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Springing the debt trap

Ahead of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 140 faith leaders from around the world are urging the IMF and World Bank to cancel debts of countries in the Global South.

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What Canadians’ solidarity means to the defenders of the Amazon

The For our Common Home campaign culminates with a webinar featuring Indigenous testimonies, solidarity, inspiration and plans for powerful advocacy.

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Canada ratifies the Paris Agreement: it is time to act on climate change

Canada ratifies the Paris Agreement

On October 5th, the Canadian House of Commons supported the ratification of the Paris Agreement, which helped push the historic agreement over the threshold required for its entry into force, i.e. ratification by at least 55...

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New guide for meeting with your MP!

At Development and Peace, our members are at the heart of our advocacy activities. 

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Conference on the Paris climate change agreement to be presented across Canada

Last December, 195 countries came together in Paris and negotiated an historic agreement on climate change. 

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A first step toward implementation of the Paris agreement?

February 26, 2016
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Geneviève Talbot, Research and Advocacy officer

On March 3, 2016, the first ministers' conference, organized by the Prime Minister, will be held in Vancouver to discuss the future climate policies of Canada. This meeting provides an opportunity for the government to honour the commitments it made during COP21 in Paris, in December, 2015. 

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COP20: Development and Peace and its partners ask that the poorest be at the heart of discussions on climate change

There is one thing that is certain and indisputable about climate change: it is the poorest people, those who are the least responsible for carbon emissions, who are suffering from the greatest impact. Another sad reality is that it is these very same people who have the least access to the resources needed to fight against climate change and its impact on their environment.

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New Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy: Making Progress, but We Can Do Better

Last November 14, the Government of Canada released its new Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy. Several civil society organizations—including Development and Peace and its members—had been waiting for this new strategy in the hope that their calls for greater justice for communities in the Global South affected by the operations of certain mining companies would be heard.

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A very worrisome situation in Paraguay

April 30, 2014
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Khoudia Ndiaye, Communications Officer

An era of systematic violations of human rights came to an end in Paraguay following the fall of the dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner (1954-1989), who headed one of the most brutal regimes on the continent. After the first elections were held, the peasant movement quickly mobilized to address unequal land distribution in the country, where only 400 families own 90 percent of the land, even though most of the population makes its living from agriculture. Since that time, peasants have been working for land reforms to change this situation.

Cambodia: Development and Peace is deeply concerned by the bloody repression of a workers' demonstration in Phnom Penh

Cambodia has been marked by repeated violence in recent weeks. The country is facing a serious political crisis, its social climate is deteriorating, and increasing military repression has caused the death of peaceful protesters.

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