• A Joint Briefing on Debt and the Climate Crisis

    Ahead of the UN climate conference (COP26) taking place in Glasgow later this year, Jubilee Scotland stands by Jubilee Debt Campaign (JDC) and allies; Afrodad, APMDD, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Global Justice Now, and Latindadd, in outlining the steps global decision-makers must take on debt if we are to address the climate crisis.

    A Joint Briefing on Debt and the Climate Crisis

  • Jubilee Scotland and Global Justice Now to protest outside Edinburgh banks

    Zambia’s debt payments to private banks will render Scotland’s aid funding to the country “virtually insignificant”, campaigners warn, as they prepare to protest outside debt-holding banks in Edinburgh… read more here.

    Jubilee Scotland and Global Justice Now to protest outside Edinburgh banks

  • COP26 and Debt Justice Webinar

    The discussion involved data analysis and insight into the impact of debt on Global South countries amidst a pandemic and a climate emergency from Iolanda, as well as powerful insight into the direct and detrimental impact of debt on Zambia from Eugene. Marilyn Croser followed these powerful words by discussing the actions Jubilee Scotland are taking in our campaign to Cancel Unjust Debt.

    COP26 and Debt Justice Webinar

  • The Issue

    What does debt justice mean? Which countries owe money to the UK? Hasn’t debt cancellation already happened? Find out more about the problems of global debt here.
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    The Issue

  • COP26: the most exclusive “inclusive” COP so far?

    After implementing an application process for COP26 delegates to apply for Covid-19 vaccinations, one could have been misled into believing that the UK government would do anything to achieve the “most inclusive [COP] ever” – a bold statement amidst a pandemic to begin with, and an even bolder one now as we find ourselves in September and past the threshold of potential ‘full’ vaccinations for delegates.

    COP26: the most exclusive “inclusive” COP so far?

  • Jubilee Scotland’s Webinar on COP26 and Debt Justice

    Want to learn more about climate and debt? Jubilee Scotland’s free webinar will explore the links between climate change and debt, including how these dual crises are affecting people in Scotland’s international development partner countries.

    Jubilee Scotland’s Webinar on COP26 and Debt Justice

  • A call to the scottish government to speak up about climate debt!

    Ahead of COP 26, we are calling on the Scottish Government to speak up on the issue of climate debt, and to push other governments and private lenders to agree a green recovery plan. Read our briefing for MSPs here.

    A call to the scottish government to speak up about climate debt!

  • Resources

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    Resources

  • Prioritising Global South voices on the climate crisis during Glasgow Climate Dialogues ahead of COP26

    Scotland will host a series of high-profile talks with representatives of the Global South in the run-up to the UN climate conference COP26 in Glasgow. The Glasgow Climate Dialogues will give policymakers and civil society members in Scotland the chance to hear directly from people living in some of the countries that are severely impacted… Take Action

    Prioritising Global South voices on the climate crisis during Glasgow Climate Dialogues ahead of COP26

  • Share, Show, Shout for Climate Justice

    This year, we learned a lot about the social costs of the pandemic, such as health disparities between social groups, the vastly different experiences of COVID and the impact of lockdown by class, gender, and ethnicity, and what society might look like after the pandemic. Issues that have long been the focus of sociologists and… Take Action

    Share, Show, Shout for Climate Justice

Banks: Drop the Debt

Jubilee Scotland and our partner organisations Global Justice Now and Christian Aid are calling on private banks with links to Scotland to offer debt cancellation to all countries that need it. In 2020 public debt increased in 108 developing countries, as the pandemic shut down their economies and … [...]

Read our latest report, ‘Rethinking Private Financing’

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Scotland Against Climate Debt

Climate Debt concerns the moral debt between developed countries and the countries and communities that suffer the most from climate change. The ongoing global pandemic has only exacerbated this divide and inundated those already debt-stressed countries with more loans.  While the World Bank and … [...]

Exposing Private Financing in Scotland

Jubilee Scotland is very concerned about the Public Private Partnership problem in Scotland. We want every Scottish party to commit to ending this wasteful way of financing public projects in Scotland! Read our report on the PPP problem and take action: 

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Jubilee Scotland is an independent coalition of organisations and local groups across Scotland who campaign for cancellation of the unjust and unpayable debts which are ruining the world’s poorest countries.

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