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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.
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 175.Climate change and environment, 263.News
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Amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill to safeguard justice for victims of corporate human rights abuses in developing countries were narrowly defeated in the House of Lords yesterday. Crossbench peers had argued that an exemption was needed to make sure than poor communities harmed by UK-based companies could still afford to bring cases to court.
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TAGS: 302.Human Rights, 282.media, 263.News, 328.Press release
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Delia leads the call to Give it Up after UK Aid match funding award
CAFOD ambassador Delia Smith has called on the Catholic community to make a special effort to raise money for the Church’s official aid agency, after the Government agreed to match all donations made during Lent.
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Songs of Praise comes to CAFOD
In June, the BBC religious broadcasting flagship, Songs of Praise came to CAFOD. For a special programme on the weather and environment the show’s host Aled Jones interviewed CAFOD’s climate specialist Dr Mike Edwards.
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Greenbelt: Hands up for climate justice
Indie-rock heavyweights Athlete, award-winning Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, and Israeli peace-activist Jeff Halper, joined hundreds of others at the Greenbelt Festival this August bank holiday weekend in putting their hands up for climate justice
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Homeland star hails CAFOD's work with celebs
David Harewood MBE, currently starring in Emmy-award winning series Homeland, has praised the way we work with high-profile figures to bring attention to our work.
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CAFOD warns government: Do not end legal protection for victims of UK multinationals
New laws will make it impossible for people in poor countries to seek justice in British courts for human rights breaches by UK multinationals.
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First LiveSimply parish gets award
Reading parish celebrates living more simply
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TAGS: 17.Campaigning, 267.Campaigning news, 26.Climate Justice, 300.Creation, 304.Faith in Action, 27.LiveSimply award, 263.News, 121.Portsmouth, 266.UK News
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Everything you need to run an enrichment day on Livesimply with your KS3 students.
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TAGS: 87.Activity, 301.Enrichment day, 53.KS3, 27.LiveSimply award, 256.Reflection, 30.Secondary, 102.Teacher's notes, 78.Workshop
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“Helping women gives me strength”
Founding Avega East, a Rwandan women’s association, helped Odette Kayirere find new meaning to life after the murder of her husband in the 1994 genocide.
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TAGS: 319.Gender, 264.International news, 263.News, 220.Rwanda
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