What if debt was written off to protect climate and nature?

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From India Bourke / BBC: Debt-for-nature or debt-for-climate swaps are financial tools that allow indebted countries to refinance their debt and use the money saved to restore ecosystems and build environmental resilience. Ecuador, with the help of Credit-Suisse and the US development bank, refinanced it’s debt in 2023 in exchange for putting at least $12 million a year into conservation efforts in the Galapagos.

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