climate change

Take Action: Make a submission to the aid review and make aid fair!

25 Jan 11

The Australian Government has commissioned an Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness. This is our chance to make real changes to Australia’s aid program so that it makes a positive and long-lasting contribution to the lives of the poor.

AID/WATCH Newsletter No.36

31 May 10

This edition (May 2010) explores climate justice – from civil society actions and events at Copenhagen to a critique of the use of Australian aid to create carbon offsets in Indonesia.

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Media Release: Climate aid ‘insulting and self-interested’ says aid watchdog

12 May 10

AusAID’s budget statement, ‘Agency Resources and Planned Performance’, released last night, announces government spending on overseas aid to help developing countries adapt to the impacts of climate change and to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. AID/WATCH, the overseas aid monitor, has condemned the measures as inadequate and misleading.

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AID/WATCH Newsletter No.35

27 Oct 09

This edition (October 2009) focuses on the Pacific Islands. It features articles on the traditional economy in Vanuatu, customary land in Melanesia, land reform in Timor Leste, climate change adaptation funding, PACER Plus, and aid for trade.

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Island Leaders Drowned Out At Forum

12 Sep 11

The Pacific Islands Forum was held in Auckland last week. The media scrum homed in on high profile guests and paid little attention to the real concerns of island leaders, reports Nic Maclellan.

Budget’s Climate Aid is ‘Derisory’ says AID/WATCH

11 May 11

The overseas aid monitoring group, AID/WATCH, today condemned the Government for failing to seriously help poorer countries deal with the effects of climate change. The Budget acknowledges that climate change will “undermine development progress, reverse economic growth, destroy critical infrastructure and exacerbate food and water shortages”, yet it provides little real funding to address this.

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Forest project threatens Indonesian tribes

17 Nov 10

Indigenous people in Kalimantan on the island of Borneo are worried about an Australian-backed project to protect local forests.

Food project threatens Indonesian tribes

17 Nov 10

In Indonesia's Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo, the local indigenous people have raised concerns about an Australian-backed project to protect the forests.

Developing nations missing out on climate funding says Oxfam

12 Oct 10

The world's poorest people are being by-passed by international climate funding according to a new report by Oxfam.

Hunger costs

21 Sep 10

As world leaders gather in New York to assess progress on the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG), ActionAid’s report “Who’s Really Fighting Hunger?” has found that not only is the world going backwards on hunger targets, but also that Australia is failing it’s global responsibility.