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Eine wöchentliche Presseschau zu allen Aspekten der Klimakrise aus der Schweiz und der ganzen Welt zusammen. Die Beiträge können nach Kategorien und Stichwörtern gefiltert werden. Zudem empfehlen wir jede Woche eine Handvoll besonders interessanter Beiträge.
Schulden
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
* DEBTS * Fossil fuel debts are illegitimate and must be cancelled
The Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF are a chance to transform outstanding debts for fossil fuel projects into grants for renewable energy systems
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
Fossil fuel debts are illegitimate and must be cancelled
The Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF are a chance to transform outstanding debts for fossil fuel projects into grants for renewable energy systems
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
Debt swaps could release $100 billion for climate action
World Bank and IMF urged to back plan at Spring Meetings.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
“Wenn trotz Holocaust eine Schuldenstreichung für Deutschland möglich war, warum nicht für den globalen Süden?”
Schulden sind ein Machtinstrument, mit dem reiche Länder sich billige Arbeitskräfte und Ressourcen sichern, sagt Dianah Mugalizi. Die Koordinatorin der Bewegung Debt for Climate in Kenia fordert eine Schuldenstreichung, ähnlich wie für Deutschland nach dem Krieg.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
Debt relief must break dependence on fossil fuel exports
As host of the G20 summit last weekend, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi was right to highlight the importance of debt relief. But he and other G20 leaders could have done more to recognise how economic reliance on fossil fuels has made debt crises worse.
TECH. & ENERGIE
* FOSSIL FUELS * Gas lock-in: Debt-laden Ghana gambles on LNG imports
The West African nation is preparing to import LNG under a long-term agreement with Shell which critics say Ghana doesn’t need and can’t afford. In the past, his earnings have been sufficient to provide for his family. But Gakpo is now struggling to make ends meet.
World Bank offers developing countries debt pauses if hit by climate crisis
Poor countries will be able to pause their debt repayments if hit by climate disaster, under plans announced by the World Bank at the finance summit in Paris.
Portugal agrees to swap Cape Verde’s debt for environmental investment
Portugal has signed an agreement to swap Cape Verde’s debt for investments in an environmental and climate fund that is being established by the archipelago nation off West Africa’s coast, Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Monday.
Debt for Climate
Der fossile Kapitalismus lasse sich eher von den Rändern her bezwingen, sagt der argentinische Aktivist Esteban Servat. Mit der Initiative «Debt for Climate» glaubt er, einen wirksamen Hebel gefunden zu haben.
* COP27 – CLIM. FINANCE * How Belize Cut Its Debt by Fighting Global Warming
TURNEFFE ATOLL, Belize — Belize faced an economic meltdown. The pandemic had sent it into its worst ever recession, putting the government on the brink of bankruptcy. For Belize, that meant its oceans, endangered mangroves and vulnerable coral reefs.
AUSWIRKUNGEN
Battered by Floods and Trapped in Debt, Pakistani Farmers Struggle to Survive
NAWABSHAH, Pakistan — The young woman waded into the waist-deep floodwater that covered her farmland, scouring shriveled stalks of cotton for the few surviving white blooms. Every step she took in the warm water was precarious: Her feet sank into the soft earth. Snakes glided past her.
Flood-hit Pakistan should suspend debt repayments, says UN policy paper
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To preserve Amazon, indigenous groups call for debt forgiveness
A member of the A'i Cofan community guard walks across the Aguarico River in Ecuador's Amazon, where indigenous groups were granted power to block mining projects after a ruling by the country's Constitutional Court, in Sinangoe, Ecuador March 5, 2022. Picture taken March 5, 2022.
BEWEGUNG
Revolt Against Debt
This could be how the fight against climate breakdown reaches critical mass. It has proved too easy to stop people uniting around the crucial issues of our time.
WIRTSCHAFT
World Bank and IMF are courting big oil in debt-laden Suriname
For a long time, Suriname’s economy has been concentrated on oil and mining. Now, the small middle-income nation in South America is facing a public debt crisis and has defaulted on its sovereign debt payments.
KLIMAGERECHTIGK.
* WELTBANK-TAGUNG * Schuldenerlass gegen die Klimakrise
Die Bewegung "Debt for Climate" ruft zu Protesten anlässlich der Weltbank-IWF-Tagung auf. Ohne eine Streichung der Schulden der ärmsten Länder werde es keine globale Energiewende geben.