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Fran Witt

@franwitt5

Passionate climate and economic justice campaigner. Long distance runner. Sharing campaigns and ideas on justice, rights and equality.

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What are CAN Europe's members' reactions to the latest draft text on the #NCQG climate finance goal? Check out Recourse | @re-course.org on Bluesky 's reaction🧵👇 #COP29 #EndFossilFuels #PayUp

What are CAN Europe's members' reactions to the latest draft text on the #NCQG climate finance goal?

Check out <a href="/RecourseTeam/">Recourse | @re-course.org on Bluesky</a> 's reaction🧵👇

#COP29 #EndFossilFuels #PayUp
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On behalf of hundreds of civil society organisations at #COP29, @MohAdow hands over letter to Ali Mohamed AGN Chair, of African Negotiators Group, saying we support them in rejecting latest climate finance text. No deal is better than a bad deal. #PayUp #ClimateFinance

On behalf of hundreds of civil society organisations at #COP29, @MohAdow  hands over letter to Ali Mohamed <a href="/AGNChairUNFCCC/">AGN Chair</a>, of African Negotiators Group, saying we support them in rejecting latest climate finance text.

No deal is better than a bad deal.
#PayUp #ClimateFinance
The Big Shift Global (@bigshiftglobal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The #COP29 outcome allows rich countries to hide behind #MDBs instead of paying up the climate finance they owe. Reaction from civil society working on MDBs here: bigshiftglobal.org/COP29-devd-cou…

The #COP29 outcome allows rich countries to hide behind #MDBs instead of paying up the climate finance they owe.  

Reaction from civil society working on MDBs here:  bigshiftglobal.org/COP29-devd-cou…
Recourse | @re-course.org on Bluesky (@recourseteam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🫔Our wrap of activities and outcomes from Baku to Brazil👇 #COP29 reaffirmed the role of multilateral development banks in providing climate finance, while #G20 leaders moved ahead on financial reform but remained silent on debt. 🔗 re-course.org/newsupdates/mu… #NCQG #DebtJustice

🫔Our wrap of activities and outcomes from Baku to Brazil👇

#COP29 reaffirmed the role of multilateral development banks in providing climate finance, while #G20 leaders moved ahead on financial reform but remained silent on debt.

🔗 re-course.org/newsupdates/mu… #NCQG #DebtJustice
Recourse | @re-course.org on Bluesky (@recourseteam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tomorrow S Korea is set to host the final pledging meeting for #IDA21, the latest round of contributions to the World Bank fund for lower-income countries To better understand how the fund is set up to address climate & energy crises, we dug into IDA's energy portfolio 2013-23🧵

Recourse | @re-course.org on Bluesky (@recourseteam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

To ensure that #IDAworks for the people who need it most, it needs to have: 🔹Comprehensive metrics for energy projects 🔹Full disclosure of energy sources 🔹Grant-based financing 🔹Support for localised & community-led renewables Read the blog linkedin.com/pulse/powering… #IDA21

Recourse | @re-course.org on Bluesky (@recourseteam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🌍🇪🇹 The World Bank must consult meaningfully with Ethiopian communities and civil society before deciding their future. Development without inclusion is not sustainable. Read more in this blog by Fran Witt & Dean Bhekumuzi Bhebhe linkedin.com/pulse/world-ba… #WorldBank #Ethiopia

Recourse | @re-course.org on Bluesky (@recourseteam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As 2024 draws to a close, we look back on a busy but inspiring year for the Recourse team, working to hold public finance accountable to people and the planet Huge thanks to our partners, funders, colleagues past and present, and our allies around the world ✊ #2024Wrapped👇📺

Don't Gas Africa (@dontgasafrica) 's Twitter Profile Photo

⚡️Side-Event Alert: What is at stake for Africa's energy transition? Join us this Friday as we highlight pathways to community-led solutions and policy recommendations that place PEOPLE and the PLANET at the center of the just energy transition. See the poster for more👇🏿

⚡️Side-Event Alert: What is at stake for Africa's energy transition? 

Join us this Friday as we highlight pathways to  community-led solutions and policy recommendations that place PEOPLE and the PLANET at the center of the just energy transition. 

See the poster for more👇🏿
Fran Witt (@franwitt5) 's Twitter Profile Photo

After a busy week at the World Bank & IMF with civil society here are our recourse takeaways on #climate, #energy,#debt & #accountability. Please share! bit.ly/4iBVxPp

Recourse | @re-course.org on Bluesky (@recourseteam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.Fran Witt reflects on "a week that felt far from ‘business as usual’" at the World Bank & IMF Spring Meetings. Covering issues around energy transition, accountability, debt and development, read her reflections here: linkedin.com/pulse/reframin… #WBGMeetings #IMFMeetings

Recourse | @re-course.org on Bluesky (@recourseteam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Despite the Asian Development Bank's commitment global climate goals, its technical assistance is still supporting #FossilGas—a highly polluting fossil fuel that is risky for economies, communities and the environment. 📽️Rajneesh Bhuee #ADBAnnualMeeting 📃Read the briefing bit.ly/ADB-TA25

Power Shift Africa (@powershftafrica) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Adaptation Conversations from Africa Saada Mohamed: ‘‘For developed countries, climate finance is self-reported and often substituted for development finance. This, coupled with a lack of a clear definition of climate finance leads to double-counting and overestimation of the

Adaptation Conversations from Africa

Saada Mohamed: ‘‘For developed countries, climate finance is self-reported and often substituted for development finance. This, coupled with a lack of a clear definition of climate finance leads to double-counting and overestimation of the
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#News Lens: Many Global South countries spend five times more on repaying debt than tackling climate change – governments meeting in Seville next month can stop this downward spiral, via Climate Home News climatechangenews.com/2025/05/07/wit…

Don't Gas Africa (@dontgasafrica) 's Twitter Profile Photo

what gas pipelines promised to Africa: ❌jobs ❌ development what they actually brought: ✔️displacement ✔️ environmental destruction ✔️ loss of livelihoods ✔️ conflict the reality speaks for itself. #DontGasAfrica

what gas pipelines promised to Africa:
❌jobs
❌ development

what they actually brought:
✔️displacement
✔️ environmental destruction
✔️ loss of livelihoods
✔️ conflict

the reality speaks for itself. #DontGasAfrica
Recourse | @re-course.org on Bluesky (@recourseteam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just Energy Transition Partnerships were touted as innovative instruments of progress. Yet behind the grand rhetoric lies a more complex and cautionary tale for public financiers. An important read by Fran Witt⬇️ linkedin.com/pulse/what-pub… #JETPs #JustEnergyTransition #LongRead

Just Energy Transition Partnerships were touted as innovative instruments of progress. Yet behind the grand rhetoric lies a more complex and cautionary tale for public financiers.

An important read by <a href="/FranWitt5/">Fran Witt</a>⬇️ 
linkedin.com/pulse/what-pub…

#JETPs #JustEnergyTransition #LongRead
Recourse | @re-course.org on Bluesky (@recourseteam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How to achieve a prosperous Africa? 📈🌍 #AfDBAM2025 Sustainable renewables offer the means to achieve energy security for African nations, transcending reliance on imported fossil fuels and volatile global gas and oil markets Listen up African Development Bank Group! #GasIsNotGreen

How to achieve a prosperous Africa? 📈🌍 #AfDBAM2025

Sustainable renewables offer the means to achieve energy security for African nations, transcending reliance on imported fossil fuels and volatile global gas and oil markets

Listen up <a href="/AfDB_Group/">African Development Bank Group</a>! #GasIsNotGreen
Recourse | @re-course.org on Bluesky (@recourseteam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Building a resilient Africa? 🌍 #AfDBAM2025 🎯 African Development Bank Group should prioritise public, grant-based or concessional financing for energy projects, rather than loans which add debt burdens to African countries. #DebtJustice #EnergyTransition

Building a resilient Africa? 🌍 #AfDBAM2025

🎯 <a href="/AfDB_Group/">African Development Bank Group</a> should prioritise public, grant-based or concessional financing for energy projects, rather than loans which add debt burdens to African countries.

#DebtJustice #EnergyTransition