We, the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development express our deepest solidarity with the people in Morocco reeling from the September 8 quake that has claimed an estimated 2200 lives thus far and injured countless others. APMDD joins the growing international call to raise the humanitarian support that theContinue Reading
Millions are expected to take to the streets to demand a rapid, just, and equitable end to fossil fuels. September 11, 2023: With less than one week to go, the Global Fight to End Fossil Fuels has registered over 400 actions, marches, rallies, and events around the world. These mobilisationsContinue Reading
PRESS RELEASE: Climate campaigners and frontline communities in the Global South call for debt, economic and climate justice SEPTEMBER 8, 2023: Protest actions were held in key cities in six Asian countries today ahead of the 2023 summit of leaders from the Group of 20 (G20) major economies. Rallies were heldContinue 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
Excellencies, As you, leaders of seven of the world’s richest countries convene for your 49th summit, many Asian countries of the Global South are gripped more tightly than ever in a multiple crisis of development and climate change. Yet the level of development and climate finance needed for survival andContinue Reading
STATEMENT ON THE 2023 IMF-WB SPRING MEETINGS The current political turmoil in Pakistan adds another layer of misery to millions of people in this debt-trapped country. For Sri Lanka, the relative calm on the surface may be short-lived as it embarks on the hard road of austerity charted by theContinue Reading