by Sean Reilly | Jun 19, 2008
In the run up to the G8 summit in Japan, presidents of nine Catholic Bishops’ Conferences have called on G8 nations to honour their commitments to reduce global poverty and tackle climate change. In a letter to the G8 leaders, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor and...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 18, 2008
Targeted aid is getting good results in Africa, but the G8 are falling further behind on meeting their commitments, a new report from the organisation set up by U2 frontman Bono, has said. Drawing the ire of Bob Geldoff, who branded the G8 “a contemptuous...
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 | Dec 2, 2007
You can buy Christian Aid gifts and support present aid online by clicking here UK-based international development agency Christian Aid will push for a follow-on agreement to the Kyoto Protocol to include large-scale financial support for developing nations from the...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 25, 2007
Rich countries have utterly reneged on their promise to pay £200 million (US$410m) a year to help poor countries cope with climate change, international development agency Christian Aid claims. Had the promise been kept, wealthier countries would have now contributed...
