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Contributions to UU Haiti fund near $1 million
Feb 16, 2010 (UU World Magazine)
Unitarian Universalists have contributed almost $1 million to a relief fund created by the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee and the Unitarian Universalist Association to help victims of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti.
Haiti quake: Aid workers' diaries, Monday 18 January
Jan 19, 2010 (The BBC)
Nearly a week after the Haiti earthquake struck, tens of thousands of victims are still waiting for aid, despite huge international efforts.
Disaster Capitalism Headed to Haiti
Jan 18, 2010 (Baltimore Chronicle)
In her book, "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism," Naomi Klein explores the myth of free market democracy, explaining how neoliberalism dominates the world with America its main exponent exploiting security threats, terror attacks, economic meltdowns, competing ideologies, tectonic political or economic shifts, and natural disasters to impose its will everywhere.
Haiti's Earthquake Survivors Face Massive Risk of Disease as Bodies Litter the Streets, Says ActionAid
Jan 15, 2010 (Common Dreams)
Survivors of the Haiti earthquake will be at risk of disease unless the tens of thousands of victims' bodies are cleaned up, international aid agency ActionAid warned today.
Agencies scramble to respond as scale of Haiti calamity becomes clear
Jan 14, 2010 (The Guardian)
Specialist search-and-rescue teams from the US, Britain, Canada, France, Venezuela and Iceland were today scrambled to join the international relief effort in Haiti as charities launched urgent appeals following the devastating earthquake.
The Agony of Female Circumcision
Jan 9, 2010 (The New Zealand Herald)
Hanna Abera is seven. Her mother and grandmother wanted to slice off part of her genitals. But she was saved by an extraordinarily brave intervention from her aunt after ActionAid launched a program of education on the consequences of female circumcision.
SOUTH ASIA: Harness Untapped Renewable Energy Sources -- Experts
Jan 7, 2010 (Australia.TO)
With its vast renewable energy potential, South Asia can lead the world in achieving energy security. But sources within the region said it needs technological and financial support from the developed countries before it can tap its rich energy resources
Africans Welcome US Pledge to Help with Environment Fund
Dec 17, 2009 (Voice of America)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States is prepared to work with other countries to fund $100 billion a year by 2020 to address climate change needs of developing countries. African Union Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture Rhoda Tumusiime said Clinton's comments are a positive step.
AAUSA Featured in MORE magazine
Dec 17, 2009 (MORE)
MORE magazine features ActionAid in an article about women around affected by climate change and how you can help.
New climate draft has gaping holes at UN talks
Dec 11, 2009 (The Associated Press)
Wealthy nations would commit to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, and the world should strive to nearly eliminate them — or at least cut them in half — by 2050 under a draft text circulated Friday at the U.N. climate talks.
Soros Proposes Fund to Unlock Climate Talks
Dec 10, 2009 (Reuters via The New York Times)
U.N. talks in the Danish capital meant to agree the outline of a new climate treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol are stuck on splitting the bill to cut carbon emissions and prepare for more droughts, floods and rising seas.
EPA chief: Obama to work with Congress on climate
Dec 9, 2009 (The Associated Press)
The United States for the first time outlined a dual path Wednesday toward cutting greenhouse gases that would involve both the Obama administration and Congress.
Rich vs. poor clash at Copenhagen over money
Dec 9, 2009 (The Associated Press)
Negotiators on Wednesday worked to bridge the chasm between rich and poor countries over how to share the burden of fighting climate change, and a top U.S. envoy was to highlight the Obama administration's efforts to curb greenhouse emissions.
ActionAid Warns Against a Weak Deal at the Climate Change Conference
Dec 8, 2009 (Voice of America)
Climate experts say data for the first decade of the 21st century will likely show it to be the warmest on record, with 2009 its hottest year.
U.S. Proposes Climate Fund for Poor Nations
Dec 2, 2009 (ClimateWire via New York Times)
The United States has proposed a new global fund that would direct billions of dollars to help poor countries prepare for climate disasters and adjust to low-carbon economies.
The Holiday Charity Giving Guide: No Gift Too Small
Nov 30, 2009 (Tonic)
Tonic has teamed up with Charity Navigator, the premier charity-rating organization, to compose a list of 20 particularly effective organizations in 10 categories. ActionAid made the list´s top pick in the "Doing Good Globally" category.
Global warming: Kenyan tribes battle over what's left of water
Nov 29, 2009 (Chicago Tribune)
Have the climate wars of Africa begun? Tales of conflict emerging from this remote, arid region of Kenya have disturbing echoes of the lethal building blocks that turned Darfur into a killing ground in western Sudan.
Food summit to make little headway in war on hunger
Nov 12, 2009 (Reuters via The Washington Post)
A U.N. world food summit next week is not likely to make more than token headway in the fight against hunger, with leaders merely pledging to boost aid to poor countries but setting no targets or deadlines for action.
Summit draft removes date to end hunger
Nov 11, 2009 (Financial Times )
Rich countries have watered down a declaration to be made at next week’s World Food Summit, removing from the final draft both a new hunger reduction target and a commitment to boost agricultural aid to the high levels of 1980.
Climate Rage
Nov 11, 2009 (Rolling Stone)
The only way to stop global warming is for rich nations to pay for the damage they've done - or face the consequences.
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