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News

Nick Dearden starts as director the World Development Movement
13 September 2013

Campaign groups must find ever better ways of bringing people together to challenge the financial takeover of every aspect of our world, says Nick Dearden as he takes up his new role.

RBS carbon emissions up to 1,200 times higher than reported figure
27 August 2013

New research has revealed that Royal Bank of Scotland’s 2012 carbon emissions could be up to 1,200 times higher than the figure reported by the bank, and 18 times the total emissions of Scotland.

Africa’s food sovereignty under attack by corporate interests
18 August 2013

Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) Press release

Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), a coalition of pan-African networks, with members in 50 African countries and representing smallholder farmers, indigenous peoples and civil society, met in Addis Ababa 12-16th August 2013 to formulate an action plan to safeguard Africa’s sovereignty over its food, seeds and natural resources from the assault on Africa’s food systems.

Campaigners to hand out ‘carbon bubbles’ at London Stock Exchange AGM
17 July 2013

Campaigners will give bottles of ‘carbon bubbles’ to shareholders at the London Stock Exchange AGM today, to highlight the vast reserves of unburnable carbon held by fossil fuel companies listed on the exchange.

EU ministers leave the door open for harmful food speculation
21 June 2013

Little will be done to curb harmful food speculation today as EU finance ministers meet to approve their position on the new Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) – which sets new regulations for financial markets. According to a broad coalition of environmental and development organisations, loopholes in the legislation will render it ineffective to prevent food speculation, and the resulting food price spikes that hit the poorest the hardest.

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Events

Activist gathering in Bristol

Saturday 21 September

Join us in Bristol for an afternoon of workshops, skill sharing and film viewing, all in the name of global justice.

Scandalous Edinburgh plc: a walking tour

26 September - 26 October, Edinburgh

Join us in Edinburgh for one of five ‘walking tours with a twist’, as we bring to life WDM’s new carbon capital campaign in Scotland this autumn.

Take One Action screening: Powerless

Wednesday 9 October, Edinburgh

Take One Action film festival screening of Powerless, a jarring glimpse at India's energy crisis.

Joking for Justice comedy night

Thursday 17 October, London

WDM's annual comedy fundraiser returns to the Leicester Square Theatre, featuring Arthur Smith, Ava Vidal, Holly Walsh, Sara Pascoe and others. 

Carbon Capital speaker tour

20-31 October, various places

WDM local groups will be hosting speakers from Colombia and Indonesia who are involved in opposing the expansion of open-cast coal mining in their countries. 

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Blog

The Lobbying Bill: an open door to corporate takeover

13 September 2013

For proponents of free speech and supporters of democracy, the Lobbying Bill takes several large steps in the wrong direction.

Is Brazil's Zero Hunger programme working?

12 September 2013

Amarjeet takes a look at Brazil's Zero Hunger programme and what's needed to obtain food sovereignty in the country.

The Arctic is under threat

11 September 2013

As the Arctic sea ice melts, oil companies are determined to drill for the same fuels that cause the melting in the first place.

Greenpeace, WDM and other organisations have been tirelessly campaigning to protect the Arctic region and stop investment in fossil fuel projects, in creative and strategic ways for years.

What's the carbon footprint of your bank account?

10 September 2013

What do you think your annual carbon footprint might be?  Maybe around the UK average of 8-9 tonnes. But what if you took into account the emissions resulting from the investments of the bank where your money is? That would give quite a different picture...

Remembering fellow activist John Blair Fish

5 September 2013

We’ve just heard today the sad news that John Blair Fish, long time member of WDM’s local Edinburgh group has died suddenly.   John was a friend of WDM and fellow activist for many years, giving his time and energy generously to campaigns for global justice.  

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