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ActionAid sending emergency response team to Haiti

A man trapped in the rubble calls for help. ©Reuters/Reuters TV. Image courtesy of www.alertnet.orgActionAid is expecting a massive death toll in Haiti due to the catastrophic earthquake and has started an emergency response and launched an appeal for funds to help the aid effort.

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Obama Speech holds little hope for saving Climate Change negotiations

Obama speaking on Copenhagen. ©CNNPress Release, Friday 18th December 09

"Obama has said nothing to save the Copenhagen conference from failure," said Raman Mehta, ActionAid's climate change expert in Asia.

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Copenhagen: World leaders must break the climate funding deadlock

Press Release, Friday 18th December 09

Today Heads of States and Government arrive in Copenhagen to inject fresh momentum into the flagging climate change talks.

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ActionAid ‘repossesses’ rich countries’ embassies for climate debt default

The Australian Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark is "repossessed" by ActionAid ‘Climate Debt Agents’ Thursday December 17th, due to unpaid debt to developing countries. ©Liv Elbirk/MS ActionAid DenmarkActionAid’s Climate Debt Agents today ‘repossessed’ the US, Canadian, Japanese and Swedish embassies, together with the Australian Ambassador’s residence in Copenhagen to symbolise their failure to pay their climate debts at the UN Climate Change Conference.

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