Lidy Nacpil

Lidy Nacpil is a Filipino human rights, environmental, gender and social justice activist. She is the coordinator of the Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development, also known as Jubilee South, an international advocacy organization focused on climate justice.[1][2]

Activism

Nacpil began her activism when she was a student. Her first husband Lean Alejandro was killed in 1987 during the martial rule of President Ferdinand Marcos.[3] In the Peace Network developed by the Leandro L. Alejandro Foundation after his death, Nacpil had a major role in its work after Fidel V. Ramos became president.[3]

After the killing of her husband, Nacpil intensified her human, economic and social justice activism.[4] In 1999, as part of the Jubilee 2000 coalition and on behalf of the Freedom from Debt Coalition, she advocated for debt relief from the World Bank and IMF for the most impoverished countries in the world.[5] In 2001, she traveled on behalf of Jubilee South to conduct teach-ins in New York and Washington, and to Canada to promote activist events at G20, World Bank, and IMF meetings.[6] In 2009, while a Jubilee South coordinator, she spoke with Naomi Klein about the climate debt proposal, for countries creating the climate crisis to pay for the impacts on other countries, telling Klein it is "something that is owed to us, because we are dealing with a crisis not of our making" and "Climate debt is not a matter of charity."[7]

She has held executive positions in national, regional and global rights groups.[8] She is the coordinator of the Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development,[9][10][11] which organizes dozens of member organizations and is based in Manila.[12] Her COP27 briefing in November 2022 with Thuli Makama from the Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development focused on the benefits of ending fossil fuel subsidies and increasing taxes on oil and gas production.[13]

She is also co-coordinator of the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice, and vice president of the Freedom from Debt Coalition and co-coordinator of the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice.[14][15] She has also served as a board observer for the Green Climate Fund.[16]

References
  1. "Jubilee South Asia Pacific Movement, Inc". Rockefeller Brothers Fund. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  2. McKibben, Bill, ed. (2012). The Global Warming Reader: A Century of Writing About Climate Change. Penguin Publishing Group. p. 163. ISBN 9781101577219.
  3. Hijma, Bouwe (2002). "Guide to the International Archives and Collections at the Iish: Supplement Over 2001". International Review of Social History. 47 (2): 361. ISSN 0020-8590. ProQuest 203572255
  4. "23 Women Who Inspire Us (plus many more)". 350. 2015-03-08. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  5. Zwerdling, Daniel (September 25, 1999). "INTERVIEW: JEFFREY SACHS AND LIDY NACPIL, BOTH OF JUBILEE 2000, ADVOCATE WRITING OFF ALL THE DEBTS OF THE POOREST OF THE POOR COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD". All Things Considered. NPR. ProQuest 189985719
  6. Friesen, Elizabeth (2012). Challenging Global Finance: Civil Society and Transnational Networks. Palgrave MacMillan. p. 73. ISBN 9780230368309. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  7. Klein, Naomi (November 12, 2009). "Climate Rage". Rolling Stone – via Academic Search Complete.
  8. "Ms. Lidy Nacpil | Department of Economic and Social Affairs". sdgs.un.org. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  9. Reyes, Ronald O. (13 March 2023). "Filipino women pedal for rights, climate justice". SunStar. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  10. Abnett, Kate; Jessop, Simon (4 November 2021). "U.S., Canada among 20 countries to commit to stop financing fossil fuels abroad". Reuters. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  11. Philippines, Jimmy Domingo (2022-09-09). "Asian activists call for increase of climate finance". Catholic News in Asia | LiCAS.news | Licas News. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  12. Goodman, Peter S. (1 November 2020). "How the Wealthy World Has Failed Poor Countries During the Pandemic". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  13. Dooley, Kate (April 2023). "A Fair COP: Climate and Consensus on the World Stage". AQ: Australian Quarterly. 94 (2): 28–35. ProQuest 2791686076
  14. "Lidy Nacpil – GCFWatch". Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  15. "Author Details". New Internationalist. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  16. Tabuchi, Hiroko (16 November 2017). "U.N. Climate Projects, Aimed at the Poorest, Raise Red Flags". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
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