Climate Change

Caritas Internationalis Contribution to the 14th Summit  of the Global Forum on Migration and Development

Caritas Internationalis Contribution to the 14th Summit of the Global Forum on Migration and Development

As a member of the Civil Society Delegation, Caritas Internationalis will participate in the upcoming 14th Summit of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), to be held in Geneva from 23-25 January 2024. This three-day meeting is an opportunity for States and key stakeholders to discuss major migration challenges and priorities for policy ...

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Catholic Networks Unite, Pleading for Fossil Fuel Phase-Out and Climate Justice at COP28

Catholic Networks Unite, Pleading for Fossil Fuel Phase-Out and Climate Justice at COP28

Dubai/Brussels/Rome, 7 December 2023 – The international networks of Catholic social justice organisations, Caritas Internationalis and CIDSE, urge negotiators and world leaders attending the Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai to work for a just and bold agreement that ensures the phase-out of all fossil fuels, gets the planet on track to achieving the Paris ...

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CARITAS: COP28 TALKS MUST CROSS CORRECT IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CRISIS, STOP RISE OF EXTREME POVERTY

CARITAS: COP28 TALKS MUST CROSS CORRECT IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CRISIS, STOP RISE OF EXTREME POVERTY

This year Caritas Internationalis will participate in global climate talks at COP28 (30 November – 12 December) in Dubai as part of the Holy See Delegation. At COP28, Caritas, a confederation of 162 national member organisations, will urge state leaders to support Global South nations, which bear a disproportionate burden from the impacts of the ...

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Caritas Internationalis presents its publication on Climate Change and Migration

Caritas Internationalis presents its publication on Climate Change and Migration

As part of the inauguration of the Global Year of Action of the “Together We” campaign, aimed at promoting integral ecology by simultaneously protecting people and our planet, Caritas Internationalis will launch its publication Displaced by a changing climate, highlighting the vital need for collective action to address the consequences of environmental degradation. Caritas Internationalis, ...

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Faith leaders unite to support an inclusive loss and damage fund ahead of COP28, championing the cause of the poor

Faith leaders unite to support an inclusive loss and damage fund ahead of COP28, championing the cause of the poor

One week after the release of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum, faith leaders around the world are endorsing support for a Loss and Damage Fund to mitigate the detrimental and unjust impacts of climate change already affecting the poor. Many Global South nations contribute the least to the climate crisis, yet pay the heaviest ...

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“Laudate Deum”, New Inspiration for Caritas Work on Climate Change

“Laudate Deum”, New Inspiration for Caritas Work on Climate Change

The Caritas Confederation welcomes the new apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum, released today by Pope Francis on the liturgical feast of Saint Francis of Assisi. The letter is an update of his encyclical letter Laudato Si’, published in May 2015, and expresses the Pope’s “heartfelt concerns about the care of our common home”. Caritas shares Pope ...

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Our living planet

Our living planet

“Because all creatures are connected, each must be cherished with love and respect” — Laudato si’ (42) Industrialization, mass consumption and transformations in agriculture have brought the living world to a crisis point. We have caused an ongoing mass extinction of species, from mammals down to the smallest plants and bacteria. It’s urgent to change ...

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Caritas discusses durable solutions for refugees and other displaced persons

Caritas discusses durable solutions for refugees and other displaced persons

“Free to choose whether to migrate or to stay”. Celebrating the 109th World Day of Migrants and Refugees on 24 September 2023, Caritas Internationalis makes its own the title of Pope Francis’ message for this Day. On the one hand, the right to stay in one’s own country means that social, working and human development ...

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Our shared future

Our shared future

“A true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice” — Laudato si’ (49) Social justice and human rights are woven through all of today’s most pressing environmental issues. Those who contribute least to environmental harm often suffer its worst effects. Equity and fairness are also often at the heart ...

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THE UN FOOD SYSTEMS SUMMIT +2 STOCKTAKING MOMENT- 24-26 JULY 2023

THE UN FOOD SYSTEMS SUMMIT +2 STOCKTAKING MOMENT- 24-26 JULY 2023

On the occasion of the upcoming UN Food Systems Stocktaking Moment to take place in Rome, Italy from 24-26 July 2023 with the aim to provide opportunities for countries to report on progress made at the national level since the UN Food Systems Summit in 2021, Caritas confederation concerns border on the corporate capture of ...

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