As ministers arrive in Cancún one of the most urgent issues they need to resolve is loss and damage for small island states. CARE International calls for decisive action to overcome this deadlock in the negotiations.
CANCUN, MEXICO (December 8, 2010) - In the final days of the Cancún climate negotiations, CARE calls on Parties not to bargain with the lives of poor people but to put them at the centre of their efforts to tackle climate change.
CANCUN, MEXICO (December 11, 2010) – After two weeks of difficult negotiations the Climate talks in Cancun finally delivered concrete results, according to CARE International. “We welcome the important progress made but we should be cautious because the difficult questions of mitigation and finance remain unresolved”, said Poul Erik Lauridsen, CARE’s Climate Change Advocacy Coordinator.
The rain in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro began late on Wednesday, January 12th, and in a few hours had left over 650 dead and thousands homeless in eight counties.
CARE has provided urgently needed food and emergency supplies to 6,000 people in flood-ravaged Sri Lanka and we are rapidly scaling up our response.
PORT-AU-PRINCE (January 11, 2011) – When the earth shook in Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, a humanitarian catastrophe without precedent followed. The earthquake hit Haiti in the heart, claiming more than 220,000 lives and destroying over 188,000 buildings. And like any country that suffers such a mega-disaster, Haiti was a place in great need.
After the first days of the climate change conference in Cancún, CARE International fears that people least responsible but hardest hit by the impacts of climate change will be left empty handed.
The focus of discussion today will be on Japan. Yesterday, as the UNFCCC climate change negotiations began, Japan said that it does not want to support a second commitment period under the Kyoto protocol. The second commitment
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (November 22, 2010) – As the cholera epidemic in Haiti continues to spread with lethal speed, CARE International stresses the need for a joint and long-term effort by the Haitian government and international partners to tackle the lack of water infrastructure and poor hygiene standards throughout the country.
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
