Think Global December 2010 | World Development Movement

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Think Global December 2010

Welcome to the December issue of Think Global. You can download the entire newsletter below, or separate articles as listed. There is also a link to our response to the first projects announced by the World Bank's Programme for Climate Resilience.

If you have any queries about anything in Think Global please contact Sarah on sarah.reader@wdm.org.uk

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Think Global December (pdf)

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Think Global December (word)

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Climate justice update (pdf)

Campaign update_Climate justice.pdf 349.69 KB

Clean up the banks update (pdf)

Campaign update_Clean up the banks.pdf 51.94 KB

Food update (pdf)

Campaign update_Food.pdf 50.27 KB

The cuts update (pdf)

Campaign update_The cuts.pdf 48.9 KB

Events.pdf 156.97 KB

Groups.pdf 432.4 KB

Making Developing Countries pay twice for climate change (pdf)

Making Developing Countries pay twice for climate change.pdf 138.67 KB

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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.