“Stop the Harm, Reparations Now!” Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from more than 50 countries, today rallied anew behind the call targeting the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, in the lead-up to the international financial institutions’ (IFIs) annual meetings in Washington DC. Launching the Global Days of Action againstContinue Reading

On the occasion of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Mizuho, MUFG, SMBC Climate campaigners slammed three of Japan’s megabanks for deceiving the public and their shareholders into believing that they are pursuing decarbonization policies when in fact they are financing some of the world’s biggest fossil fuel projects,Continue Reading

Climate campaigners demonstrated in front of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) headquarters today calling on the delegates to this year’s Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) to enable Asia’s rapid transition to renewable energy systems by 2050. ADB, along with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the KoreaContinue Reading

PRESS RELEASE: April 19, 2024 Activists gathered on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the IMF and World Bank in Washington DC today to demand “deep, wide and urgent debt cancellation” for Global South countries. Demonstrations were also held in the Philippines, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal.  “WhileContinue Reading

With the stage set for the trilateral meeting of US President Joe Biden, Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. in Washington D.C., civil society groups in the Philippines  warned the three world leaders against entering into a “dangerous, unholy alliance” to extend the life ofContinue Reading