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Media Releases - 2012

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RIO+20 Summit

-- CARE Climate Change Experts -  EXPERTS AT RIO+20 IN BRASIL 

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2012 RELEASES

-- June 22 , 2012 -- CARE media release

Rio+20: Twenty lost years
In the midst of Rio despair, local solutions are emerging that need more support, CARE says

-- June 21 , 2012 -- CARE media release

Rio+20: Nothing more than a political charade
Rhetoric cannot camouflage lack of vision and commitment, CARE says

BLOG: Rio Plus 20, or Rio Minus 20?

Blog by Kevin Henry, Where the Rain Falls Project Coordinator:

BLOG: Rio+20:Does it provide the food future we need?
Blog by Stefan Mielke, Program and Policy Advisor Climate Change and Food Security, CARE Austria

-- June 20, 2012 -- Blog by Kit Vaughan - CARE's Climate Change Advocacy Coordinator

BLOG: Rio+20: Game over for our planet? / Video Blog:

Blog by Kevin Henry, Where the Rain Falls Project Coordinator:

BLOG: Why I Joined 50,000 Other People in the Journey to Rio (overview of Where the Rain Falls project)

-- June 19 , 2012 -- Blog by Kevin Henry, Where the Rain Falls Project Coordinator:

BLOG: There is Hope for the World (on the bus) at Rio+20

-- June 18 , 2012 -- CARE media release

Rio+20: Black hole of low ambition and little substance

CARE urges world leaders to come up with a roadmap for sustainable future

CAN/TckTckTck Media Advisory: NGO briefing on climate and energy negotiations at Rio+20

Civil society experts outline expectations ahead of high-level segment

-- June 13 , 2012 -- CARE media release

Rio+20 conference: “World cannot grow at the expense of poor people”
New CARE report highlights the need for Rio+20 to deliver on sustainable development solutions with equity and resilience as central pillars -- “Very little progress in the past 20 years.”  

Related Open Editorial by Kit Vaughan, CARE International Climate Change Advocacy Coordinator: 

We have no time to lose–The global transition must start now

-- May 24, 2012 -- CARE, Germanwatch, ActionAid and WWF press release

Damage done? NGOs highlight irreversible losses caused by climate change

Joint Report by CARE, Germanwatch, ActionAid and WWF warns against irreparable damage from climate change for ecosystems and vulnerable countries / UN climate conference in Bonn shows that countries still fail to deliver necessary action to prevent worst case scenarios

-- May 21, 2012 -- IIED/CARE/Southern Voices on Climate Change press release  
 
Report reveals key role for civil society in policymaking in a changing climate

As the international climate negotiations are moving at a slow pace, developing countries are creating new policies to deal with climate change; a new report by a coalition of NGOs demonstrates that civil society is critical to policy processes that aim to tackle climate change and protect the poorest and most vulnerable communities from its impacts.

2011 RELEASES