The Irish company that imports coal from a Colombian mine accused of human rights abuses has recorded revenues of €2.3bn.

Ireland has emerged as the second-worst performer after Poland on tackling climate change.

One in three women around the world have experienced either sexual or physical violence, an international conference on gender-based violence in Trinity College has heard today.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel - a veteran of global efforts to curb climate change - has refused to set a deadline for ending her country's use of coal.

Multinationals will end up paying more tax if recommendations in a high-level review of Ireland’s tax regime are adopted, according to the head of tax at Chartered Accountants Ireland.

The UK has ratified the world's first comprehensive treaty on tackling climate change, the British government said.

A senior employee of the international aid group World Vision in the Gaza Strip siphoned off millions of dollars of the charity’s funds and transferred them to the Islamic militant group Hamas, assisting it in building tunnels and purchasing arms, Israel’s internal security agency said.

Áilín Quinlan visits a family in the scenic foothills of the Himalayas where people live in fear of a repeat of the earthquake which devastated this impoverished country just one year ago

Irish development organisations have dismissed the European Commission’s latest attempt to crackdown on global tax avoidance as a “woefully inadequate” token gesture.

Climate change could push more than 100m people into extreme poverty by 2030 by disrupting agriculture and fueling the spread of malaria and other diseases, the World Bank said in a report.

Seven experienced hikers are being sought to carry bundles of firewood across several kilometres of rough terrain on the Sheep’s Head Peninsula to raise thousands of euro for people in Ethiopia.

Caroline O’Doherty discovers how women in the west African country of Burkina Faso are working together to improve educational and economic opportunities for themselves and their communities

Irish Examiner reporter, Caroline O'Doherty, travelled to Burkino Faso with Christian Aid staff and in her report reveals the work they are doing and the challenges they, and other aid agencies, face in the growing global fight against famine and drought. 

Armed with nothing more than a t-shirt and and unwavering belief in the rights of the underdog, Caroline O’Doherty profiles the Peace Brigades International.

Aid agencies have questioned the Government’s commitment to contributing 0.7% of gross national income towards overseas aid after yesterday’s budget showed no increase in funding for overseas development assistance.

Celebrity promotion of charities is ineffective at raising awareness but can make the stars more popular with the public, a study says.

International tax policy changes being considered by the OECD could shave €1bn off Ireland’s annual multinational tax take, a Dáil Committee has heard.

Jineth Bedoya Lima was viciously attacked and raped 14 years ago. She will not rest until Colombia’s women have justice, says Caroline O’Doherty

Government proposals to reduce Ireland’s carbon emissions have been widely criticised for lacking targets, a clear vision and for potentially being too costly for businesses and households.

Europe’s climate commissioner has said world talks must provide a “substantial answer” to global warming in two years to remain relevant, after another United Nations conference gave only modest results.

Air strikes on Syria could have “catastrophic effects” on the desperate humanitarian crisis in the region, a charity has warned.

THE struggle over land is a defining feature of Ireland’s political history.

Charities are warning of crippling food price rises here and worldwide if immediate action is not taken to counteract the effects of climate change.

The call for Ireland’s overseas aid to be spent mostly on Irish products (Letters, Feb 20) is badly mistaken.

Pleading our case is lost in translation

Campaigners from around the world are urging Russia to back the UN Security Council and help bring an end to the crisis in Syria, coinciding with what they are calling the one-year anniversary of violence in the country.

Cover girl Lily Cole has swapped the glamour of the glossies to see the conditions faced by displaced Burmese refugees.

THE Department of Justice is moving forward with plans to send gardaí to Afghanistan to help train the country’s embattled police force as well as assisting the war-torn nation’s justice system with Irish lawyers.

CLAIMS that aid money sent to Ethiopia was spent on weapons are “palpable nonsense”, Band Aid founder Bob Geldof said yesterday.

Claims that aid money sent to Ethiopia was spent on weapons are “palpable nonsense”, Band Aid founder Bob Geldof said today.

The Band Aid Trust will complain to the British broadcasting watchdog Ofcom about a BBC report that alleged millions of pounds raised for famine relief in Ethiopia was spent on weapons, one of its trustees said today.

HAITI’S £547 million (€770m) international debt must be axed to help the country recover from its devastating earthquake, Christian Aid said yesterday.

A POWERFUL new earthquake shook Haiti yesterday jolting celebrations for miracle survivors ranging from a three-week-old baby to an elderly woman who were hauled out after seven days under the rubble.

Pushed to the far edge of desperation, earthquake-ravaged Haitians dumped decaying bodies into mass graves and begged for water and food amid fears that time is running out to avoid chaos and to rescue anyone still alive in the wreckage.

Developing countries today agreed to resume climate change negotiations in Copenhagen after a half-day suspension.

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Copenhagen today as part of demonstrations around the world to demand a fair and binding new global deal to tackle climate change.

ON Thursday representatives of states from around the world will gather to sign an agreement aimed at strengthening the protection of economic, social and cultural rights for individuals.

THERE was a rattle and hum yesterday as a furious U2 fan crushed the band’s entire back catalogue in protest at their tax status.

MARRIED at 14 and a mother at 15, Suraya Pakzad seemed certain to follow the path of most women in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime, facing a future without a vote, a voice or a choice in her destiny.

IN her otherwise excellent report on her visit to Kenya sponsored by Lyons Tea (‘Refreshing Change, October 11), your correspondent seriously misrepresents Fairtrade.

THE collapse of world trade talks in Geneva has been bitterly condemned by EU trade negotiator Peter Mandelson as “a burial”.

The collapse of world trade talks in Geneva has been bitterly condemned by EU trade negotiator Peter Mandelson as “a burial”.