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Campaigners march for climate justice
Dec 03, 2012
Images from the Doha climate change march December 1, 2012. A number of ACT members attending the COP18 climate talks in Doha took part in the march.
Will funding for climate change end this year?
Dec 03, 2012
A financial black hole is fast approaching as the second week of UN climate negotiations begins today in Doha, Qatar.
Faith-based advocates seek better access to HIV/AIDS treatments
Nov 28, 2012
‘Getting to Zero’ is the theme of World AIDS Day on December 1, reflecting the international advocacy and policy priorities of achieving zero AIDS-related deaths and new HIV infections, and the total elimination of stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV.
Keep COP 18 true to science and the poor
Nov 26, 2012
UN talks that began in Doha today must finally take the concrete steps needed to move towards a comprehensive agreement to tackle climate change.
Guatemalan mother seeks justice through UN review
Oct 25, 2012
The same week that human campaigner Blanca Rosa Quiroa de Hernández attends a United Nations review of civil rights in Guatemala, she also comes excruciatingly close to finding the remains of her son who disappeared 28 years ago.
Marchers urge progress on land reform talks
Oct 17, 2012
Following on the heels of a successful march, organisers of India's land rights' protest insist the reform process must move forward as talks with the government get underway.
New food crisis threatens globe
Oct 16, 2012
To mark World Food Day, this briefing paper outlines the factors that are contributing to yet another looming food crisis, and attempts to chart a way out of the cycle.
Indians march for land rights
Oct 08, 2012
The 'Jan Satyagraha,' the world's largest march for land justice, aims to help lift 400 million Indians out of poverty.
Closing the gender gap
Oct 02, 2012
A new series of gender integration workshops shed light on how women are often shortchanged in development – and take aim to close the gender gap at each level in the value chain of production.
Brazil behind the boom
Sep 27, 2012
Brazil is the sixth largest economy in the world — and yet 16 million of its citizens live in abject poverty. Why? This podcast takes a look behind the numbers.
Women farmers take on climate change
Sep 18, 2012
A new study, “Women Farmers Adopting to Climate Change,” highlights how the phenomenon affects men and women differently – and can exacerbate already existing gender inequalities.
Reflections on Rio+20
Jul 18, 2012
Christian Aid's senior advisor for sustainable development reflects on ACT's policy work at Rio+20, as well its investment in the "People's Summit" side event.
ACT outlines low carbon solutions to climate change
Jul 15, 2012
Developing countries should pursue low-carbon strategies with support from the global North to avoid the “catastrophic consequences” of climate change, argues a new ACT report.
Central America: Indigenous peoples resist neocolonialism
Jul 06, 2012
This film gives voice to some of the, mostly indigenous, Central American people who have suffered under the exploitative measures employed by transnational companies.
World’s poorest people lose out in Rio
Jun 22, 2012
Governments have squandered a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity to make significant advances towards a greener, fairer future for the planet and its people, says ACT Alliance as the Rio+20 summit concludes in Brazil.