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Without ‘additionality’ of climate funds, Copenhagen adds up to nothing
An agreement of $10bn a year in fast track financing for the next three years and $100bn a year by 2020 for poor countries to cope with climate change must come over and above existing aid promises, Africa advocacy group ONE said today. MORE
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Church World Service
Church World Service is the cooperative ministry of 35 Protestant, Orthodox and Anglican denominations working to eradicate hunger and poverty - providing sustainable self-help and development, disaster relief and refugee assistance around the world. MORE
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Countdown to Copenhagen
The countdown to Copenhagen is almost over, and effectively addressing the impacts of climate change on the world's poor is a hot topic for discussion at the summit. MORE
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ONE reaction to G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St Andrews
Warm words alone won't fight poverty or climate change. While the hosts can be commended for trying, the G20 collectively have failed to ensure that the resources to help the poorest countries adapt to climate change would be additional to existing development assistance. MORE
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Global climate deal ‘matter of life and death’ for millions in Africa - ONE
Finance Ministers from G20 countries meeting in Scotland this weekend are being urged to keep the world's poorest high on their agenda as they discuss how to help developing countries adapt to the disastrous impacts of climate change - and contribute to stemming its rise. MORE
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AFRICA AND THE GLOBAL CLIMATE DEAL
Climate change is not a crisis of Africa's making, yet it is African people, especially the poorest, who will suffer the first and the worst. Not only does it add yet another challenge to those struggling to combat extreme poverty and disease by exacerbating the conditions of poverty, but it threatens to erode the gains that have been made in recent years. ONE urges global policymakers to keep the poorest in mind as they negotiate a global climate deal at Copenhagen in December 2009. These negotiations will focus on reaching consensus on how to respond to climate change worldwide and resolving that key question is of critical importance to the African continent. As part of these talks however, it is also critical that policymakers take special consideration of Africa-both to address its disproportionate need to adapt to impending climate change but also to work with the continent as a mitigation partner going forward. MORE
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National Peace Corps Association
The National Peace Corps Association is a non-profit organization connecting, informing and engaging returned Peace Corps volunteers, former Peace Corps staff and friends of Peace Corps committed to fostering peace through service, education and advocacy. MORE
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“Hold G20 Summit in Africa”, anti-poverty group urges
World leaders meeting at the Group of 20 (G20) Summit in Pittsburgh are being urged by the advocacy group ONE to put Africa at the heart of global recovery efforts by agreeing to hold a future summit on the continent in 2010. MORE
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2009 Pittsburgh G20
Africa is part of the solution MORE
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Summary of Recommendations for the 2009 Pittsburgh G20 Summit
Host an Upcoming G20 in Africa: Africa must be integrated into discussions on the global economic recovery. Made up of 900 million potential producers and consumers, Africa has enormous potential to bring long-term benefits to the rest of the world. The continent offers untapped resources-agricultural potential, economic opportunities and energy supplies-that could help resolve many of the world's current challenges. The first task of the G20 must be to bring Africa and other developing nations into the center of the global economic recovery plan. To acknowledge the importance of Africa and take the first step towards cultivating the potential of the continent, the G20 should agree to hold an upcoming Summit in Africa. Doing so will showcase the importance of the continent as a world partner and emphasize that Africa must be a part of the solution....
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