The West has an enormous ecological debt towards the Global South. Pope Francis, in his message for Peace 2025, implores the wealthiest countries on the planet to forgive the debts of the poorer ones. It is a matter linked to justice and the great climate issue. The appeal comes on the eve of the Jubilee: “I do not tire of repeating that foreign debt has become an instrument of control, through which some governments and private financial institutions of the richer countries unscrupulously exploit the human and natural resources of the poorer countries, just to meet the needs of their own…