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Activist evening with Dorothy Grace Guerrero from Focus on the Global South

Wednesday 19 June, London

An informal gathering in our London office to give people the chance to meet Dorothy and find out about the climate justice campaigning she does.

Food security or food sovereignty: What direction for Europe?

Friday 5 July, Edinburgh

A debate on how fresh thinking could help Europe tackle global hunger.

Joking for Justice

Thursday 17 October, London

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

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2013

Two years of concerted campaigning by WDM results in Barclays, the UK's biggest player in food speculation and one of the top three globally, announcing that it will no longer trade in food for speculative purposes.

2012

Following a prolonged campaign by a coalition of Scottish NGOs and local pressure groups including WDM Scotland, plans for a new coal-fired power station in Hunterston, North Ayrshire are shelved.

2011

After concerted lobbying by WDM supporters, French oil company Total postpones plans to mine tar sands deposits in one of the poorest regions of Madagascar.

2011

The UK government puts £10 million of its climate finance towards the UN Adaptation Fund, and agrees to give the majority of its funds to the World Bank's climate adaptation fund as grants rather than loans.