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G8 falls short on Climate Change

8/07/2008 Advocacy, Asia, Climate Change, Development, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events, Japan, News, Poverty Elimination, Press Release, SDG by Caritas Communications

Caritas says the G8 Summit in Japan has not gone far enough on cutting the necessary carbon emissions to stem global warming. G8 leaders announced plans to cut carbon emissions by 50 percent by 2050. Caritas Internationalis says that figure falls short of what is needed to save the planet. Caritas Internationalis Representative Joseph Cornelius Donnelly is at the G8 ...

G8 guilty of all the good they didn’t do

1/07/2008 Advocacy, Asia, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, Japan, News, Poverty Elimination, Press Release, SDG by Caritas Communications

Caritas Internationalis says that the G8 leaders must use their summit in Japan to salvage their reputation on aid and help millions out of poverty. Leaders of Canada, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, the UK and the US meet 7-9 July in Hokkaido, Japan with progress on development and climate change on the agenda. In ...