G8 countries need to do more to tackle the root causes of the global food crisis that rich countries have themselves created, said Progressio at the close of the G8 summit.
Although Progressio…
admin, 10th July 2008
A ‘worrying’ range of potential threats to sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and the livelihoods of the world’s poorest communities emerged at the recent meeting of signatories to UN’s Convention…
admin, 4th July 2008
The world’s most critical environmental and social problems will only be solved by ‘a new vision of development’, declared Progressio’s Head of Advocacy Joanne Green at a summit meeting of the United…
admin, 3rd July 2008
Bishops call for end to ‘circle of violence’ in run-up to Zimbabwe’s June 27 elections
Zambian Catholic bishops have urged leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to take ‘much…
admin, 19th June 2008
International development agency Progressio is calling on its supporters to send a Valentine’s message to the European Commissioner for the Environment, Stavros Dimas, to ‘love people and the planet…
admin, 28th January 2008
International development agency Progressio launched a new campaign against Terminator technology – the genetic modification of plants to make their seeds sterile – on 16 October, World Food Day….
admin, 16th October 2007
Progressio welcomes Chancellor Alistair Darling’s announcement that the UK is to increase overseas development aid to £7.9 billion by 2010. It means that by 2010, the UK will be directing 0.56…
admin, 11th October 2007
Progressio congratulates the people of Timor-Leste on peaceful parliamentary elections that point to a new coalition government after the former governing party Fretilin (Revolutionary Front for an…
admin, 9th July 2007
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