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What big oil owes the world

By: Daniel Willis
Date: 25 February 2023
Campaigns: Climate

After the breakthrough on loss and damage at COP27, we must demand that big polluting corporations pay for what they’ve done, writes Daniel Willis. It has hardly been a winter […]

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A win 30 years in the making at COP27

By: Daniel Willis
Date: 25 November 2022

Although it barely seemed possible last month, or indeed during the negotiations, COP27 ended in the early hours of Sunday morning with an agreement to set up a new loss […]

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REVEALED: Big Oil owes $8 trillion in climate damages

By: Daniel Willis
Date: 9 November 2022
Campaigns: Climate

As loss and damage is keenly discussed at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, today we have published research showing that the Big 5 oil companies owe the global south over $8 […]

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Faulty finance and slow progress at COP26

By: Daniel Willis
Date: 10 November 2021
Campaigns: Climate

Amidst a chaotic week and a bit of talks and pledges, the UK’s presidency of COP26 has so far frustrated civil society and failed to live up to global south […]

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The UK is a long way short of paying its ‘fair share’ of climate finance at COP26

By: Daniel Willis
Date: 16 October 2021
Campaigns: Climate

Boris Johnson has called on rich countries to pledge more climate finance at COP26. But the UK is a long way short of paying its own fair share. At last […]

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There is no climate justice without debt justice

By: Daniel Willis
Date: 20 September 2021
Campaigns: Aid, Climate

Although it might not seem obvious, the global debt system and climate change are inextricably linked, creating a vicious cycle of financial and ecological crises across the global south.

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Is the UK trying to delay its pledge to dump dirty development?

By: Daniel Willis
Date: 21 January 2021
Campaigns: Climate

The UK government has just launched a new consultation on how to stop funding fossil fuel projects in the global south. We need your help to send them a clear […]

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A victory for aid scrutiny

By: Daniel Willis
Date: 17 December 2020
Campaigns: Aid

Plans by the Leader of the House of Commons to abolish the International Development Committee after Christmas have been shelved. But there is still a long way to go to protect the 0.7%.

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Dirty development dumped

By: Daniel Willis
Date: 15 December 2020
Campaigns: Climate

The government has finally announced that it will soon stop funding fossil fuel projects in the global south. This is a huge win for the frontline communities and activists who have been opposing this climate hypocrisy for years.

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Peruvian protestors are facing police violence while standing up for democracy

By: Daniel Willis
Date: 15 November 2020

Reports suggest that protestors across Peru have been met with police violence as they demonstrate against the removal of President Martín Vizcarra by Congress. This is the latest in a series of attempted power grabs by parties in Peru’s Congress with worrying implications for the upcoming Presidential elections in 2021.

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