By Lidy Nacpil, coordinator of Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) Many countries in the Global South are burdened with huge public debts. These rising debts are a drain to public resources that are urgently needed for sustainable development programs, and further pressure Southern governments to prioritize debtContinue Reading
Debt justice and debt cancellation are key to the fulfillment of Global South women’s rights WE ARE IN A WORSENING AND UNPARALLELED DEBT CRISIS.For Global South governments, they are shifting funds away from public spending and pouring the biggest shares of their revenues and budgets in debt service payments. AsContinue Reading
(Originally published in Khaleej Times (published Thu 30 Nov 2023) by Angel Tesorero; Video clip courtesy of Khaleej Times) Standing in solidarity with the people of Palestine, a global network of climate justice and human rights organisations, has called for a permanent ceasefire and scaling up of humanitarian aid inContinue Reading
Notably absent from the Climate Ambition Summit in New York was US President Joe Biden, raising questions on the nation’s climate commitments and delivery of its green finance obligations. United States President Joe Biden was notably absent at the recent United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Ambition Summit on 20 September held in NewContinue Reading
By Lidy Nacpil (First published at @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:07 AM July 28, 2023) Climate change is wreaking havoc on the planet. Millions of people across Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe, and North America are now suffering from a spate of heat waves caused by record-high temperatures. This extremeContinue Reading
People and communities demand rapid, equitable and just energy transition to renewable energy systems for long-term energy security and a climate-safe future By Lidy Nacpil Governments and fossil fuel companies have been pushing the expansion of gas energy as a solution to the energy crisis and energy poverty, and justifyingContinue Reading