Climate Debt: Nigerian Activists, Others Demand $5 Trillion From Rich Countries

Activists in Nigeria and the rest of the world are holding hundreds of climate actions today to call on governments in the Global North to pay up $5 trillion annually as a down payment towards their climate debt to the countries, people and communities of the Global South who are the least responsible for climate […]


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