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From repayment to repair: global movements are reclaiming debt justice

✊The Global Week of Action for #DebtJustice reminded the world that debt is a human rights issue.

Communities everywhere are calling for just, transparent, and rights-based debt reform that promotes climate justice.

More: www.cesr.org/from-repayme...

#CancelTheDebt

Ahead of #COP30, join us to explore how debt, tax & fiscal policies shape the flow of climate finance — and what it will take to make it just.

🗓 3 Nov | 9:30 a.m. ET
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#ClimateJustice #RightsBasedEconomy #COP30 @larutadelclima.bsky.social

"Without fair debt workouts, recovery isn’t possible. Restructuring must restore fiscal space so governments can meet basic human rights obligations." -Mahinour El Badrawi, @cesr.bsky.social, at #IMFMeetings #WBGMeetings.

FRI, OCT 17 • 3:30 ET

Scrutinizing the IMF role on debt. How advice, conditionalities, and DSAs shape recoveries – and how to center rights, gender justice, and climate justice.

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WED, OCT 15 • 11:00 ET

Extreme wealth – how much is too much? Exploring an “extreme wealth line” to spur action on inequality.

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TUE, OCT 14 • 4:30 ET

From Seville to the CSPF: reimagining IMF governance for a multilateralism fit for purpose. Building on FfD4 to center rights, gender, and climate justice.

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TUE, OCT 14 • 9:00 ET

Cross-institutional collaboration in times of multilateral fragmentation. How can IMF-UN cooperation uphold human rights in macroeconomic policy?

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🌍 As the IMF and the World Bank meet in #WashingtonDC for the Annual Meetings, debates on debt, tax, and climate finance take center stage.

@cesr.bsky.social and allies will push for rights-based reforms to the global financial architecture. Details below ⤵️

#CSPF2025

We’re in Paris at @icrict.bsky.social’s conversation on Taxation, inequality and democracy in Latin America with Magdalena Sepúlveda, José Antonio Ocampo, Ricardo Martner and Martín Guzmán

#TaxThePower

Reimagining reparations and climate finance for Africa’s future

Africa emits just 2–3% of global emissions yet faces the harshest impacts 🌍

We were at #AfCoDD5 where movements demanded climate finance rooted in reparations, not loans. Read our reflections ⤵️

www.cesr.org/reimagining-...

“If you think the Bahamas destroyed your global tax system, then you’ve got a pretty terrible global tax system.” Steven Dean @islandtaxprof.bsky.social @cesr.bsky.social

Key Voices: Steven Dean on global tax justice, racial capitalism, and dismantling Global Jim Crow

Global tax rules didn’t emerge in a vacuum—they were built on racial capitalism. In our latest #KeyVoices, @islandtaxprof.bsky.social calls for dismantling this global Jim Crow & advancing real tax justice.

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#FiscalJustice #TaxJustice

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⤵️ @oilchange.bsky.social shows rich countries can mobilize $6.6 trillion every year for climate action. The resources exist. What is missing is will.

Climate finance must be grounded in reparations and human rights 🌍

“The economic system lies in the core of the climate crisis yet in its transformation lies the solution.” @emimamberti.bsky.social, @cesr.bsky.social

Join #ClimateforChange2025 to unite #TaxJustice & #ClimateJustice for fair finance and a just transition.
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Join us tomorrow in Addis Ababa 🌍

➡️ African women leaders will spotlight solutions and demands for a just, gender-responsive climate future ahead of #AfricaClimateSummit2

Register: bit.ly/4g6G8H2

New guide: Decoding Climate Finance

The resources promised to confront the climate crisis are still shaped by colonial legacies and unequal power.

Our new guide with @larutadelclima.bsky.social shows how we can push for justice, rights and reparations.

➡️ Download now: bit.ly/decodingclim...

We’re in 🇬🇭 #Accra participating in #AfCoDDV, standing with movements demanding an end to a system that extracts from the many to enrich the few.

⤵️ Attending the conference? Join our two side sessions with @amwaafrika.bsky.social, FEMNET, Christian Aid and the Pan African Lawyer's Union

New guide: Decoding Climate Finance

💸 The resources promised to confront the climate crisis are still shaped by colonial legacies and unequal power.

Our new guide with @larutadelclima.bsky.social shows how we can push for justice, rights and reparations.

⤵️ Download now: bit.ly/decodingclim...

💸 Billions promised for climate action are trapped in debt and corporate interests.

Our new guide #DecodingClimateFinance (by @cesr.bsky.social & @larutadelclima.bsky.social) gives activists, researchers and advocates tools to demand change.

🔎 Read and share: bit.ly/decodingclim...

⤵️ Starting in a few minutes!
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🔎 Watch this space for more in-depth learnings from the #UNTC negotiations next week ❗️

9️⃣ What’s next? Workstream leads will draft text for discussion in Nairobi, where negotiations will enter a deeper phase. States will consider concrete proposals on dispute prevention, tax and sustainable development, #HightNetWorthIndividuals, and transparency mechanisms 📌

8️⃣Civil society warned that excluding CSOs from online intersessionals goes against Paragraph 21 of the ToR and risks weakening the process

🔸 Transparency and inclusive participation are essential for legitimacy.

7️⃣ Discussions were rich, but clear divides remain between Global North and South—especially on capacity building and reliance on existing models.

One thing is clear: the current transfer pricing system is not working. It fuels disputes, creates uncertainty, and erodes renevue.

6️⃣ Key lesson: In Week 2, many countries warned that fragmenting substance into separate optional protocols could weaken the Convention. There’s growing support for including more in the Framework Convention itself.

5️⃣ Nigeria, Zambia, and Brazil criticised the OECD’s “Amount B” approach for offering unattractive margins and ignoring local realities. They noted it’s been unappealing in practice and not a viable solution ❌

4️⃣ Austria and Sweden noted existing OECD work (incl. with ATAF), but said uptake by developing countries has been limited. Sweden warned a new UN database could take too long ⏳ Estonia raised cybersecurity concerns.

3️⃣ Global South countries (Nigeria, Zambia, Lesotho, Senegal, Algeria, Cameroon) raised the high cost and poor regional coverage of commercial TP databases. MNEs often have better access than tax authorities 💰 They called for public or regional databases.

2️⃣ Countries were asked to share effective fact-finding tools. Mauritius and Kenya flagged that differences between legal systems affect what evidence is admissible ⚖️ Suggestions included expert opinions, witness depositions, and better investigative methods.