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Failure at UN climate change conference COP 24

17/12/2018 Advocacy, Climate Change, Poland by Ffion Dean

Delegates at the annual UN climate change conference have failed to deliver strong commitments for essential action to save our planet. Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP, met in the Polish city of Katowice, 2-14 December 2018. The meeting came after the release of the ...

Young Catholics’ commitment at COP 24 boosts hope for climate justice and human rights

10/12/2018 Advocacy, Climate Change, Europe, Meetings & Events, Poland by Ffion Dean

The COP 24 climate change talks continue in Katowice, Poland, until 14 December. Major global Catholic institutions recently convened an international gathering of Catholic activists at the COP event. The gathering explored personal stories from the front lines of the climate crisis and brought out a Catholic response from participants. Caritas Internationalis and the Archdiocese ...

Green technology innovations from Caritas Denmark lifting people out of poverty

7/12/2018 Africa, Asia, Climate Change, Denmark, Development, Europe, Myanmar, Poverty Elimination, Refugees, Uganda by Ffion Dean

Caritas is working on several innovations to help bring environmentally-friendly, transparent, good-practice relief assistance to communities around the globe. While world leaders are discussing climate change at the UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland (December 2-14) Caritas Denmark is pioneering several green-technology projects: a new solar-powered water purifier a solar-powered cooker plans to map ...

Crunch UN climate change talks must deliver plan to save planet

22/11/2018 Advocacy, Climate Change, Europe, Meetings & Events, Poland, Press Release by Ffion Dean

Upcoming UN climate change talks in Poland this December will have to curb climate change for the coming decade and tackle its devastating effects on human life, ecosystems, food and water security, warns Caritas. The cost of increased disasters and hazards is now unbearable for communities already facing poverty. Watch this video to see examples ...

Church worldwide calls for ambitious and urgent climate action

26/10/2018 Climate Change by Caritas Internationalis

With a powerful appeal signed by five presidents of continental bishops’ conferences, leaders of the Catholic Church call government leaders to take ambitious and immediate action to tackle and overcome the devastating effects of the climate crisis.

Keeping the faith during the Venezuela food crisis

19/10/2018 Conflicts and Disasters, Food, Latin America, Malnutrition, Venezuela by Ffion Dean

The Venezuela food crisis is affected people in unexpected ways. Not only has it left thousands of people hungry and many children at risk of malnutrition - it's now threatening the production of communion hosts. Nuns in Caracas tell us how people are so hungry they're eating the scraps from making the communion host.

Climate finance is failing the most vulnerable, says new Caritas report from Oceania

18/10/2018 Advocacy, Climate Change, Fiji, New Zealand, News, Oceania, Tonga by Harriet Paterson

“Woefully inadequate” is how a new report from Caritas assesses the state of global funds reaching the most vulnerable people affected by climate change in the Pacific region. Despite large sums pledged at high-level international meetings, those most harmed are still being left behind. “Climate change is here and now,” points out Caritas Aotearoa New ...

Appeal launched for Philippines Typhoon survivors

27/09/2018 Asia, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Food, Philippines by Ffion Dean

Jessie cannot help but stare at the wreckage of his house. It was destroyed by super typhoon Mangkhut, which tore through the Philippines earlier this month. Over 1.5 million people were affected. “It felt really bad that I need to clear debris from the remains of our house,” said the 50-year-old construction worker from Baguio ...

South Sudan refugees: life in Uganda refugee camps

24/09/2018 Africa, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Food, Migration, Refugees, South Sudan, Uganda by Ffion Dean

In January 2017 we met South Sudan refugees who are living in Bidi Bidi in Uganda. 18 months later we've returned to the refugee camp to see the difference Caritas programmes are making to people who live there.

Venezuela Crisis

7/09/2018 Emergencies, Food, Health, Latin America, Malnutrition, Migration, Refugees, Venezuela by Ffion Dean

Find out how Caritas is helping vulnerable Venezuelans with food and health care during the current economic crisis.