Global Climate Justice

Image taken from dw.com, with thanks With only a week to go before the Labour Party conference there was anger and dismay among GND activist networks this weekend after news broke that Labour’s Conference Arrangements Committee (CAC) had ruled the Labour for a Green New Deal campaign motion out of order: Having been backed by 21 CLPs and being very similar in substance to other GND motions that have been accepted, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that this is factionalism at work again: less the content of the motion that is problematic, more the people promoting it....

http://global-climate-justice.com/2021/09/21/mixed-messages-from-the-labour-party-on-a-green-new-deal-2/

Mixed messages from the Labour Party on a Green New Deal Image taken from dw.com, with thanks With only a week to go before the Labour Party conference there was anger and dismay among GND activist networks this weekend after news broke that Labour’s Con…

With only a week to go before the Labour Party conference there was anger and dismay among GND activist networks this weekend after news broke that Labour’s Conference Arrangements Committee (CAC) had ruled the Labour for a Green New Deal campaign motion out of order: Having been backed by 21 CLPs and being very similar in substance to other GND motions that have been accepted, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that this is factionalism at work again: less the content of the motion that is problematic, more the people promoting it....

Mixed messages from the Labour Party on a Green New Deal With only a week to go before the Labour Party conference there was anger and dismay among GND activist networks this weekend after news broke that Labour’s Conference Arrangements Committee (CAC) …

Image taken from dw.com, with thanks Seven young Germans have been on hunger strike since August 30th. They believe the negligence of political leaders towards the climate emergency is a crime of historic proportions and they are making their action to put the spotlight on those currently contesting the German elections. See the full story below, as reported by DW.com, a data-based independent media organisation: Climate strike: In the words of a hunger striker

http://global-climate-justice.com/2021/09/20/german-climate-activists-put-their-lives-on-the-line/

German Climate Activists put their lives on the line Image taken from dw.com, with thanks Seven young Germans have been on hunger strike since August 30th. They believe the negligence of political leaders towards the climate emergency is a crime of h…

Image taken from dw.com with thanks Seven young Germans have been on hunger strike since August 30th. They believe the negligence of political leaders towards the climate emergency is a crime of historic proportions and they are making their action to put the spotlight on those currently contesting the German elections. See the full story below, as reported by DW.com a data-based independent media organisation: Climate strike: In the words of a hunger striker

http://global-climate-justice.com/2021/09/20/german-climate-activists-put-their-lives-on-the-line-2/

German Climate Activists put their lives on the line Image taken from dw.com with thanks Seven young Germans have been on hunger strike since August 30th. They believe the negligence of political leaders towards the climate emergency is a crime of hi…

Image taken from DW with thanks Seven young Germans have been on hunger strike since August 30th. They believe the negligence of political leaders towards the climate emergency is a crime of historic proportions and they are making their action to put the spotlight on those currently contesting the German elections. See the full story below, as reported by DW.com a data-based independent media organisation: Climate strike: In the words of a hunger striker

http://global-climate-justice.com/2021/09/20/german-climate-activists-put-their-lives-on-the-line/

German Climate Activists put their lives on the line Bhumika Muchhala event image

So let’s talk about Debt and the Economics of Global Climate Justice. Join us this coming Sunday 27 June 2021 15:00 BST | 16:00 CET Labour International for a Green New Deal invites you to take an in-depth look at the economics of climate justice with Bhumika Muchhala , Senior Policy Advocate for Global Economic Justice at the…...

Event: Debt and the Economics of Global Climate Justice with Bhumika Muchhala – Sunday 27 June 2021 15:00 BST Bhumika Muchhala event image

This Sunday we will be talking debt with (event link in bio).

The UK is a key jurisdiction for the enforcement of globally accrued debt. We must legislate to stop the debt cycle if lower income countries are to have a chance to adapt as the planet warms.

Debt repayments keep lower income countries poor and prevent them from investing in the health and energy infrastructure that could help them to adapt as the planet warms. Lower income country debt is often the result of IMF backed loans which come with structural adjustment programmes attached (austerity, privatisation, market liberalism, slashing of public wage bill etc).

These programmes cripple the national economy, weakening the infrastructure and depressing wages, which in turn reduces tax revenue, leaving the country dependent upon private loans to stay afloat. This in turn leads to a downgrading of the country’s credit rating. A low credit rating means that multinational banks can then charge eye-watering amounts of interest on loans that they know the country will never be able to repay, and of which the population often has no knowledge.

This means that each time a new climate disaster hits, lower income countries plunge further and further into debt, becoming less and less able to adapt. That’s why we say that debt cancellation is essential to climate justice.

The UK is a key player in this debt cycle: of sovereign bonds owed by the 73 poorest countries, 90% are governed by English law. This means if countries default on their repayments to private creditors, they risk being sued in English courts.

Think what an impact it could have if the UK were to stop prosecuting lower income country debt!

So let’s talk about Debt and the Economics of Global Climate Justice.

Join us this coming Sunday 27 June 2021 15:00 BST | 16:00 CET

Labour International for a Green New Deal invites you to take an in-depth look at the economics of climate justice with Bhumika Muchhala , Senior Policy Advocate for Global Economic Justice at the Third World Network.

What are the origins of Global South debt? Why is debt justice essential to climate justice? What can Covid teach us about the relationship between debt burdens and crisis resilience? How might climate, trade and economic policies be used to achieve systematic redress for the Global South?

Join us as we dive into these questions and more!

A massive shout out to the City of Durham CLP that last night became the first Labour CLP to vote for the Global Climate Justice motion as their 2021 Conference motion! Thank you and well done for taking the lead within UK CLPs on Climate Justice.

Please share the Climate Justice Motion with anyone you know within Labour wherever they are based in UK or in the world. We all need to be talking about making the climate justice motion party policy and making Labour genuinely eco centric.