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#FFD4 Closing. On systemic issues calling for the reform of:
- quota system
- SDRs (rechanneling)
- credit rating
@social_rights @EmmaBurgisser @eurodad @attiyawa
#FFD4 Closing. Domestic Resource Mobilisation:
- Fair & inclusive tax cooperation
- Tax the rich
- Tax Justice on revenue & expenditure
@social_rights @TaxJusticeAfric @TaxJusticeNet @Oxfa
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G20 leaders meeting this week in South Africa: The world deserves hope. And our hope is a more equal and sustainable future. You can help deliver this.
Be the people's champion: Tax The Super Rich. #G20SouthAfrica
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As #COP30 unfolds in Belém, will wealthy countries deliver the public, reparative climate finance they owe, or repeat the delays that deepen today’s crises?
Our latest blog post breaks down what to follow.
🔗 Read: cesr.org/cop30-is-billed-as-…
Starting day 4 of the #UNTaxConvention negotiations. Dispute resolutions. You can find our daily updates @cesr
🌍 Day 3 of the #UNTaxConvention negotiating sessions in #Nairobi focused on harmful tax practices (Art 8), sustainable development (Art 9), and dispute resolution (Art 10). A quick recap below ⤵️
📷: CSOs (including @MariaRonBalsera) & @UN delegates via @latindadd
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🌍 Day 3 of the #UNTaxConvention negotiating sessions in #Nairobi focused on harmful tax practices (Art 8), sustainable development (Art 9), and dispute resolution (Art 10). A quick recap below ⤵️
📷: CSOs (including @MariaRonBalsera) & @UN delegates via @latindadd
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Civil society voices including @InescOficial and @amwaafrika reminded delegates: taxing the ultra-rich and tackling illicit flows is key to justice. The delegate from 🇬🇭 Ghana also reminded everyone of the Committee’s mandate.
Talks continue tomorrow: watch this space!
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🌍 The 3rd session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the #UNTaxConvention began today in Nairobi. Delegates returned to the table to shape fairer global tax rules. It was a packed first day. Here’s a quick thread for those following the talks. 🧵
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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 ⤵️
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At events like this it’s easy to get cynical; lots of talk, little action, brands being boosted.
While we didn't get all that's needed, the fact that the global South had a voice here on systemic economic issues mattered, so together we continue to #hope for a better future.
ALT Turn debt into hope banner held by Christian Aid and our partners in Seville at FfD4.
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As part of its #G20 Presidency, South Africa has launched an Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts on Global Wealth Inequality chaired by Nobel Laureate Professor Joseph Stiglitz.
teapaw.org/i/broadcasts/1MnxnPARX…
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South Africa’s #G20 Presidency launches the first initiative on global wealth inequality 🇿🇦. Led by
@JosephEStiglitz , a team of top experts will deliver a landmark report to G20 leaders.
Proudly announced by President @CyrilRamaphosa
Full details:thepresidency.gov.za/preside…
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3. Together with @amwaafrika @FemnetProg and @social_rights we organised a side session on Reimagining Reparative Justice” while drawing on the 10 Decolonial Feminist Principles for Human Rights and Climate Justice in a World Shaped by Debt. #AfCoDDV #Africarulemaker
ALT Christian Aid's staff (Africa Kiiza) poses for a photo with the panelists after the side session
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“A transformative approach to economic policy means shifting from seeing women as isolated individuals to recognizing gender as a system shaping power, access, and rights. Feminist economics shows why care work must be central", @MariaRonBalsera
#IntersectingInequities
Decoding Climate Finance: This new guide shows how to expose resource injustice & advance rights. It offers tools to reclaim resources for people & the planet in 3 steps: interrogate, illuminate & inspire @Jayati1609 @therealCAN_U @AttiyaWaris @Greenpeace @icrict @larutadelclima
💸 Billions promised for climate action are trapped in debt and corporate interests.
Our new guide #DecodingClimateFinance (by @social_rights & @larutadelclima) gives activists, researchers and advocates tools to demand change.
🔎 Read and share: bit.ly/decodingclimate
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🧵 UN Tax Convention Negotiations – Day 5 Highlights (Aug 8)
States tackled the urgent issue of taxing the super-rich. CESR’s @EmiMamberti called for bold global coordination to ensure they pay their fair share
Here’s what happened 👇
youtu.be/8yon1QxUUG0
#TaxTheSuperRich
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The global rules of finance must serve human rights—not undermine them.
🎥 Watch highlights from our joint side event at #FfD4
youtube.com/watch?v=SoLb4B71…
With @MariaRonBalsera @LeonorZalabata @Cam_aia @zilhen @saubryhr
Thanks @TaxJusticeNet for the video!
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🌍 En las negociaciones para establecer una Convención Fiscal de las Naciones Unidas, desde REDFIS reafirmamos que la justicia climática y la justicia fiscal están profundamente conectadas.
#UNTaxConvention #TaxTheSuperRich
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🎥 “No country can do this alone.”
At the #UNTaxConvention negotiating session, our Research and Policy Lead @EmiMamberti calls for effective taxation of high-net-worth individuals, not just stopping evasion
📺 youtu.be/8yon1QxUUG0
#HNWIs #TaxJustice
The future of global economic governance: A rights-based vision. Some analysis & proposals for the road Post Seville #FFD4 openglobalrights.org/the-fut…
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