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We're all feeling the chilling effects of climate injustice, economic inequality & authoritarianism. Where can we find shelter? In the past 4yrs the #CommunityResourceExchange has collaborated with 200+communities. With them, we're stitching together a quilt of resistance. 👉New blog bit.ly/CREQuilt

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What happened during #FinanceInCommon? It was called the summit of solutions, but can solutions come from the same institutions creating the problems? In this multimedia #report our members & partners share their views on #FICS25 & key takeaways👇 rightsindevelopment.org/news/finance...

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🚨 Open letter to the authorities of Cameroon after villagers defending their land face crackdown from military & police protecting the Socapalm oil palm company (Socfin/Bolloré): farmlandgrab.org/32742 @fian-international.bsky.social @rightsindevt.bsky.social @business-humanrights.org

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Nearly 90 civil society organizations from around the world, incl. @ceebankwatch.bsky.social, have expressed solidarity with Uzbek farmers and workers affected by dev. investments and joined the urgent call on the @ebrd.bsky.social and IFC to remedy the harm caused. These voices cannot be ignored!

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For years, workers, farmers & monitors have faced serious violations at #IndoramaAgro #cotton plantations in #Uzbekistan. They deserve #justice. Join us & call on IFC & EBRD to ensure #accountability & not let Indorama Agro off the hook! bit.ly/IndoramaAgro 👇And check this thread to learn more!

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In #India a solar park (funded by the ADB) is violating the right to free, prior & informed consent of local communities, who'll be displaced from their fertile lands & deprived of their livelihoods. Read more about the community-led struggle against #GreenGrabbing👇https://bit.ly/3FYqgIA

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In Denyenye, a small village in coastal #Kenya, G4S security guards working for the multinational cement manufacturer Bamburi - along with a Kenyan police unit - have been accused of #torture & assault by dozens of locals. bit.ly/4iH1c7s

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Witness Radio petitions chief prosecutor: Want 34 community land rights defenders and activists released from prison... #TogetherWeDefend @grain.org @hrw.org @hrc.org @fundhumanrights.bsky.social @hrcberkeley.bsky.social @ccrcj.bsky.social Read more: witnessradio.org/witness-radi...

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📣 Comunidades afectadas por proyectos financiados por el BID y organizaciones de la sociedad civil se están organizando para llevar sus demandas y visibilizar las resistencias al modelo de desarrollo promovido por la institución Lean el comunicado de prensa 👉 bit.ly/BIDChilePrensa

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"Under our current development model, almost all environmental and social risks are borne by local communities and almost none of the rewards are actually received by them. And that needs to urgently change." Radhika Goyal, @accountcounsel.bsky.social Policy Associate, shares a message to PDBs:

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New op-ed: As the world’s largest MDB, the European Investment Bank has the chance to become a responsible development actor — but if and only if the institution properly addresses long-standing deficiencies of its Complaints Mechanism & commitment to accountability bit.ly/4kEQIad

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Solidarity with @greenpeace.org, the Standing Rock movement, and all those protesting against the fossil fuel industry's power✊ This week, a court in N Dakota 🇺🇸 ruled Greenpeace entities liable for $660+ million in a lawsuit led by the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline #WeWillNotBeSilenced

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🚨Despite strong opposition from local communities, 22 commercial banks are considering funding a controversial steel & coal-fired power plant in Odisha, #India, run by JSW Steel. Join our partner @banktrack.bsky.social in calling the banks not to finance this project! bit.ly/3R8Dfdb

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Buvuma Palm Oil Tree Growing: More community land rights defenders are getting targeted, facing judicial harassment, and others are jailed on trumped charges. @grain.org @rightsindevt.bsky.social @hrw.org @fundhumanrights.bsky.social @hrc.org Read more: witnessradio.org/buvuma-palm-...

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If public development banks don't change their mindset, we can't expect any change at all, says Jessica Holles from Instituto Maira in #Brazil👇#FinanceInCommon2025

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They're calling it "the summit of solutions". But can solutions come from the same institutions creating & exacerbating the problems? This week we'll be at #FICS25 with +50 community & CSOs activists: they are the real experts, who know how truly #just development should look like. bit.ly/4kcG7TJ

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EACOP: The trial of 20 environmental activists failed to take off, and now they want the case dismissed for lack of prosecution. #StopEACOP @stopeacop.bsky.social @xrglobal.bsky.social @amnesty.org @rightsindevt.bsky.social @grain.org Read more: witnessradio.org/eacop-the-tr...

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The @eib.org is heading to the #FinanceinCommonSummit. Will the Bank keep backing business-as-usual, or will it finally break from a Global North-driven agenda that sidelines those most affected by the crises it claims to tackle? We’re watching 👀

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Our Executive Director, @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social, is joining #FiCS2025—a global convening of public development banks We join the call for financing decisions to be grounded in human rights, community leadership, & environmental sustainability 🌍 #RightsBasedEconomy @rightsindevt.bsky.social

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🚨𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐨𝐝𝐠𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭: 𝐉𝐒𝐖 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐔𝐭𝐤𝐚𝐥’𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐠𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐥-𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 BankTrack, in collaboration with local organisations in India, are urging banks to publicly commit to steer clear of financing this project ❌

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We look forward to joining @rightsindevt.bsky.social and other civil society organisations at the #FinanceInCommon2025 Summit next week. To achieve a truly just #EnergyTransition, public financiers should be investing in 100% renewable energy systems, putting people’s rights & needs before profit.

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When devt banks, authoritarian governments & oligarchs go low, we in the Coalition go high with solutions that unite us. Check our #AnnualReport to read an analysis of key trends, stories of community-led struggles, an overview of our work in 2024 & upcoming plans! 👇https://bit.ly/CHRDAnnualRep

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Our #AnnualReport is out now, and it's much more than just another annual report! As the world is engulfed in the climate crisis, conflicts and systemic injustices, it might seem impossible to find hope. Yet, in 2024, we have seen more and more communities holding powerful actors accountable.

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This month, together with +35 members and partners, we will join the #FinanceinCommonSummit to make our voices heard, and denounce how development banks - way too often - are exacerbating the impacts of the #climate crisis while talking about sustainability and a #JustEnergyTransition.

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What if local communities could be more than just beneficiaries, but rather architects of their own future? In July we'll host a gathering in Kenya where our Global South members can strategize on how to shape a future based on care, dignity and justice. But to make it happen, we need your support.

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We’re at the Eurodad conference in Barcelona discussing #EconomicJustice4All. International development banks must commit to promoting and securing inclusive decision-making to ensure transition impact, especially in countries where civic space is shrinking. www.eurodad.org/event_euroda...

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At a time when we need policymakers to pass (& protect) strong laws, not rely on weak certification, the new Consolidated Mining Standard is exactly the wrong move for human rights & environment. More in @josephwilde.bsky.social + my joint piece in @euobserver.com: euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

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🚨 New #ResourceOfTheWeek! This toolkit by Asia Pacific Network of Environmental Defenders (APNED) offers key tools on risk assessment & protection planning for environmental rights defenders, check it out & share it widely: bit.ly/APNED-EHRDToolkit

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The work of Community organizers & local youth EHRDs—defend & demand for our community &environmental rights, understand them. Do not call names, intimidate & arrest them. @TotalEnergies @CNOOCUgandaLtd @AfiegoUg @NCHRD_UG @UHRC_UGANDA @BHR_FIDH @rightsindevt.bsky.social @oxfamamerica.bsky.social

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Tackling the unequal impacts of climate crisis requires making rick polluters pay. I spoke to Eco-Business on its importance and other wise ranging issues on climate justice. Read it here; www.eco-business.com/news/oxfam-a... #ClimateJustice #MakeRichPollutersPay

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What are the key trends in the field of #development finance and #HumanRights? How can we respond to the challenges we're facing & what are the key opportunities going forward? To address these critical questions, last year +80 people gave their input as part of our strategic planning process.

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New report by OXFAM released today at Davos: While people are told that #austerity cuts are unavoidable because there’s no money, billionaire wealth is growing 3 times faster than it was just a year ago #Inequality can and must be reduced www.oxfam.org/en/takers-no... #EndAusterity #TaxTheRich

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The World Bank calculated that the rich world earned more than $1.4tn in loan repayments from the global south world in 2023 "Colonial patterns of extraction plainly did not disappear with the withdrawal of troops, flags and bureaucrats." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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