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 … [...]
The UK COP Presidency hasn’t ended yet, and here’s what we’re doing…
Here at Jubilee Scotland, we are determined to continue to put pressure on the Scottish Government and private creditors to offer some relief to Global South countries who are suffering at the hands of unjust debt. The UK’s COP Presidency continues until the end of 2022, meaning the Scottish Government’s role as an influential advocate likewise continues.
My First COP Experience
Jubilee Scotland’s Campaign Director, Line Kikkenborg Christensen, talks us through a week in the Blue Zone at COP26. I have joined the SCCS delegation at COP26 in Glasgow to help spread the messages from the Glasgow Climate Dialogues communiqué throughout the Blue Zone (the area which only Ministers, government officials and other accredited individuals […]
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 … [...]