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Those of us calling for world leaders to take climate change seriously were heartened to hear that the Canadian government bowed to pressure from environmentalists, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and more progressive countries early last week to include climate change on the G8 and G20 agendas.

Les familles de la zone Liben de la région Somali d’Éthiopie manquent de tout : pluie, pâturages, nourriture. Depuis que la sécheresse se combine à la hausse des prix des denrées alimentaires, des communautés entières font face aux affres de la famine. Partout en Éthiopie, la faim traque continuellement près de huit millions de personnes.

Families in the Liben District of Ethiopia face shortages of everything – rain, pastureland, food. Since the drought combined with soaring food prices last year, entire communities are facing the hard pangs of hunger. In all Ethiopia, hunger regularly stalks almost eight million people.

Ayer, grupos de activistas de países como los EE.UU., el Reino Unido, India, México, Malawi, Sudáfrica y Bélgica organizaron actos de calle y manifestaciones como parte del Día de Acción  del G-8/ G-20. El objetivo era enviar un poderoso mensaje a sus dirigentes antes de ir a Canadá a asistir a las respectivas Cumbres: Invertir en el futuro. Ahora.

    * Luchar contra el Cambio Climático,     * Repensar la economía mundial,

Today, activist groups worldwide organized events as part of a G20 day of action in countries such as the US, the UK, India, Mexico, Malawi, South Africa and Belgium. They did so with the goal of sending a powerful message to their leaders before they head to Canada for the G8/G20 Summits: Invest in the future. Now.

Llegué aquí, a Toronto, Canadá, para poner en marcha el trabajo de la campaña de Oxfam en relación a las próximas cumbres del G8 y el G20 que se celebrarán del 25 al 27 de junio. No te lo puedes perder, hemos preparado un montón de cosas.

I’ve arrived here in Toronto, Canada to lead Oxfam’s campaigning work for the upcoming G8/G20 Summits on 25-27th June. We have lots planned so make sure you stay tuned!

The G8 meet first, in what is dubbed ‘the Muskoka Summit’ for about a day. Then the G20 will meet in downtown Toronto for another day and a half. The G8 has a broad agenda of issues they will cover such as maternal health, security, terrorism etc. The G20 will focus on finance and global economic recovery.

Je suis arrivée à Toronto (Canada) pour coordonner le travail de mobilisation d’Oxfam en prévision des sommets du G8/G20 qui se tiendront du 25 au 27 juin prochains. Nous avons planifié plusieurs actions alors restez à l’affût !

Let’s start with some good news: Canada, which will host the next G8 summit at the end of June, has announced a new G8 initiative to tackle maternal mortality as a priority. Every day worldwide, about a thousand women die in childbirth or just after delivery. The rates of maternal mortality are unacceptable in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Empecemos con las buenas noticias: Canadá, que será la sede de la próxima cumbre del G8 a finales de junio, ha anunciado una nueva iniciativa del G8 cuya prioridad es erradicar la mortalidad materna. Cada día, en todo el planeta, cerca de mil mujeres mueren durante el parto o justo después. Las tasas de mortalidad materna son inaceptables en el África subsahariana.