Catherine Pettengell
@cat_pettengell
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Working with others to achieve a sustainable, just, and resilient future for all. Executive Director @CAN_UK_
England, United Kingdom
Joined February 2016
For more information read our press release here: https://t.co/o3A2c152xZ And coverage in the Guardian here: https://t.co/F7GaWSSRhZ 4/4
theguardian.com
Simon Stiell says investors ‘ready to hit the go button’ if they have the right signals from governments
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The government faces a challenging public finance environment for this Comprehensive Spending Review, but there are fair ways that billions in new public finance could be generated for climate action at home and overseas - that would deliver substantial benefits to the UK. 3/4
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The letter highlights the injustice of communities and countries that are the least responsible for the climate emergency paying the cost with their lives, livelihoods, health, homes, lands, ecosystems, infrastructure, and futures - and calling on the UK to do more. 2/4
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Today, 82 UK civil society organisations published an open letter calling on the Prime Minister to increase UK climate finance and fund it by fairly taxing the largest polluters and wealthiest in our society. You can read the full letter here: https://t.co/VvWKnaXaLI 1/4
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These cuts must be reversed and spending returned to the legal level as soon as fiscal circumstances allow, to restore the UK’s credibility as a reliable and compassionate global partner. https://t.co/cFgQ5YAGTN 🧵4/4
"Global peace and stability cannot be achieved without adequate action and investment to address poverty and inequality, nature and biodiversity loss, and climate change. This is the only true route to a safe and prosperous future for us all...
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@ONEintheUK has asked government to justify the legality of the cuts https://t.co/imdmSPwKpF 🧵3/4
BREAKING: The ONE campaign is formally asking the UK government to justify the legality of its decision to cut international development aid. https://t.co/Z19WJIv1aw
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We urge the government not to turn its back on the most marginalised people around the world, and to live up to our responsibilities as the sixth richest nation on earth. https://t.co/kOEluOf9A6 🧵2/3
bond.org.uk
138* leaders of NGOs from across the UK, including Save the Children UK, Oxfam GB, World Vision UK, ONE, Christian Aid, Action Aid UK, Islamic Relief,
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The global standard for overseas aid is 0.7% GNI The UK law on overseas aid is 0.7% GNI Returning UK aid to 0.7% GNI as soon as fiscal circumstances allow was a manifesto commitment of this government https://t.co/OgvSjjkxX5 🧵1/4
theguardian.com
Jenny Chapman says the government is not treating reduction in spending on overseas aid to 0.3% as temporary
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“It is hard to see the cuts as anything but a retreat from the U.K.’s international responsibilities and an unacceptable balancing of the books on the backs of the world’s most marginalised people,” @cat_pettengell in Politico https://t.co/yKXOVHqIX3…
#StopTheCuts #CutsThatKill
politico.eu
The Labour government has promised to lead the world on climate change, but its renewed focus on defense has thrown those plans into uncertainty.
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"... at home & overseas via polluter pays measures that do not unfairly cost UK households, and the government must urgently implement measures to tax high polluting companies & wealthy individuals, to stop the great costs and burdens falling on the poorest & most marginalised.”
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"Today’s announcement undermines the UK’s credibility as a reliable partner on the world stage and increases the risks and costs the UK faces from climate change. CAN-UK and our members have demonstrated how billions can be raised in the UK every year to fund climate action...
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"Global peace and stability cannot be achieved without adequate action and investment to address poverty and inequality, nature and biodiversity loss, and climate change. This is the only true route to a safe and prosperous future for us all...
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"Today’s statement recognises the accelerating impacts of climate change, while in the same breath slashes the only source of finance currently provided by the UK for the much needed action to address climate change...
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Today, the Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer has announced that UK ODA will be cut further to 0.3% of GNI in 2027. Executive Director @cat_pettengell said: “This further cut to ODA is short-sighted and a betrayal of the most marginalised around the world... https://t.co/AjCVp6FGPi
gov.uk
The Prime Minister has today (Tuesday 25 February) set out his commitment to increase spending on defence to 2.5% of GDP from April 2027.
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We're here at #COP29 to talk about a new global climate finance goal, and our key message is that it's about public finance, actually... #PublicFinanceActually
#HugeGrants
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However the biggest finance barrier remains the lack of grants-based public finance for climate action in the Global South. All attention must now turn to achieving a step change on public finance provision in the final days of COP29.”
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We’ve seen very little progress on this at COP29, so this UK-led initiative could be a helpful catalyst for greater action, especially if it is able to address the barriers to finance countries face for clean power...
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Responding to launch of the Global Clean Power Alliance by @Keir_Starmer at #G20 @cat_pettengell said: "Political leadership is urgent to make real last year’s COP28 agreements to globally transition away from fossil fuels, and triple renewables and double efficiency by 2030...
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#COP29 is not on track to deliver an ambitious global climate finance goal #ncqg Ministers including @Ed_Miliband step in today. CAN-UK's Executive Director @cat_pettengell outlines why the UK needs to step up with a new vision for climate finance https://t.co/cWPzrRYtd3
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