Think Global September 2010 | World Development Movement

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Think Global September 2010

Welcome to the September issue of Think Global. You can download the entire newsletter below or separate articles, as listed. There are also links to briefings and template press releases.

If you have any queries about anything in Think Global please contact Katharine on katharine@wdm.org.uk

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September Think Global (pdf)

thinkglobalseptpdf.pdf 461.73 KB

September Think Global (unformatted word document)

Think Global plain text.doc 101 KB

Climate justice article

Climate justice pages.pdf 33.6 KB

Food page.pdf 24 KB

Clean up the banks article

Banks pages.pdf 21.39 KB

Events listings

events pages.pdf 32.85 KB

Groups' updates

Groups pages.pdf 54.93 KB

Climate justice Q&A

Tricky questions_07.10 FINAL.pdf 206.89 KB

Template press release: if MP does give pound

TO SEND TO MEDIA IF THE MP DID GIVE A POUND.doc 25 KB

Template press release: if Labour MP doesn't give pound

LAB TO SEND TO MEDIA IF THE MP DID NOT GIVE A POUND.doc 21 KB

Template press release: if Lib Dem MP doesn't give pound

LIB DEM TO SEND TO MEDIA IF THE MP DID NOT GIVE A POUND.doc 26 KB

Template press release: if Conservative MP doesn't give pound

TORY SEND TO MEDIA IF THE MP DID NOT GIVE A POUND.doc 22 KB

Article & table on World Bank v UN Adaptation Fund

WB v UN insert.pdf 182.42 KB

Writing to coalition MPs: bullet points

Bullet points for Tory and Lib MPs_08.10.doc 38 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

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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.