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Caritas addresses a letter to the “Loss and Damage Fund” Board Members

22/04/2024 Advocacy, Agriculture, climate, Climate Change, Female face of migration, Food, Food Crisis, Women, Youth by Loredana Fabijanic

Dear Loss and Damage Fund Board Members, Congratulations on your appointment to the board of the Loss and Damage Fund (LDF). We are grateful for your acceptance of this responsibility and your commitment to such a significant task. We understand the urgency of the moment and the immense challenges posed by climate change. The success ...

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

22/01/2024 Advocacy, climate, Climate Change, Migration by daniele piccini

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 ...

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

7/12/2023 climate, Climate Change, Press Release by daniele piccini

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 ...

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

29/11/2023 Advocacy, climate, Climate Change, Press Release by daniele piccini

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 ...

SUFFERING, HOPE & RESILIENCE IN SOMALIA: ‘THANK GOD WE ARE ALL STILL ALIVE TO TELL THE STORY’

3/11/2023 Africa, climate, News, Somalia by Maria Kristina Millare

“We have witnessed drought before, lost animals and crops, however, unlike other periods, we usually had enough livestock and crops to sustain ourselves until the rainy season. Now the rains have failed for the fourth time and we are not sure if the fifth rainy season will come,” shares Habey Maanur Mohamud, a 60-year-old mother ...

CARITAS CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS DESPERATE NEED FOR ACTION TO PROTECT PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

26/10/2023 Advocacy, climate, Migration, News, Press Release by Maria Kristina Millare

As part of the inauguration week 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 today launched its new publication Displaced by a Changing Climate: Caritas Voices Protecting and Supporting People on the Move. The publication explores the experiences ...