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Welcome! This area of the Campaigns zone contains all the latest on Tearfund's campaigning and lobbying activities. It is also full of news from the government and others about your actions on behalf of the world's poorest communities. For wider Tearfund news, please visit our news zone.
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During Lent 2009 Holy Trinity Church Barnstaple took part in the Tearfund Carbon Fast. Here’s an update from their curate, Andy Dodwell, on where they are now.
'Prior to Lent 2009 we had an all-age service on how we as Christians could practically l... |
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A campaigner tells of her experience meeting the Prime Minister on the day of The Wave.
Sometimes the Lord asks extra ordinary things from us - like a colt to ride on or a room to borrow. Are we ready to respond?
As I headed for the spot where Tea... |
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Tearfund welcomes the recent announcement that Nestle Kit Kat is going Fairtrade. This move is a breakthrough for cocoa farmers in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), as well as for Kit Kat lovers in the UK and Ireland.
Through the SuperBadger campai... |
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Ahead of the meeting of the EU Heads of State on 29 and 30 October, Tearfund has called on Europe’s leaders to stop clowning around when it comes to tackling climate change. World leaders must ensure that a strong, binding and fair deal is agr... |
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20 October 2009
The Major Economies Forum (MEF) met in London from 18-19 October to continue discussions towards a global deal on climate change.
The MEF consists of 17 developed and developing countries that together represent around 80% of globa... |
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8 October 2009
Tearfund welcomes the announcement by EON, the energy company seeking to build a new coal-fired power station in Kingsnorth, Kent, to put its plans on hold for three years.
This is great news for the climate as coal is one of the mo... |
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Finally some good news has emerged from slow climate negotiations in Bangkok: a developed country is actually putting forward a serious 2020 target in the right scientific ranges.
Norway’s bold decision to move from a 30 per cent emissions reduct... |
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22 September 2009
Attended by more than 100 heads of state and government, the recent United Nations Summit on Climate Change aimed to mobilise the political will and vision needed to reach an ambitious and science-based deal in readiness for UN cli... |
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Last year more than 6,000 Tearfund supporters signed postcards, letters and SuperBadger actions calling for the UK government to say no to new unabated coal-fired power stations.
Coal-fired power stations are the dirtiest form of energy production.... |
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10 July 2009
The G8 Summit in L’Aquila, Italy finished today as leaders failed to deliver for poor communities.
On climate change, Tearfund hoped that rich G8 countries would seize the opportunity to build momentum towards sealing a strong and fai... |
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26 June 09
Today, the government's climate change department DECC announced their 'Road to Copenhagen' manifesto. In it they outline the kind of deal they will be pushing for in the climate talks over the rest of this year, culminating in 'COP15' in... |
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25 June 2009
This week members of the Scottish Parliament passed a groundbreaking Bill on climate change.
The Scottish Climate Change Bill includes a target to reduce emissions by 42 per cent on 1990 levels by 2020.
This is in line with the late... |
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Climate change campaigners from Tearfund, Oxfam and CAFOD have delivered a message to the Treasury calling on Chancellor Alistair Darling to ‘be a treasure and fund adaptation’.
The UK Treasury has so far been slow to respond to the issue of climat... |
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We don’t know exactly when the next general election will be. But it has to happen within the next 12 months, and it’s likely to be dominated by discussions about the economic crisis.
Whenever the election is called, Tearfund, along with many other... |
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10 June 2009
Tearfund is campaigning for a strong and fair climate change deal that includes a commitment by developed countries to reduce their emissions by at least 40 per cent by 2020.
An announcement today from Japan setting out its emissions r... |
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The successful Hope for Planet Earth tour will be making its final stop at the Pentecost Festival in London in May. These ‘finale’ shows will feature special guest Sir John Houghton.
Dates: 29 and 30 May 2009
Venue: Odeon, Leicester Square (in Lo... |
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24 April 2009Yesterday the UK government took a step forward in the fight against climate change.
In a departure from previous policy, Ed Miliband, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, unveiled proposals that would mean no new coal-fired power s... |
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22 April 2009
In the Budget today the UK government failed to deliver what is needed to keep up with the latest climate science and lead the way internationally to tackle climate change.
Today, as part of the budget announcement, the government de... |
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Sometimes it can feel lonely speaking out against injustice, but when you do, you are part of a movement of Christians around the world doing the very same.
In Australia, Christians are raising their voice with the global church to make su... |
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The High Level Meeting on Food Security For All in Madrid 26-27 January 2009 was convened by the Government of Spain and the UN, and it gathered 62 Ministers from more than 126 countries, donor agencies, UN agencies, civil society, the private sector... |
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