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Join us in the climate justice movement - we are demanding that banks stop funding fossil fuels and harming industrial agriculture and finally take responsibility for their contribution to the climate crisis! #FixTheFinance fundourfuture.actionaid.org/invite_your_fr…

.@ActionAid reaction to the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on climate change: "This ruling paves the way for the protections & reparations we desperately need to rebuild our lives and secure a just future."- Flora Vano, AA Vanuatu #ICJAO actionaid.org/news/2025/icj-…

9/ That’s why we call for a complete revaluation of the #GlobalGateway. As long as human rights, sustainability & local benefit aren't prioritised, this @EU_Commission initiative remains a blatant cover-up for exploitation disguised as development. counter-balance.org/publications/w…

++NEW CLIMATE FINANCE TEXT++ Cut from 25 pages to 10. Number of bits in square brackets, which are undecided, cut from 415 to 46. It contains 2 options for the goal "emanating from the ministerial consultations” - one with developing country priorities and one with developed.

3 years on & 1 day before ddl, post-2025 climate finance still highjacked by developed countries who continue diverting attention from the real NEEDS: grants-based finance at scale for climate action and resilience. @EUClimateAction, it's time to show your commitment to the PA‼️

Frontline countries must not be stuck with the climate bill at #COP29. But rich countries are trying to use the crisis as an opportunity for profit. My @ClimateHome op-ed today on day one of UN climate talks on the critical issue of climate finance. climatechangenews.com/2024/11/10/fro…

Had an absolutely brilliant in-depth chat with @reagandesvignes @trtworld on the finance flows fuelling the climate crisis. We talked public subsidies, #ClimateFinance, banks, #debtjustice, #taxjustice, corporate control, barriers faced by women & more. youtube.com/watch?v=Q-KE3-…

ActionAid is among 105 civil society organizations urging major #US banks like @BankofAmerica, @Citi, & @jpmorgan to STOP funding industrial livestock production due to its severe environmental impacts❗️ See more: foe.org/news/banks-ind…

Climate-wrecking industries' capture of public finance in the Global South is "parasitic" and fuelling the climate crisis, exacerbating rich countries' broken promises on #ClimateFinance. Read more about @ActionAid's new report in @Guardian 👇 theguardian.com/environment/20…

📢Excited to share our new report on the corporate capture of public finances in the Global South by the fossil fuel and agribusiness industries. ✊It's time to stand up to these industries and for an ambitious climate finance goal agreed at COP29 - our future is at stake!

Current global tax rules are designed to benefit the wealthiest countries, individuals and corporations - if only we could raise #trillions for climate finance addressing #TaxJustice... #TaxJustice for #ClimateJusticeNow @ActionAid's report👇 actionaid.org/publications/2…

Climate story in numbers by @impaulacastro @ActionAid @MeshaScience #ClimateJusticeMediaCafe

(1/5) Today the @WorldBank launches its new guarantee platform, which aims to attract private sector investments, including for #ClimateAction. The platform, housed under @MIGA, intends to make it simpler, faster & easier for the private sector to access guarantees. A thread🧵

Under the IMF programme, Kenya's public spending per person will be 5% less in 2024 than in 2015, even while taxes are rising. Meanwhile, external private creditors will be paid $5.1 billion in interest and principal this year. #CancelTheDebt

⚠️ A new report by @ActionAidEU & @Counter_Balance reveals that the European Investment Bank (@EIB) supports climate harmful industrial agriculture projects in the Global South⚠️ Find out more: actionaid.org/publications/2…

As the #Bonn climate change conference ends today, our Global Lead on Climate Justice, @1TeresaAnderson reacts to the outcomes of the meetings. "#COP29 negotiations on the new climate finance goal will be a fork in the road for Planet Earth."👇actionaid.org/news/2024/cop2…

🚨Finding the Finance for climate action is possible with tax justice!🚨 New @ActionAid data shows that wealthy countries can raise $2tn per year (‼️) with progressive action on taxes that targets the rich polluters. #PayUp #ClimateFinanceNow actionaid.org/publications/2…

Ever wondered what the fuss was about around the AGMs of #Barclays, #HSBC, and #Citibank⁉️ In this blog, ActionAid’s @impaulacastro details the importance of these AGMs, why civil society called out banks to #FixTheFinance and so much more👇actionaid.org/opinions/2024/…

ActionAid invites you to attend the virtual webinar on impact of War on #Gaza's #climate &environment on Monday, May 27 , at 3:00 pm Jerusalem time, and 2:00 pm CET. Please register here : us06web.zoom.us/j/86581160911. Translation in Arabic&English will be provided.

BREAKING: Despite claiming to be part of the solution, Big Oil and Gas companies are failing to align with the new international climate agreement to phase out fossil fuels. They need a #BigOilRealityCheck oilchange.org/borc