Category - g8

Major Economies Forum adopting a strategy of 'deferral and delay'

staff writers — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:51:42 +0100

Tearfund said that like the G8, the seventeen nations that form the Major Economies Forum (MEF) have been “adopting a strategy of deferral and delay”.

Time-wasting by world leaders ‘risking millions of lives’

staff writers — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:45:11 +0100

There was a negative response yesterday to the declaration from the Major Economies Forum which met on the sidelines of the G8 summit to discuss progress towards a global climate change deal scheduled to be completed by the end of the year.

'Time to show your climate credibility' G8 told

agency reporter — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:34:31 +0100

G8 leaders must demonstrate much greater political courage on climate change or they will condemn yesterday's Major Economies Forum declaration to being little more than hot air, Christian Aid has warned.

G8 displaying 'staggering disregard' for urgent action on climate finance

agency reporter — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:30:58 +0100

G8 leaders are in danger of squandering opportunities and plunging poor people into deeper climate chaos and poverty, the aid and development agency Tearfund has said.

G8 leaders doing an ‘Italian Job’ on developing world

agency reporter — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:05:11 +0100

As world leaders begin meeting in Italy, the aid agency World Vision has accused them of failing to honour aid pledges to the world’s poorest countries.

Call to kill off G8 dinosaur

agency reporter — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:53:15 +0100

The G8 group of the world’s richest nations is a dinosaur which should be put out of its misery, the British anti-poverty War on Want said yesterday.

Rich countries have 'snubbed poor' at UN summit

staff writers — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:09:18 +0100

Millions in developing and developed countries face growing hardship after Britain along with European countries and the US blocked a radical UN response to the global financial crisis.

G8 inaction contributing to a billion going hungry, says NGO

agency reporter — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:53:17 +0100

G8 inaction is contributing to hunger spiraling out of control with more than one billion people – a sixth of the world’s population – going hungry every day, ActionAid said today.

WCC says world needs a new international financial architecture

agency reporter — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:43:00 +0000

As many "responsible for the current financial meltdown" meet "behind closed doors in Washington" to discuss the future of the global economy, the World Council of Churches has challenged the legitimacy of the "G20" group.

Eco-banner at No 10 will highlight the need for urgent climate action

staff writers — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:54:23 +0100

What may be, size-wise, the largest petition ever handed in to any British Prime Minister will be presented at Number 10 Downing Street by Christian environmental campaigners tomorrow.