Developed countries of the Global North owe an ecological debt to the countries of the Global South. In addition to being responsible for the highest historical emissions of greenhouse gases, their exploitation and colonization of most of the Global South still continues today through their multinational corporations with the systematic plundering of natural resources.

100 multinationals are responsible for 71% of global industrial emissions. A large part of these emissions are a consequence of the exploitation of the South, fueling a system of unsustainable consumption and waste in privileged classes of rich countries at the cost of the growing destruction and sacrifice of populations in countries of the Global South.

Switzerland must acknowledge its historic and current role in this destruction and be courageous in order to take the action needed to steer us away for permanent crisis and towards a just social-ecological transformation.
Debt for Climate Switzerland is a grassroots movement led by the Global South, where everyone can join to demand a just transition from our government and economy NOW!

News

• 27.02.2023 70 years after Germany's debt relief - activists demand debt relief for countries of the Global South

• 06.03.2023 Webinar: Climate debt, what link between the debt of the South, the climate and the extinction of life?

• 16.01.2023 Activists block private jet airport used by WEF attendees to demand that "the rich pay their climate debt"

• 10.11.2022 Ken Saro-Wiwa Memorial 2022

• 15.10.2022 Cancel the Debt - Day of Action in Geneva

• 10.10.2022 Activists block the only oil refinery in Switzerland and demand permanent solutions to the climate and energy crises

• Launch of Debt for Climate Switzerland

• 26-28.6.2022 Launch of Debt for Climate at the G7 summit