The ‘Albania model’ and ‘return hubs’: what is really happening?
In March 2025, the European Commission proposed a new Return Regulation. Among other planned measures, the one of the so-called ‘return hubs’ - centres built in third countries, where to forcibly
Bonn is heading for a confusing combination of good, bad and ugly outcomes
Even worse, under the Baku to Belém Roadmap to £1.3 trillion, rich countries are opportunistically pushing their private finance instruments to supposedly ‘fill the gap’ in funding. But rather than
FFD4 document adopted with consensus, but rich countries heartlessly water down debt commitments
Lives depend on what is in this outcome document and ActionAid is concerned that Global North countries have continued to dodge their responsibilities and have refused to fully commit to debt
“Private Finance is a Trojan horse,” designed to scale up extraction in the Global South
Teresa Anderson, Global Lead on Climate Justice at ActionAid, said, “A consistent message we hear from rich countries at climate talks is that their pockets are empty, there’s no public finance, and
Multilateralism in a Contested World: Power, Justice and the EU’s Interest
As the Global South gains power and asserts its demands for justice and equity, the EU’s self-congratulatory multilateralism is increasingly out of step with reality. Clinging to a model that protects
Thousands of activists take to the streets demanding urgent debt cancellation ahead of global summit
Arthur Larok, the Secretary General of ActionAid, who participated in the march, said, "As we marched, we made it clear that the time for empty rhetoric is over; the world needs action on ending the
Who pays the price? The cost of HSBC’s climate damages
Year on year, the climate crisis continues to worsen, with disproportionately negative
impacts on countries in the Global South that have contributed the least to global
emissions. Within these
The global development summit is falling for empty and unproven solutions, says ActionAid
Reacting to the official opening of the Financing for Development Conference, ActionAid has slammed the summit for falling for empty and unproven solutions anchored to the private sector. This is
"Climate talks are facing uncertain times"
"Rich countries’ continued refusal to put real climate finance on the table means that climate talks are facing uncertain times.
The killing of protesters in Kenya is a “betrayal of democratic principles”
ActionAid is deeply concerned about the heavy-handed response to yesterday’s protests in Kenya. Protesters have been again killed at a moment when the country was commemorating the devastating loss of
