Paris Climate Summit: What happened, why it matters and the role Christians played
By Paul Cook. Well, the talks are finished, the venue is being packed down and 40,000 delegates, observers and journalists are on their way home, but what was achieved in …
Why Climate Change is a Faith Issue
EU-CORD is part of a global faith-based movement that calls for climate justice. Therefore, EU-CORD was present at the hand-over of nearly 1.8 million petition signatures to Christina Figueres, the …
Climate Change is undermining Development
The quote above from Nyasa, a farmer in Malawi, powerfully highlights one way in which climate change is already affecting those living in poverty, and how climate change poses a …
Why Climate Change is a Humanitarian Issue
Climate change is making extreme weather events such as storms, flooding and droughts more intense and more frequent. This increases the risk of disasters all over the world and particularly …
The EU’s Approach to Disability and Development
On Monday EU-CORD represented the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC) at the EU in an important meeting about the EU’s approach to disability. The European Union (as a body) …
Take Action for Climate Justice
In one month’s time world leaders will meet in Paris to achieve a new international agreement on the climate. We believe that this is an important opportunity to work towards environmental …
Change policy, change the world?
Article 208 of the Treaty of Lisbon holds one very important, but too often overlooked sentence. ‘The Union shall take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies …
Improving humanitarian intervention
Hassan and Marwa fled Syria with their sons into Jordan by hitching a ride on a cattle car. They were dropped into the middle of the desert near the Jordanian …