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Campaigners land blow on 'oil and gas' bank

29 June 2009

The government has been roundly criticised from various quarters for the use of public cash to bail out and prop up RBS.

Welcome to the new WDM website

11 June 2009

Welcome to the new World Development Movement website.

We will be trying out new things, keeping the old things that worked well from our existing website, and moving forward with new and exciting technology.

You can leave comments below about what you think about the new website, send us a message through our contact form, or you can tweet your comments to Pete @wdmuk.

Climate-conscious celebs, grannies, kids, bird and cake lovers to come to Kingsnorth

11 June 2009

Thousands of people who care about climate change and global poverty, including celebs, bird watchers, cake lovers, grannies and young people from across the UK will form a 'Mili-band' – a human chain around Kingsnorth coal power station - on the 4 July to say no to dirty new coal power stations.

This briefing includes the World Development Movement's critique and recommendations to the G20 leaders on the following areas: trade v protectionism; refuelling the IMF; resurrecting the WTO Doha development round; the climate crisis and the Green New Deal.