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• Christian Aid condemns Saudi Arabia, Russia and the USA as climate villains that imperil the world

  Sunday, December 12th, 2018

  Christian Aid have responded to the events at the UN climate summit in Poland where the USA, Saudi Arabia, Russia [...]
  

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• Natural solutions for negative emissions a better bet than sci-fi schemes says Christian Aid report

  Embargoed until 00:01 GMT/01:01 CET, Friday December 7th, 2018

  Actions like introducing beavers and replanting mangroves can also help protect humans from the impact of climate change Following calls this [...]
  

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• Christian Aid responds to Global Carbon Project report

  Embargoed until 18:00 GMT/19:00 CET, December 5th, 2018

  This is the wake-up call for anyone who hit the snooze button following the IPCC report. A new study from the [...]
  

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• Let’s help bring ‘peace on Earth’ to families hurt by war and conflict this Christmas, says Christian Aid

  4 December 2018

  Christian Aid is inviting the public to support its festive fundraising appeal for families caught up in conflict overseas.
  

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• COP24: A ‘just transition’ to a cleaner, greener, economy will bring benefits to the world

  Monday, December 3rd, 2018

  Today at the UN climate summit in Katowice, Poland, the host nation is launching a declaration on creating a ‘just [...]
  

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• COP24 climate summit sponsored by coal companies is ‘slap in the face’ to delegates says Christian Aid

  Christian Aid has criticised the Polish hosts of next week’s UN climate summit in Katowice for unpresidential behaviour by allowing [...]
  

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• Respect for human rights vital for sustained peace in Colombia, says Christian Aid

  23 November 2018

  Respect for human rights vital for sustained peace in Colombia, says Christian Aid
  

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• A hundred years after the Armistice is a time for Remembrance and for change

  Embargoed for 00:01 Sunday, November 11th 2018

  On the centenary of Armistice Day, Christian Aid has warned that appalling levels of violence across the globe continue to [...]
  

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• The migrant caravan in Central America: a humanitarian crisis

  2nd November 2018

  Christian Aid is appalled by the humanitarian crisis that is unfolding across Central America. Over 7,000 people from the region [...]
  

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• Chancellor’s feeble digital tax shows big tech is ‘too powerful to tax effectively’, says Christian Aid

  29 October 2018

   
  

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