Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt

What if the solution to climate change and environmental destruction came from the exploited countries? The policies of the Banks and the governments of Northern countries are designed to encourage the North to take control of the natural resources necessary for its “growth” (green or not) and for the enrichment of its multinationals and their shareholders. This “red carpet” rolled out to the extractive multinationals (minerals, oil, etc.) and to those buying up public services constitutes a plunder which encourages the waste of resources and consequently the devastation of the Planet. Africa is the first victim of this looting, which destroys its environment and despoils its people: testimonies from this continent will be shared.

What if the solution to climate change and environmental destruction came from the exploited countries? The North’s seizure of the natural resources necessary for its “growth” (green or not) and the enrichment of its multinationals and their shareholders constitutes a plunder that encourages the waste of resources and consequently the devastation of the Planet. Africa is the first victim: testimonies from this continent will be shared.

Monday, January 25, 2021, from 6 to 8 p.m. (Paris time), as part of the World Social Forum

Language(s) of the Activity: Spanish, English, French

Proponent Organizations:

• ATTAC France
• CADTM France

Speakers:

• Ndongo Samba Sylla (Senegalese economist),
• Oudy Diallo (Alerte Kédougou Environnement Sénégal),
• Victor Nzuzi (Activist peasant, CADTM Network and AEIA, RD Congo),
• Noël Lemou (Attac Togo),
• Aboubacar Issa (RNDD Réseau National Dette et Développement, Niger),
• Milan Rivié (CADTM Belgium/France),
• Isabelle Marcos Likouka, (ATTAC France)

How to get in touch and participate in activity?:
fsm-2021 at attac.org

Related information (links to videos, initiatives, websites, pads...):

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HOOKbfEQettPdODAGlFg5OjhvwrTKKRO/view?u...
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv4iQpEsgQQ

Topics: Ecology, Equality, Fair Trade, Human rights, Migrant, Mining, Natural resources, Utilities

Thematic space(s) of the activity: Climate, ecology and environment, Democracy, Social justice, Economic justice
Cross-cutting space(s) of the activity: Racism