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Don’t drop the ball: Over 10,000 cards go to Osborne!

On a seasonally cold Monday morning on 28 November, CAFOD Director, Chris Bain alongside CAFOD supporters and staff came together outside 11 Downing Street to present Don’t Drop the Ball action cards to George Osborne.

Climate finance: You asked, the EU listened

In the run up to the international climate change talks in Cancun last year, you took action to demand more information for the world’s poorest. You called on UK Chancellor George Osborne to push the EU to open up about the money pledged to help poor countries cope with climate change. Thanks to your efforts, the EU opened up with a new annual report, the ‘Fast Start Finance Report’. During the Cancun talks, they published the first of these reports, which gave extra details about the €2.2 billion the EU mobilised to combat climate change throughout 2010.

CAFOD calls on mining giant AngloGold Ashanti to share its contract with local community

CAFOD welcomes the news that the review of mining company AngloGold Ashanti’s contract in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been concluded, but calls for this contract to be shared with the local community. Press release in English or French

Emergencies updates

We respond to emergencies all over the world, reacting immediately by working through local organisations before, during and after the initial disaster

Voting for the common good

CAFOD director Chris Bain explains why, wherever we put our cross on the ballot paper this election, we must look for a vision of a future based on the common good.