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Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand on climate change in rural Nepal

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand and Caritas Nepal have recently completed production of a 15-minute video looking at climate change in rural Nepal. » more


Flooding hits poor hardest in Pakistan
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Making a million people climate-proof
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Money will talk at Cancun climate summit
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Who’s under your carbon footprint?
The news from the United States on passing legislation on climate change that would protect the poor throughout the world is not good. » more

Climate diary

27-29 October: Fourth International renewabale Energy Conference (IREC). New Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, India.

29-30 October: Cartagena Group/Dialogue for Progressive Action. Costa Rica.

11-12 November: G20 Summit. Seoul, South Korea.

13-14 November: APEC Leaders Summit. Yokohama, Japan.

29 November to 10 December: Sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the UNFCCC and Sixth Meeting of the Kyoto Protocol. Cancun, Mexico



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