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djw14.bsky.social
Climate justice and human rights campaigner with @re-course.org, holding DFIs accountable for their actions. PhD in History + Latin American Studies. In my Leeds era.
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"Cruelty is the central tenet of right wing ideology. It is at the heart of everything they do. They are now quite willing to lose money or their lives in order to make the world a crueller place, and AI is a part of this" newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

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💰 A new review of @ifcorg.bsky.social's Sustainability Framework can help make trillions of $ of finance more responsible. 📖 @kategeary.bsky.social and I wrote for @devex.com on why IFC must use this opportunity to introduce a new safeguard on financial intermediary lending 👇 tinyurl.com/aw4h3dx3

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

The IFC is reviewing its Sustainability Framework, a move that could impact $4.5 trillion in financial flows. Kate Geary and @djw14.bsky.social from @re-course.org argue the review could help ensure investments are more environmentally and socially responsible. #finance #investment #opinion

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Today, civil society groups will meet with the Asian Development Bank to discuss critical minerals for the #EnergyTransition These minerals (eg lithium, nickel, bauxite) are vital components of clean energy technologies. But how they are mined, and who benefits, matters. #JustMinerals 💎🧵

submitted 51 days ago • 2 comments

The brilliant Anna Marriott on the scandal of aid money (including British aid) being used to support profiteering private hospitals which leaves patients untreated, imprisoned and indebted. This must end! m.youtube.com/watch?v=vLSC...

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“Astonishing and, frankly terrifying” - hottest Jan on record shocks scientist as emerging La Niña fails to dampen record temperature on.ft.com/3WQI51X with @janatausch.bsky.social

submitted 58 days ago • 6 comments

Thank you @kmilb.bsky.social and Nadia Idle for inviting me onto #ACFM and covering the global south debt crisis. It's the biggest debt crisis in 30 years and the global movement is mobilising for action this year, join us to win debt justice @debtjustice.bsky.social: www.debtjustice.org.uk/2025

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

The World Bank’s IFC has submitted its response to an investigation that found evidence of grave human rights violations at the Salala Rubber Corporation that it funds in Liberia, reports @mongabay.bsky.social: news.mongabay.com/2025/02/no-j... #Socfin #Bolloré

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Shocking vandalism. Incredibly worrying for what the next four years will look like for multilateralism.

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Corporations say they care about climate but are using loopholes to conduct business as usual. The latest loophole: sustainability-linked loans. $286 BILLION of these loans were given to polluting industries, like fossil fuels, mining, and agriculture. www.theexamination.org/articles/how...

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🚨 Our latest research from @re-course.org on how IFC is financing environmental and social harms in Vietnam 👇 #StopFundingFossils #EndCoalFinance

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💰 A classic example of the problem with financial intermediary lending, which hands power over development to profit-driven private banks. Proud of Recourse's work to stand in solidarity with affected communities in the Philippines, to stop IFC sweeping this historic case under the carpet 👇

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