At COP30, the ODG co-organises as part of the Debt & Climate Working Group one of the multiple side-events taking place at the conference. We invite you to participate in the seminary "The Moral Imperative of Climate Finance: Addressing Ecological Debt in a Jubilee Year", where we will reflect on the link between debt and the climate emergency. Tuesday 11 Nov 2025 11:30-13:00 Room: Side Event Room 5 Belém do Pará (Brasil) Organised by: Caritas Internationalis, CAFOD, CRS, Debt & Climate Working Group, Living Laudato Si Philippines With the support of 

The Observatory of Debt in Globalization turns 25 years old! On June 7th, we invite you to join us at our celebration party, at Nau Bòstik. We would like to share this special occasion with the people who have made the past 25 years of research and activism for the ODG possible, and also with those of you who will support us in the future. You are all invited! See you at Nau Bòstik, on June 7th, with a full programme. We will start with breakfast and a welcoming speech by Gemma Tarafa and Jesús Carrión, two senior members of the ODG. The first activity will be the panel "Past, present and future of the struggles against debts", featuring Iolanda Fresnillo (one of the ODG's founders), Virginia Soler (young climate activist), Brid Brennan (Transnational Institute) and with the participation online of Lidy Nacpil (coordinator of the Asian Peoples Movement on Debt and Development). We will have Oye Sherman as an MC for our "Historical Vermouth", where we will reminisce on these 25 years with some sense of humour. Later, the activities include lunch: we will have some popular paella cooked by our colleagues from La PAH, who are also celebrating their birthday! Lastly, we will have a musical bingo, a concert by La Cantina, and La Niña Mai DJ will end the event.

On July 5, we have scheduled a webinar about raw rare earths: "Rare Earths: geological, radiological and socio-ecological challenges". We will share the expertise on REEs mining process and risks (Steven Emerman), REEs radiolodical risks (Bruno Chareyron) and on the ground REEs processing contamination and resistance in Malaysia (Lee Tan). The webinar will be 60-80min at 15.00 CET, 14.00 EAT (Madgascar), 23.00 AEST (Sydney), 9.00 EDT (DC). It will be conducted in English, with simultaneous interpretation into French and Spanish.  Organised by EJAtlas/IBEI, the ODG, The Institute for Policy Studies, CRAAD-OI, and CSIC. Sign up