Activists Demand Global Reform at Climate Summit in Spain
- Deputy Speaker Benjamin Okezie Kalu called for debt-for-development swaps during a Brussels meeting with MEP Fabio De Masi to help alleviate Africa's debt burden.
- Africa loses over $88 billion annually to illicit financial flows and receives only 3% of global climate finance, highlighting urgent migration and development challenges.
- Africa loses over $88 billion annually to illicit financial flows, with only 15% of trade intra-continental and 80% of exports raw, hindering development and value chain growth.
- Deputy Speaker Kalu's call for debt cancellation in Brussels aims to address Africa's $88 billion annual illicit outflows and minimal climate funding, highlighting urgent development needs.
- The Deputy Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives called for EU-AU debt-for-development swaps during a Brussels meeting, urging reforms and policy alignment with Africa’s development goals.
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The UN Conference on Financing for Development is coming to an end this Thursday in Seville. The Debt for Climate initiative sees its negative expectations met.
IN PICS | Protesters demand debt cancellation, climate action ahead of UN summit
Activists marched in blistering heat through southern Spain's Seville on Sunday, calling for debt cancellation, climate justice and taxing the super rich on the eve of a UN summit on financing development that critics said lacks ambition and scope.
Protesters demand debt cancellation, climate action ahead of UN summit - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
SEVILLE, Spain — Activists marched in blistering heat through southern Spain’s Seville on Sunday, calling for debt cancellation, climate justice and taxing the super rich on the eve of a UN summit on financing development that critics say lacks ambition and scope.

Protesters demand debt cancellation, climate action ahead of UN summit
By David Latona and Silvio Castellanos
Activists Demand Global Reform at Climate Summit in Spain
Activists Demand Global Reform at Climate Summit in Spain Amid blistering heat, activists marched through Seville, southern Spain, on Sunday, demanding debt cancellation, climate justice, and increased taxes on the super-rich. Their protests came on the eve of a crucial United Nations summit on financing development.This four-day summit, held once every decade, is tasked with addressing poverty, disease, and climate change, aiming to map out a g…
Protesters Demand Debt Cancellation, Climate Action Ahead of UN Summit
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