Tess Woolfenden

Colonialism and climate risk are connected: evidence from Ghana and Senegal There is growing recognition that the breakdown of the global climate, and vulnerability to its effects, are deeply rooted in histories of colonialism.

Colonial exploitation didn’t just steal resources; it built systems that locked many African communities into ecological and economic fragility, vulnerabilities that climate change now makes worse.

Today, climate hazards mirror these colonial legacies.

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TODAY We Rise Up! ✊

Today We Rally! ✊

Today We #DrawTheLine! ✊

📢Join us TODAY for the Draw the Line Kickoff Rally: it's not to be missed!

Be inspired by activists from across the planet and let's unite for a better world! 🌍

The people united will never be defeated! 👊

1/7 Next week we are rising up, around the world, to #DrawTheLine — against climate chaos & #MakeBillionairesPay.

We're taking part in mass rallies, strikes, walkouts, & artistic interventions against injustice, pollution, & violence – & to demand a future built on peace, equality & clean energy.

Orange, red, black and white banner with instruments and text.

📢 It's time to rise up to #DrawTheLine against the unjust systems at the root of the climate crisis! It's time for #JustTransitionRising!

⚡️ Join us for the Draw the Line Kickoff Rally: it's not to be missed!

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✊ The people united will never be defeated!

✊🏽 JOIN THE PROTESTS ✊🏽

On 17 September, join the national demonstration organised by @ukstoptrump.bsky.social, against Trump's unprecedented second state visit.

We are standing up, shoulder to shoulder against the evil of far-right Trump-led politics!

www.globaljustice.org.uk/event/trump-...

NEW REPORT: How the UK arms and supports Israel's genocide in Gaza.

The UK is deeply complicit in supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza: through arms sales, RAF reconnaissance flights over Gaza, training of Israeli soldiers, and other forms of military cooperation.

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Make Them Pay Billionaires have broken Britain. Make them pay to fix it

On September 20 in London, join us and people to demand that billionaires and big polluters pay to fix broken Britain:
🤑 Tax the super-rich
👷 Protect workers, not billionaires
🏭 Make polluters pay
Sign up to join us at makethempay.org.uk

Indigenous leaders & climate activists are travelling from Mexico to Brazil for #COP30 on the #MesoAmericanCaravan, carrying the voices of communities fighting debt & climate collapse.

They need your support! ✊

Please Donate Here 👉 tinyurl.com/ChuffedCaravan

#CancelTheDebt #ClimateJustice

BB energy don't sue South Sudan!

UK-based oil trader is SUING South Sudan for non-payment of debt!

It’s shameful that a country experiencing a humanitarian disaster could be sued by oil traders making millions.

I've written to the CEO to drop the case, will you:

tinyurl.com/yr4aksya

In the past 24 hours in Gaza, Israel’s attacks have:
- killed 123 people
- injured 437 people
- starved to death 8 people

But this government is more upset about people holding placards.

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Carbon credit deals leave Kenyan landowners feel abandoned – DW – 07/28/2025 Kenya has embraced carbon trading as an opportunity for export business. The strategy has sparked tensions as communities feel pressured to sign over their land rights to carbon developers. DW reports...

Indigenous communities in Kenya say they feel pressured to sign over their land rights to carbon developers.

This would require the family to stop traditional grazing practices and leave the land untouched.

Watch: bit.ly/4o84DY3

Trump’s $1tn for Pentagon to add huge planet-heating emissions, study shows Exclusive: 17% increase in military spending will add emissions equivalent to those of some entire countries

The 17% rise in US pentagon spending since 2023 will result in an additional 26,000,000 tons of Co2 emissions. These emissions will cause ~$47 billion in damages when the US is already spending $1 trillion/year on disaster recovery. Our new
@cplusc.bsky.social research covered in @theguardian.com

The UK Government claims that it is "doing all it can" to bring about a ceasefire in Gaza.

The truth is, it is complicit in Israel's genocide on Gaza: here's why.

BREAKING 🚨: We've just dropped a massive banner off Westminster Bridge to demand the UK Government #StopRosebank

It's time for Keir Starmer make the right choice 👀

Ghana has restructured much of its external debt but the latest IMF assessment says there is still a high risk of 'debt distress'

The IMF says Ghana will reach moderate risk by 2028. But external debt payments are right on the threshold - any shock will keep Ghana at high risk:

The British “wealth exodus” is a big fat myth Rachel Reeves is not responsible for chasing millionaires away from UK PLC.

The idea that millionaires are departing Britain en-masse is a myth that's being propped up to protect the interests of the wealthy.

@hollies.bsky.social takes down the "wealth exodus" narrative in the @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

I watched one of the best interviews with Ash Shakur and Blindboy Boatclub that enriched my understanding of England’s oppression of the Irish people. This guy is a treat to watch

📣NEW Global Campaign Launched: #FillTheFund!

The establishment of the Fund for responding to #LossandDamage was a breakthrough, but it remains critically underfunded—little more than an empty promise.

Rich nations are now shirking their historical responsibility.

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In 40+ countries, campaigners have been marching for #debtjustice ahead of a critical United Nations conference ✊💥

SHARE the video to join the calls for urgent action on the debt crisis 👇🏽

#canceldebtchoosehope #FFD4People #SystemChangeNow

Who’s Afraid of a Fair Debt Architecture? | Iolanda Fresnillo The fourth Financing for Development Conference officially kicked off in Seville this Monday, as world leaders gathered with broad smiles to congratulate one another for the good work already achieved...

Great piece by @ifresnillo.bsky.social from @eurodadnews.bsky.social on #FfD4 debt outcome 👇

www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/who...

At #FfD4 in Seville, the message from activists, movements, and campaigners is loud and clear -

You can try to silence us, but we’re not going anywhere.

The people, united, will never be defeated ✊ 🔥

UNAids chief ‘shaken and disgusted’ by US cuts that will mean millions more deaths Winnie Byanyima tells the Guardian she considered resigning when Donald Trump cancelled Pepfar funding

“We need debt justice, we need tax justice. The amount of money flowing from the south to the north has been greater than what has gone the other way for a long time and that is clear to see."

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

POV: You're a world leader at #FFD4 pretending to fix global finance...
and suddenly some activists show up with flares, a 10-meter banner & the truth:
💥 No justice without debt cancellation! 💥

#FfD4People

UNEXPECTEDLY, the #FFD4 conference on “development and democracy” turns into a showcase of repression. 😳
Spending hours in detention for holding a banner and calling out colonial debt?? Sounds like the system’s working exactly as designed. 🤨

But we will not be silenced! ✊ #CancelTheDebt

#DebtSwaps Are a False Fix ,Why are Global South countries still asked to bargain for justice?
Read our Reflection on #FFD4 Spain&WorldBank just announced a new “debt swap hub” @debtjustice.bsky.social @debtforclimate.bsky.social @eurodadnews.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/pulse/debt-s...

We’re at the multi stakeholder roundtable on sovereign #debt here at the #FfD4 conference in Seville

Follow this thread for highlights 👇

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 say lacks ambition and scope.

Amazing to be part of the protests yesterday in #Seville for #DebtJustice and #EconomicJustice (even in 45 degrees!)

Together we called out the #FfD4 outcome which has failed to deliver meaningful justice for the Global South - blocked by countries like the UK

www.reuters.com/world/protes...

Civil society calls out UK government and rich countries for blocking progress on debt reform ahead of FfD4 | Bond As the fourth Financing for Development Conference (FfD4) kicks off in Seville this week, civil society organisations and international NGOs are

As #FfD4 begins, UK civil society calls out wealthy countries for blocking debt reform in the negotiations

@jesssalt.bsky.social @guardianheather.bsky.social @alanbeattie.bsky.social

www.bond.org.uk/press-releas...

Civil society calls out UK government and rich countries for blocking progress on debt reform ahead of FfD4 | Bond As the fourth Financing for Development Conference (FfD4) kicks off in Seville this week, civil society organisations and international NGOs are

The UK says tackling Global South debt is a key development priority

But at #FFD4, it blocked progress and watered down Global South demands for debt justice

“They should hang their heads in shame," @heidichow.bsky.social

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