Press packs

EEAS - Establishment of a European External Action Service, 2010

• Media statement on EEAS - Lawyers reveal Ashton's EEAS proposal breaches EU law, warn development NGOs (23 April 2010)
  
• News release - Lawyers reveal Ashton's EEAS proposal contradicts Lisbon treaty (23 April 2010)
  
• CIDSE analysis of the agreement on the European External Action Service: 'EEAS: Who's calling the shots on development' (June 2010)  
• Read statement European institutions on EEAS agreement here (June 2010)
• For more information about CIDSE's work on the EEAS click here
  

COP15 - United Nations Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, 7-18 December 2009

• Daily updates on the negotiations from Copenhagen
  
• New EU finance offer a betrayal of developing countries
  CIDSE, Aprodev & Tearfun news release, 11 December 2009
• Desmond Tutu, other Christian leaders speak out on climate change
  CIDSE, Caritas Internationalis & Aprodev news release, 9 December 2009
  PRESS CONFERENCE to be held Sun 13 Dec - 03.30 pm. 
• Catholics come to Copenhagen for climate justice
  CIDSE & Caritas Internationalis media advisory, 2 December 2009

• COP15 agenda
  CIDSE & Caritas Internationalis activities during COP15

• Climate Justice March: Planet first, People first
  Invitation flyer to the climate demonstration
  Sat 12 Dec - 01.00 pm.
• Ecumenical handover of Climate Justice petition by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
  CIDSE & Caritas Internationalis news release, 10 December 2009
  Sun 13 Dec - 11.30 am.
• Renew the Face of Earth: A faith-based Approach to Climate Justice 
  Invitation to the Caritas Internationalis, WCC & CIDSE side event
  Mon 14 Dec - 11.00 am.
  
  
• International Bell Ringing for Climate Justice - 13 December 2009, in Copenhagen and across the world
  
• CIDSE and APRODEV respond to the European Commission Climate Finance Communication, September 2009
   
• Reducing Vulnerability, Enhancing Resilience: The Importance of Adaptation Technologies for the post-2012 Climate Agreement, a CIDSE-Caritas Internationalis report, June 2009, PDF
  
• CIDSE Development and Climate Justice policy paper, November 2008 PDF
  (also available in FR-ES-DE-PT here)

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CIDSE-Caritas Climate Justice Delegation - New York, 20-24 September 2009

• New Climate Deal Needs Political & Moral Leadership
  CIDSE-Caritas Press Conference in occasion of UN Summit on Climate Change and Itinerary Climate Justice Delegation, 17 September 2009
  
• Church Leaders and Climate Experts Urge for Leadership and Focus on the Poor 
  Media advisory, 1 September 2009
• Bios of the Members of the Delegation PDF (200kb)
• Holy Mass for Climate Justice led by NY Archbishop Timothy Dolan
  20 September 2009, United Nations Parish, New York
• CIDSE-Caritas Panel Discussion on Adaptation "Reducing Vulnerability, Enhancing Resilience"
  21 September 2009, United Nations Church Center, New York
• The Delegation Statement
  CIDSE-Caritas Internationalis Climate Justice Delegation Statement
• Transcript of Pope Benedict XVI's Video Statement To The UN Summit on Climate Change
  22 September 2009, New York

  
  

G8 Summit 2009 - L'Aquila, 8-10 July

• G8: $20 billion won’t feed one billion hungry
  CIDSE news release, 10 July 2009
• G8 Commitment on Hunger Must Support Smallholder Farmers and Sustainable Practices
  CIDSE & Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy (IATP) news release, 8 July 2009
  
• G8 in Italy must prove its relevance 
  CIDSE and Caritas Internationalis news release, 6 July 2009
  
• Los países del G8 deben probar su relevancia en la lucha contra la pobreza PDF (60kb)
  Press release by CIDSE member organisation Manos Unidas
  
• CIDSE & Caritas Internationalis G8 Briefing HTML / PDF (160kb)
  CIDSE & CI recommendations, 6 July 2009
  
  

 Scottish Climate Bill, 26 June 2009

• CIDSE Welcomes Scotland's 'World Leading' Climate Legislation PDF (107kb)
  CIDSE press release, 26 June 2009
• SCCS Analysis: How the Scottish Climate Change Bill can make a difference in Copenhagen PDF (50kb)
  
• Picture
   

  Campaigners speak to Robin Harper MSP at a mass lobby of Scottish Parliament (© Maverick Photo Agency) Download picture in HD

UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, 24-26 June 2009

• UN takes the ball on global economic policy, say Catholic development agencies on UN response to the financial crisis PDF (98kb)
  CIDSE press release, 26 June 2009
• Global Crisis requires Global Reform - and a new U.N. Economic Council, CIDSE press release, 23 June 2009
• Reaching the MDGs amidst a Financial and Economic Crisis, a CIDSE, Cordaid Oxfam International, Afrodad and Latindad side event at the UN conference on the financial crisis in NY, sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
• FAQs on the proposal for a Global Economic Council
• From Collapse to Opportunity: Development Perspectives on the Global Financial Crisis , a CIDSE policy paper, April 2009
• The Commission of Experts of the President of the UN General Assembly on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System

UN Climate Talks Bonn, 1-12 June 2009

• Media advisory
  

• Voices of the South - Live video connection to Lilongwe, Malawi

  Bonn, 9 June, 18:00 - 19:30
  
  
• Invitation PDF (220kb)
  
• 'Lilongwe Climate Justice Statement' CIDSE & Caritas Southern Partners PDF (160kb)
  
• List of Southern Partners participating in the discussion PDF (100kb)
  
• The report on Adapation Technologies by CIDSE and Caritas Internationalis:
  
  Reducing Vulnerability, Enhancing Resilience: The Importance of Adaptation Technologies for the post-2012 Climate Agreement PDF (860kb)
  
  Executive summary PDF (350kb)
  
  Presentation of the CIDSE-Caritas Internationalis report on adaptation technologies in the post-2012 Climate Agreement PDF (800kb)
  
  

• Panel Discussion on Adaptation Technologies in the post-2012 Climate Agreement

  Bonn, 2 June, 18:00 - 19:30
  
  
• Invitation PDF (220kb)
• Press releases:
  
  Adapting to a changing climate: it's time to talk technology! PDF (196kb)
  CIDSE-Caritas Internationalis present adaptation technologies paper at the UNFCCC in Bonn, 3 June 2009
  
  S'adapter au changement climatique : le moment est venu de parler de technologie PDF (140kb)
  Présentation du rapport CIDSE-Caritas Internationalis consacré aux technologies d'adaptation à l'occasion du sommet de la CCNUCC à Bonn, 3 Juin 2009
• The report on Adapation Technologies by CIDSE and Caritas Internationalis:
  
  Reducing Vulnerability, Enhancing Resilience: The Importance of Adaptation Technologies for the post-2012 Climate Agreement PDF (860kb)
  
  Executive summary PDF (350kb)
  
  Presentation of the CIDSE-Caritas Internationalis report on adaptation technologies in the post-2012 Climate Agreement PDF (800kb)
  
  

• Pictures:

  	Woman gets drinking water from shallow well that still retains water in dry season in Zambia. (©Cordaid) Download picture in HD
  	In El Salvador, communities are learning new ways of farming to help their crops survive increasingly severe floods and hurricanes. (©SCIAF/Gonzalo Bell) Download picture in HD
  	Salif and his colleagues of the Groupements Naam in Burkina Faso succeeded in stopping desertification. But climate change threatens their innovative sustainable agriculture systems. (©Broederlijk Delen/Jos Verhoogen) Download picture in HD

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Economic Meltdown and Global Warming? Think Global Justice!

CIDSE Press briefing, 11 March 2009

• Press release EN / Communiqué de presse FR
• Media factsheet
• 'The EU response to the financial crisis: The development dimension'
  CIDSE recommendations, 2 March 2009
• The European Commission Communication 'Towards a comprehensive climate change agreement in Copenhagen', CIDSE-Caritas Analysis, 25 February 2009
• Pictures: Chris Bain, Rene Grotenhuis, Antoine Malafosse, Bernd Nilles, Jean Letitia Saldanha, Cliona Sharkey

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