Going Green Kiwi Style
Saving the planet at the edge of the world
New Zealand sells itself as a clean and unspoilt country – ‘100 per cent Pure’ say the adverts. But how green is it really? Carly Moore finds a country striving to meet the climate change challenge more >>
1,000 miles, 80 days, one message: cut the carbon
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The Cut the Carbon marchers finished their historic march October 2. Thousands of campaigners joined them for the final mile. The march has ended but the campaign continues. Find out what happened and what you can do. |
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What is it?
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The Climate Change Bill is coming this year. Find out more about the bill and how you can have your say on the government's plans! |
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Morrisons responds to our campaign
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On Thursday 15 March Morrisons held a meeting in London to announce their strategic review. They were greeted by campaigners asking them to cut their carbon. Find out what happened and what you can do. |
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Find out what they said
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In February we launched an email action asking Barclays' Group Chief Executive, John Varley, to publish a full account of the company's global CO2 emissions. Read Barclays' reply to campaigners and our response. |
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Christian Aid launches climate campaign
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Barclays Bank, Morrisons supermarket and International Power are in the front line of our new climate change campaign launched outside Barclays Tower in London's Canary Wharf. |
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Take action now!
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Climate change is already happening - and it is hitting the poor hardest. But you can help do something about it. |
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Coping with climate change
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Many Indians in the state of Orissa don’t have access to clean water. They are also at risk from cyclones and droughts – both of which are likely to strike more frequently as global warming bites. Thanks to a bike life is improving. |
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Were you there?
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More than 25,000 people gathered in Trafalgar Square on Saturday 4 November to call for action on climate change, days before world leaders meet in Nairobi to discus how to tackle climate change. Were you there? |
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Pressureworks was there
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Kenya is hosted the UN climate talks during November and the meetings were an opportunity for developing countries to raise the climate change issues most important to them. |
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Climate change in the US
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With his hard-hitting documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore is presenting fellow Americas with some sobering facts. But are attitudes to global warming in the US really changing? Kirsten Jellard is doubtful. |
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I Count will show you how
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I Count is the campaign of the Stop Climate Chaos coalition. The coalition of more than 35 organisations, including Christian Aid, is calling on the government and asking individuals — like you — to do everything possible to cut carbon emissions. |
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Every home should be one
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Professor Susan Roaf has been working with Christian Aid on a project to build the ultimate eco house. Here she writes about 'future proofing’ the way we live in order to stave off the worst excesses of climate change and soaring energy costs. |
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Solar in the slums
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The stinking Kibera slum in Nairobi has a reputation for spawning criminals, inter-ethnic violence and misery – not for breeding entrepreneurs and philanthropists. Almost all of Kenya’s 42 tribes are represented here among the one million illegal squatters who live hunched up in densely packed one-room shacks, |
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Success in rural Nigeria
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Jigawa state is in the far north of Nigeria, on the edge of the Sahel region. It is hot, dusty and remote. Its people are poor and poorly served by their government. Nigeria is rich in oil. It is the fifth richest member of the Organisation of Petroleum ... |
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Soaking up more than just rays
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Whilst the Bush administration buries its head in the sand on climate change, cities such as Chicago and New York are addressing the threat and embracing green design. Kirsten Jellard looks at the growing emergence of roof gardens in the US and examines their environmental and economic benefits. |
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Behind the headlines
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In August, 600 campaigners spent a week camping in a field in the shadow of Drax coal-fired power station near Leeds. The camp made headline news mainly for the number of arrests. Simon Lee was there to find that, far from anarchy, |
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