by Sean Reilly | Dec 5, 2007
The fight against climate change has been marked by broken promises and missed opportunities, say three European bishops in a letter to political leaders to mark the opening of UN-led talks on the Indonesian island of Bali this week. “Every person on earth, both...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 23, 2007
A coalition of African and US Methodist church leaders have met to ask how African people and nations are being affected by Chinese long- and short-term investments in the region, often in exchange for mineral and mining rights. The discussion took place earlier this...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 16, 2007
A severe reminder “of the wealth that was built and sustained on the continued extraction and plunder of Africa’s resources as well as on the exploitation of Africa’s people” has been addressed to Christians in the global North by the...
by Sean Reilly | Oct 31, 2007
Archbishop Celestino Maggiore, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations, has said that global sustainability should be a priority for the nations of the world. He was speaking on Monday 29 October 2007 in New York, USA, before the second committee...
by Sean Reilly | Oct 29, 2007
A Vedanta Resources-owned copper mining company is selling Zambia short while generating huge profits from the country’s finite natural resource, according to evidence in a report published today. It calls on Vedanta and its major UK investors to rectify the situation...
