Donate to CAFOD’s work July 2010 marks 25 years of Live Aid, when 80,000 people gathered in London for a pop concert, organised by Bob Geldof and his friends. Live Aid wanted to bring to the world’s attention the plight of Ethiopians as they faced a devastating famine. But for me, as an eight-year-old girl living in Addis Ababa, [...]
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June 30, 2010
G20: An expensive weekend get together for world leaders?
Some might say the big event of the G20 was David Cameron hitching a ride in Obama’s helicopter. Perhaps not surprising then, that the G20 summit has been widely criticised as achieving little of substance – nothing much will change as a result of its proclamations on banking reform, climate change or even economic recovery [...]
June 21, 2010
Robin Hood Tax: Momentum building towards budget and G20
EU Heads of State got us a step closer to Robin Hood taxes and to fairer finance last week. At their Council meeting in Brussels on Thursday, European Leaders agreed that “Member States should introduce systems of levies and taxes on financial institutions to ensure fair burden-sharing and to set incentives to contain systemic risk”. This [...]
June 10, 2010
Climate Justice: Six months is a long time in international politics
Last December the world (194 countries to be precise) and its media descended on Copenhagen for what was billed as the deal-making opportunity of a generation. But despite the frenzy and an astonishingly high-powered guestlist, the talks ended in qualified failure. Qualified, because it could have been worse – the Copenhagen Accord could have been [...]
May 26, 2010
Darfur: Bringing solar power to the people
Donate to our ongoing emergency work>> Take action with CAFOD>> Communities in Darfur are finding sustainable solutions to water shortages in camps for people who have been forced to flee from their homes. The rainy season in South Darfur typically lasts five or six months of the year. For the remainder, the land is dry, arid [...]
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