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Fairtrade Fortnight: Over 525,000 steps taken
Thank you to all of you who supported Fairtrade Fortnight, which took place this year from 27 February to 11 March. Read on for the highlights of this year's Fairtrade Fortnight.
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Water target met - but poorest still thirsting for change
The Millennium Development Goal on water has been met, but progress is patchy and the target on sanitation is still far from being realised, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 319.Gender, 263.News, 178.Water
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Peru: Thousands march to protect water
Thousands of worried Peruvians have walked 870 kilometres to protest about how government and mining companies have neglected the quality of their water supplies.
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 263.News, 218.Peru, 260.Private Sector, 178.Water
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Open up the books: Keep up the pressure for robust transparency laws
Over 900 of you emailed UK government ministers, telling them why you think it’s important that businesses open up their books, before a crucial EU meeting on 20 February. What happened at the meeting? Why do we still need to keep up the pressure?
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 263.News, 260.Private Sector
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Take a Step for Fairtrade Fortnight in 2012
The Fairtrade Foundation and CAFOD are challenging people to take a step for Fairtrade Fortnight, 27 February to 11 March 2012. What can you do to make a difference to the lives of farmers in the developing world who grow the products you buy?
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 263.News, 174.Trade and Fairtrade
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Campaigns successes: A big thank you for everything in 2011
In a year of economic uncertainty and social change in the UK, CAFOD campaigners stood tall, calling for decision makers and those in power to fight injustice. Here are some of the highlights we enjoyed together.
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Durban climate talks end with insulting deal for world's poorest people
Climate change talks in Durban have ended in extra time with a compromise deal that has seen the greater and common good subsumed by ferocious politicking.
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 263.News
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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.
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 175.Climate change and environment, 263.News
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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.
Get the latest on the talks from CAFOD’s team on the ground>>
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 175.Climate change and environment, 263.News
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Cancun Agreements save the process but leave a lot to do in Durban
After some tense final hours of negotiation, the world has a new agenda on climate change in the form of the 'Cancun Agreements'. Whilst not perfect,it's a stepping stone towards a legally binding deal in next year’s talks in Durban.
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 175.Climate change and environment, 263.News
RELATED TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 175.Climate change and environment
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