18 Dec 2009 15:32:04 GMT Annual Report 2008 Highlights Irish Red Cross - Ireland (Crois Dhearg na hÉireann) 18
December 2008
2008 was a year that saw continued growth and achievement for the Irish Red Cross both in Ireland and overseas.
In Ireland more new branches of the Irish Red Cross
were founded in 2008 than ever before – a total of 14 new branches; Moreover the numbers of people learning First Aid both for business or private leisure purposes also grew. There was
particularly notable growth in the numbers of people learning how to deal with people with heart attacks and other resuscitation techniques -up by 67% for Basic Life Support courses and 83% for
Defibrillator courses on the numbers doing so in 2007.
18 Dec 2009 11:20:40 GMT REDD: More polish than substance CARE International - UK CARE Internationl warns that agreement on REDD could be used as ‘green wash’
18 Dec 2009 11:20:40 GMT REDD: More polish than substance CARE International - UK CARE Internationl warns that agreement on
REDD could be used as ‘green wash’
18 Dec 2009 10:53:00 GMT Multimedia documentary marks fifth anniversary of Boxing Day
tsunami British Red Cross Society - UK A new multimedia web documentary, produced by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and Thomson Reuters Foundation, marks the fifth
anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami.
18 Dec 2009 10:45:58 GMT Woman of substance DanChurchAid - Denmark In Ballabhgarh village
in India lives Sonedeyee, the first Dalit woman Panchayat (Local Self Government) leader. Sonedeyee was brutally attacked earlier this year by the dominant caste in the village. She is now fighting
for her rights with the help of Centre for Dalit Rights (CDR), DanChurchAid’s Partner in Rajasthan.
18 Dec 2009 08:44:45 GMT Emissions targets being
considered are not enough - Oxfam Oxfam GB - UK
Leaked documents emerged today (17) from the United Nations that
suggest current proposals for a climate deal would result in a three degree increase in the planet’s temperature:
 Oxfam’s climate advisor Hugh Cole said:”At this stage in
the game, a deal that fails to keep temperature rises below two degrees is simply not good enough. Oxfam [...]
17 Dec 2009 17:16:02 GMT $100 bn is half the
amount poor countries need - Oxfam Oxfam GB - UK
As the US, Ethiopia and European Union - including France, Germany
and the UK - coalesce around a climate finance package of $100bn, Jeremy Hobbs, Executive Director of Oxfam International said:
“It’s good news that discussions on climate cash have
finally got moving after two long years of delay but this needs to be the start [...]
17 Dec 2009 17:13:51 GMT US commitment to £100 billion in climate financing welcome â€" Oxfam Oxfam GB - UK
David Waskow, spokesperson for Oxfam said:
“We are heartened by Secretary Clinton’s commitment to
significant financial resources of $100 billion dollars a year by 2020 to help developing countries weather the negative impacts of climate change.
“It is absolutely crucial that this funding
comes from public sources in developed countries and be additional to current development assistance [...]
17 Dec 2009 17:11:05 GMT The UK is still prepared to fight at Copenhagen - Oxfam Oxfam GB - UK
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Oxfam’s Senior Climate Advisor Robert Bailey said:
“Gordon Brown has shown today that the UK is still prepared to fight for an agreement that ensures aid budgets
are protected.  With safeguards against aid raiding absent from the talks of late, it’s encouraging to see this critical issue back on the agenda.
“Now its time for
Gordon Brown [...]
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