Campaign blog entries tagged with 'EU'

More big meetings, more disappointing climate mumblings – Apr 7

Whoever it was that said '24 hours is a long time in politics' certainly wasn't kidding. While I'm still feeling worn out by the political frenzy that surrounded last... more

Tags: climate change EU european union obama prague .

Cash needed to avert climate disasters – Feb 2

Last year the EU, one of the worst polluters, acknowledged that rich nations would have to cut emissions first and fastest and help poorer nations to adapt to the... more

Tags: adaptation fund carbon emmissions climate change Copenhagen EU global warming UN .

New biofuels legislation falls well short of the mark – Jan 6

Less than a week into the year and we were hoping to start 2009 with some good news. Rich countries announcing a complete write-off of poor country debt. That'd... more

Tags: biofuels climate change EU european union .

Act now to save lives in D.R.Congo – Nov 26

Campaigners from Oxfam, Amnesty and "Save the Congo" joined together to highlight the dire situation of over 5.4 million people who are caught in the crossfire of renewed fighting.... more

Tags: Act now conflict D.R.Congo demonstration DRC EU Gordon Brown .

How many emails does it take to change a biofuels policy? – Oct 2

... About 35,000. Or at least that's how many it took to help trigger the other week's biofuels vote victory. But before we go into that, some history. Earlier... more

Tags: bio fuel biofuel climate change EU MEP .

Food, not fuel – May 21

A big thanks to those of you that took our bio-fuels action last month. Together with our other CAFOD, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and RSPB we sent over 10,000... more

Tags: bio fuel climate change economic justice EU food trade UK Government .