Climate Change Archives - Page 12 of 22

Caritas exhibit in Doha attracts many guests

29/11/2012 Advocacy, Blog, Climate Change, Development, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events by Caritas Communications

by Zar Gomez, Caritas Asia coordinator Now on its third day since the start of the UNFCCC meeting in Doha, Qatar, the exhibit booth of the 4-member delegation of Caritas Internationalis proves to be among the largest crowd-drawers at the Exhibit Hall 4 of the Qatar National Convention Centre.

Mongolia goes to Doha

26/11/2012 Advocacy, Agriculture, Asia, Climate Change, Development, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events, Mongolia by Caritas Communications

Even though – in the eyes of climate change decision-makers - the problems of Mongolia may not even amount to 1% of the world’s climate change issues, they are gradually worsening. On the ground, Caritas Mongolia intervenes by implementing a Food Security Project introducing Passive Solar Greenhouses, absorbing natural solar warming and releasing it to the vegetables.

Keeping faith in the climate talks

23/11/2012 Advocacy, Agriculture, Blog, Climate Change, Development, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events by Caritas Communications

As the international climate negotiations re-open in Doha, should we keep faith in the possibility of a successful outcome despite the difficulties of brokering a deal among 194 countries?

Do the right thing at Doha climate talks

22/11/2012 Advocacy, Climate Change, Development, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events by Caritas Communications

Droughts across West Africa, storms smashing into North America and the Caribbean, glaciers melting faster than imagined: the impact of bad and unusual weather patterns were clearly visible in 2012. But what was less clear was the political and public will to make the sacrifices necessary to address the driving forces behind climate change and ...

Paradise lost: rising seas threaten Pacific’s Carteret Islands

22/11/2012 Advocacy, Climate Change, Food, Oceania, Papua New Guinea by Caritas Communications

“I hope I die before these islands are covered by the sea.” Eighty-year-old John Sailik was born on the Carteret Islands, a ring of six atolls 50 miles off the coast of Papua New Guinea.

Caritas discusses the politics of agriculture in Doha

1/11/2012 Advocacy, Agriculture, Blog, Climate Change, Development, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events by Caritas Communications

Agriculture – namely, small-scale farming and organic farming – is at the heart of the Caritas work on food security and food safety in many developing countries.

New challenges for the people of Lake Chad

30/10/2012 Africa, Agriculture, Aid Success Story, Chad, Climate Change, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies, Emergencies in the Sahel, Food, Malnutrition by Caritas Communications

Balama was a village once located on the shores of Lake Chad, in the east of the county. Since the 1960s, the lake has been greatly reduced. A changing climate and uncontrolled use of water for irrigated agricultures combined with population pressure, has led to the receding of the lake to 10 percent of its original surface.

World Food Day: Fighting poverty by supporting small-scale agriculture

16/10/2012 Advocacy, Agriculture, Climate Change, Food, Malnutrition by Caritas Communications

By Ryan Worms, Caritas Internationalis “I want to set-up a small business to sell rice, flour and sugar. The last time, I made a tidy profit. I need 1000 gourdes (US$25),” says Ariette Tessono. Ariette is one of the members of the solidarity fund set up by Caritas in Labiche, in the south of Haiti. ...

Rio+20: conference reflections

22/06/2012 Advocacy, Blog, Brazil, Climate Change, Development, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events, Latin America by Caritas Communications

By James Stella On entering the Rio+20 Conference centre, the participants are instantly greeted by an enormous blue coloured digital billboard displaying the extensive list of side events scheduled for the day. Listed on the board one will find the name, location and time of the event. With events scheduled around the clock, from 9:00 ...

Caritas at Rio + 20

12/06/2012 Advocacy, Agriculture, Climate Change, Development, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to be held in Rio de Janeiro on 20-22 June is expected to represent a new stage in the political process that began back of 1972. Ever since the UN Stockholm Conference on Human Environment, political leaders have been discussing how to reconcile human development needs with environmental ...