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Durban COP17: Crunch time for climate talks?

The upcoming United Nations climate change conference in Durban, South Africa will be dominated by a question hanging over the future of the Kyoto Protocol (KP) which expires at the end of next year.

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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.

Faith in Africa

Across Africa religious leaders are working to bring justice, peace and reconciliation.

CAFOD earns ‘rapid response’ status for humanitarian emergencies

The Department for International Development (DfID) has appointed CAFOD as one of the first UK aid agencies to pre-qualify to receive government funds when an international crisis strikes.

Chris Bain elected president of CIDSE

CAFOD’s director, Chris Bain has recently been elected president of CIDSE, an international alliance of Catholic development agencies.