Omar Elmawi (Advocate for the Poor)
@OmarElmawi
Husband | Dad | Board member @DefendersKE | former Coordinator @StopEACOP | Co-Founder & Board Member @decoalonize | Columnist @TheStarKenya |
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https://omarelmawi.com/ 04-05-2011 17:33:59
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Fadhel Kaboub:
'My message to the World Bank and the IMF is that they are getting #climatefinance completely backwards.
We should be thinking of the Global North as the countries that need climate finance and Global South as the countries that are owed a #climatedebt .'
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Fadhel Kaboub of Power Shift Africa:
'The real work to redesign the global financial institutions begins now as executives and leaders return home from the Spring Meetings. Top on their agenda must be to address the #debtcrisis facing low-income African countries.
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We're #hiring ! 📢
Power Shift Africa is seeking to recruit a Climate Finance Policy Advisor who will spearhead efforts to drive and shape #climatefinance policies that are crucial for #climateaction and #sustainabledevelopment in Africa.
Interested applicants should submit a
today at the climate emergency strike in new york city. party of my speech called out the empty promises of the fossil fuels industry of ending energy poverty in africa.
they’ve drilled oil for decades but 600 million africans can’t access electricity they “promised.” #stopeacop
Our reaction to this week's #WBGMeetings : Despite big promises to act on climate, the World Bank continues to finance fossil fuel projects in countries most vulnerable to the climate crisis.
📣Read our press release here: bigshiftglobal.org/WB_Springs24_B… #SMCSO24 #GasIsNotGreen
It's Day 38 of the doctors' strike in Kenya. The government says it can't afford to pay them but the medics say they refuse to 'supervise deaths' in ill-equipped hospitals.
Our CNN report on #DoctorsStrikeKE with Michelle Velez Fabien Muhire
Calling the Kenya Govt. to support the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty. It's time!
We now need a concrete, binding plan to end the expansion of new coal, oil and gas projects and manage a global transition away from fossil fuels. #FossilFuelTreaty
#BreakTheSlaveChain
As the #WBGMeetings wrap up, Civil Society have taken to the streets in force.
We demand World Bank to cancel the crippling debt, halt all #fossilfuel funding, and reveal their shadowy finance dealings.
It's time for transparency and action—not more empty promises!
Rebellions are built on hope and it's gathering in Washington DC today✨ At the @worldbank with urgewald fighting for transparent climate reporting and a fast, fair transition to renewable energy.
#GasIsNotGreen #WorldBankWorldProblems