm Ana raged through southwest Africa, leaving a trail of devastation and loss of life in Malawi, Madagascar and Mozambique. With extreme weather events likely to occur more…
Response to the #WeTheHelpers campaign
A new campaign by a number of UK-based international development organisations was launched today. The #WeTheHelpers campaign aims to re-engage the public’s belief in aid however we have serious concerns around the messaging of the campaign. #WeTheHelpers promotes a dated and harmful narrative that reinforces an already…
Monsters, coins, and courage: What happened at COP26?
COP26 has just ended, and while a lot of ‘blah blah blah’ may have been happening in the official spaces between delegates, government officials and world leaders, the surrounding area…
