JeanLetitia Saldanha

Activist feminist mum with an opinion. You're welcome to share my views!

[Eurodad @eurodad]

The Investment Hub announced yesterday by @vonderleyen is a blow for those who are calling for the #GlobalGateway to no longer be Brussels-driven and instead include Global South countries in its projects's priority-setting processes from the start.

More ⤵️ @devex @jessechasing

[Eurodad @eurodad]

"As we heard from @UdoBullmann there is a legal requirement that 93% of the #GlobalGateway spending should benefit partners countries. (..) Let’s start talking about the common good rather than transactionalism."

— @jeantheoptimist, Eurodad

[Eurodad @eurodad]

Tomorrow w/@ActionAidEU, CONCORD & @Counter_Balance we will host the event "The EU's #GlobalGateway: a civil society perspective". Voices from affected communities will challenge the EU’s flagship strategy on energy, climate & inequality.

Press release: https://t.co/pMby153zZf

[Eurodad @eurodad]

🌍 Next week we'll discuss the real implications of the #GlobalGateway strategy and the impacts of #energy, mining, #climate and infrastructure projects on the ground.

Register here: https://t.co/hGsv3WqBX2

CC: @Counter_Balance, @ActionAidEU, CONCORD Europe, @shada_islam

[Project Syndicate @ProSyn]

Indian billionaires @gautam_adani and Mukesh Ambani have long profited from their close ties to @narendramodi, making them valuable bargaining chips in the ongoing trade talks between the US and India, writes @UMassAmherst’s @Jayati1609. https://t.co/8ArWJr97vY

[Bretton Woods Proj | bsky @brettonwoodsproject.org @brettonwoodspr]

#News Lens: New research by @FTM_eu shows that in 2025 a record number of fossil fuel and mining companies have filed claims against governments at @WorldBank’s investment dispute tribunal @icsid over lost profits caused by climate policies

#ClimateChaos

https://t.co/f0QPGNwUdg

[Eurodad @eurodad]

#FfD4 is far from the milestone for global economic governance reform it could have been.

For #CivilSociety, it's clear that the job is not done. We need real reform, not a watered-down consensus.
Read more 👉https://t.co/FRM2LG1kDq

[Eurodad @eurodad]

We welcome today’s #EPhearing of @JozefSikela Commissioner-designate for @EU_Partnerships & the clear calls from the EP to increase policy coherence, transparency, and concerns about the #GlobalGateway alignment with sustainable development and #HumanRights.

More below 🧵⤵️

[Eurodad @eurodad]

Our reaction to this week's #IMFMeetings #WBGMeetings: Piecemeal 'solutions' to shore up countries hit by crises will not help in the long run.
Read our press release here: https://t.co/vbfwNY5Cpz ##SMCSO24

[JeanLetitia Saldanha @jeantheoptimist]

Can #GreenTaxation contribute to a #JustTransition? Yes it can! Our new @eurodad paper demonstrates how.

[Eurodad @eurodad]

Q: How can we #MakePollutersPay?
A: By taxing excessive ecological footprints! 👣

Read our 🆕paper outlining how operationalising the 'polluter pays' principle via progressive #GreenTaxation can be a catalyst for just & environmentally-sound economies. https://t.co/cqRCEdtYpq

[Eurodad @eurodad]

Registrations are open for our next webinar! On 19/03, we'll discuss w/ @CelineCLTan, @ifresnillo, @farwasial (& more speakers) limitations and risks of sovereign #ESG bonds in closing the #climate and #SDG financing gap.

Join us ✍️➡️ https://t.co/V3EUohieO5

[JeanLetitia Saldanha @jeantheoptimist]

Breton wants to turn the EU into a war economy. VDL wants the EIB to invest in an EU weapon industry. Michel wants to issue war bonds. EU politicians boldly calling for € diversion from development to weapons. EU: Nobel prize winner turns war monger? #Climatejusticenotwar

[JeanLetitia Saldanha @jeantheoptimist]

The EU's #CBAM is a textbook case for what the world should not be doing to bring about a #JustTransition. Markus Trilling from @eurodad explains why in @euobs

[EUobserver @euobs]

[Opinion] The EU has the capital and subsidies for industry to invest in the transition. Poorer countries do not, writes @eurodad #CBAM https://t.co/AhZWGGHA9V

[Counter Balance @Counter_Balance]

📬In your inbox, @NadiaCalvino: 14 CSOs call for urgent action at @EIB.

As 🇪🇺 Finance Ministers are meeting to discuss @EIB’s future, we urge the bank with a non-profit mandate to ditch fossil fuel companies, and instead focus on social impact and public goods.

Full letter here: https://t.co/Fs7BUijQlL

[Eurodad @eurodad]

What is #BlendedFinance and what role does – and should – it have in #climate action❓

Join us on 28/02 to learn about the key findings of the 🆕 report we published w/ @actionaid.

Register to the webinar: https://t.co/BynaIry3GZ

[Eurodad @eurodad]

While sovereign #ESG bonds in the global south are expanding, most of us know very little about them.

Today we have published a briefing which answers 🔟 questions around ESG bonds for those concerned about #Debt and #ClimateJustice: https://t.co/RVlTHDp0v5 #COP28

[Daniel Munevar @danielmunevar]

Groundhog day, solving debt problems edition. UNGA resolution from 1991 calls for use of "innovative measures such as... debt swaps for the protection of nature". When does the statue of limitations applies to the term innovative? 🤣

[JeanLetitia Saldanha @jeantheoptimist]

We expect a resounding call for a #CeasefireNOW from Paris today. And action from @EIB to ensure that its investment are not fuelling conflict and injustice.

[Eurodad @eurodad]

1️⃣ World leaders meet today in Paris for a humanitarian summit. @ccfd_tsolidaire has released the following statement calling for a #CeasefireNOW (in French) https://t.co/J8vRzOQdLo

[Eurodad @eurodad]

1️⃣ World leaders meet today in Paris for a humanitarian summit. @ccfd_tsolidaire has released the following statement calling for a #CeasefireNOW (in French) https://t.co/J8vRzOQdLo

[Eurodad @eurodad]

The #GlobalGatewayForum also marked a fundamental change to the space for civil society to interact with the European institutions on their development agenda. In the past, events like the annual European Development Days (EDDs) allowed for a more broad and open dialogue.