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• Christian Aid calls on the UK and Canada to eradicate energy poverty in the Commonwealth

  Thursday 19th April, 2018

  Powering Past Coal Alliance leaders currently shirking climate responsibilities Top 5 most vulnerable countries to climate change are all in [...]
  

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• Christian Aid Welcomes Global Campaign To Highlight The Plight Of Internally Displaced People 

  Tuesday 17th April 2018

  Christian Aid has hailed the arrival of a new global campaign launched today by United Nations agencies and charities, to [...]
  

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• UK to seek advice on strengthening climate targets – Christian Aid response

  Tuesday, April 17th, 2018

  - Like swapping a petrol car for an electric vehicle, the UK needs to upgrade its climate targetsToday Energy and [...]
  

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• Christian Aid urges the British public to Stand Together with displaced people for Christian Aid Week

  Tuesday April 17th, 2018

  This year’s Christian Aid Week (13-19 May www.caweek.org), the organisation is highlighting the plight of the millions of people displaced [...]
  

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• Syria does not need short-lived bursts of moral outrage. ​

  Statement by Mairead Collins, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon Advocacy Officer - Christian Aid."Syria does not need short-lived bursts of moral [...]
  

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• New study: The climate change inequality at the heart of the Commonwealth ​

  Monday April 16th, 2018

  Analysis shows UK, Canada & Australia not delivering their fair share of the global effort to tackle climate changeBut poorer [...]
  

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• Campaigners to launch new church-wide movement for tax justice

  CAMPAIGNERS TO LAUNCH NEW CHURCH-WIDE MOVEMENT FOR TAX JUSTICE
  

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• Christian Aid condemns South Sudan aid worker killings, after death of partner staff

  Friday April 13th, 2018

  The charity responds to recent deadly attacks on staff members from South Sudanese aid agencies.
  

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• National Service held at Westminster Abbey to mark the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s death

  Wednesday, April 4th, 2018

  Christian Aid and Westminster Abbey today hosted a National Service to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Rev Dr [...]
  

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• Christian Aid condemns needless loss of life in Gaza Strip

  Saturday March 31, 2018

  Christian Aid deplores the needless loss of life and hundreds of gunshot injuries in Gaza on Friday 30th March. Israel’s deployment [...]
  

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