Morten Thaysen

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Morten is an intern at WDM focussing on social media campaigning and fundraising. Previously he has worked for two years as a campaigns assistant for Action Aid Denmark. He has an MA in Anthropology of Development from SOAS

morten.thaysen@wdm.org.uk

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Member for: 23 weeks 5 days

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The G8 Protest Guide	4 June 2013
Price-fixing carbon junkies and tar sand pancakes	30 May 2013
For your eyes only, HSBC?	22 May 2013
Taking local action against food speculation	8 May 2013
Actually, Barclays, pension funds do speculate	26 April 2013
A special report from the Grim Reaper	19 April 2013
Don’t cry over spilled Nutella – Cry over hunger!	11 April 2013
Local papers highlight food speculation	5 April 2013

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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.

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