Category - g8

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.

G8 action 'not enough', says church development agency

agency reporter — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:38:13 +0100

UK-based international development agency Christian Aid has said that the G8 agreement to halve carbon emissions by 2050 was a step in the right direction, but was not enough to halt global warming.

Assessing the G8 mess

Simon Barrow — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:23:26 +0100

As the G8 faces accusations of reneging on promises, a leading analyst and campaigner says the precedent of the United States's great depression and Japan's post-bubble collapse should haunt today's summiteers.

G8 must take action on threefold crisis says UN Secretary General

Hazel Southam — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:27:06 +0100

The leaders of the G8 nations must take decisive action to halt spiralling rises in food and oil prices and to increase aid to developing nations the Secretary General of the United Nations has said.

G8 ministers urged to revisit nuclear disarmament

staff writers — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:35:49 +0100

Pax Christi International has issued an open letter to G8 leaders meeting in Hokkaido, Japan, urging them to make renewed efforts toward the disarmament of nuclear weapons.

Food and oil prices must not undermine commitment to Africa, G8 told

Hazel Southam — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:45:24 +0100

Spiralling food and oil prices dominated the first day of the G8 summit in Japan. The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, arrived at the summit calling for the launch of a ‘global action plan’ to tackle rising food prices.

Catholic bishops urge G8 to recommit to reducing global poverty, tackling climate change

agency reporter — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:54:23 +0100

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.

G8 falling further behind on poverty commitments says DATA Report

staff writers — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:35:08 +0100

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.

European church leaders deplore missed climate change opportunities

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:33:08 +0000

The fight against climate change has been marked by broken promises and missed opportunities, say three European bishops in a letter to political leaders gathered at the United Nations-led talks on the Indonesian island of Bali.

Christian Aid says rich must pay towards poor nations' climate action

agency reporter — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:42:34 +0000

Christian Aid will push for a follow-on agreement to the Kyoto Protocol to include large-scale financial support for developing nations from the rich industrialised world at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali starting tomorrow.