December 9 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADRID- Today finance ministers meet at the climate summit, COP25, in Madrid. Ministers will discuss how to mobilize and ensure climate finance, to enable implementation of new and enhanced national climate plans. The head of delegation for the ACT Alliance, Mattias Söderberg says, “All countries must scale up their […]
December 8, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADRID- The climate summit, COP25, taking place in Madrid, Spain, has completed a first week and it is time to take stock on the negotiations. Isaiah Toroitich, head of advocacy and development policy at the ACT Alliance, says, “As observers, it is frustrating and frightening to see how slowly […]
A farmer from Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra, India cried in full public view uncontrollably on November 24, 2019. He said crying helplessly “I had to employ laborers and pay them to pick up onions from the field in the midst of rain. Sharing his ordeal, he said how will I meet my own family’s need […]
December 5, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA ADVISORY TEXT: ACT Alliance, the Lutheran World Federation, and the World Council of Churches, who between them represent over 500 million Christians around the world, will be holding a stunt on Friday 6 December from 9h30-10h00 at the entrance to COP just past the location where […]
December 5, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA ADVISORY TEXT: ACT Alliance, the Lutheran World Federation, and the World Council of Churches, who between them represent over 500 million Christians around the world, will be holding a stunt on Friday 6 December from 9h30-10h00 at the entrance to COP just past the location where you […]
The extreme hurricanes in the Caribbean and North America, as well as the severe droughts in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the prolonged in parts of South-East Asia and Europe make it clear: the world is experiencing a climate breakdown. These unprecedented and extreme climatic events are threatening to wipe off decades in gains made towards poverty eradication, […]
I hope that world leaders packed the keys to unlock the much-needed climate action in Madrid – the answer is really a no-brainer. The number of sad, and frightening climate stories is booming. The effects of climate change are being felt through heatwaves in India, cyclones in southern Africa, and wildfires in the United States […]
December 2, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA ADVISORY TEXT: ACT Alliance, the Lutheran World Federation, and the World Council of Churches, who between them represent over 500 million Christians around the world, will be holding a stunt from 13h00-13h30 at the entrance to COP just past the location where you scan your badge to enter […]
UN climate talks have a bad track record. Over and over again, governments meet to find practical solutions on how to tackle one the most urgent and dramatic global challenges we face as humanity: climate change. The majority of participants if not all, are in agreement about the need for action. However, when delegates book […]
Side event ACT Alliance/UNEP/UN Women during the U.N. Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on the Beijing+25 Review on 28 November 2019 in Bangkok. Title: “Champions for Climate Change – Women Fighting for Climate Action”.