Future:Media:Change

Bloggers and campaigners shone a light into the murky world of United Nations discussions on the Arms Trade Treaty last month. These sessions are usually fairly staid with diplomats and NGOs engaging in intense discussions about detailed wording and the placement of commas in resolutions. This year we shook things up by inviting bloggers from around the world into the UN to engage with the process.

Heather Graham squares off with Mackenzie Crook (The Office, UK; Pirates of the Carribean) in this climate change video that supports Oxfam’s new online game, The Climate Challenge.

A counterproductive strategy in Congo is costing more lives than it is saving. We need bloggers to help explain this complex situation to a public that would act, if they knew what was happening.

For every rebel combatant disarmed:

• 1 Congolese civilian has been killed
• 7 women and girls raped
• 6 houses burned and destroyed
• 1,000 people forced to flee their homes.

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A partnership of several NGOs and bloggers is helping provide coverage and context for climate actions. Climate campaigners were out in force in Barcelona this week. Ben Margolis from Tck Tck Tck explains exactly what they are doing and why it matters — something many NGOs don’t do enough.