Climate Change

The road to climate justice after Copenhagen

The road to climate justice after Copenhagen

By: Christine Campeau, Caritas Internationalis The Copenhagen Summit on climate change brought together 115 heads of state and governments. More than 40,000 people applied for accreditation. It was a grand but failed effort to reach a meaningful legally binding deal. Bishop Theotonius Gomes, President of Caritas Bangladesh said that the powerful nations felt morally bound ...

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Church in Ethiopia to host climate justice conference

Climate change has a major impact on the availability of food and water. It particularly effects communities in hot zones with limited agricultural land and restricted access to water. Ethiopia is one such country. Landlocked in the Horn of Africa between Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya and Sudan, Ethiopia is plagued by periodic drought. In an ...

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The state of play in the USA on climate justice

The state of play in the USA on climate justice

By guest writer Walter E. Grazer, Special Adviser for National Religious Partnership for the Environment US politics surrounding climate change remains contentious and uncertain. While the US House of Representatives passed climate legislation in the summer of 2009, all eyes are now on the US Senate that is in a state of virtual political paralysis. ...

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Pakistan youth group speaks out

Pakistan youth group speaks out

Protecting the planet for future generations requires self-sacrifices for the good of others. Our obligations to the human family stretch across generations. We are borrowing the earth’s natural resources from our children. These are lessons being spread by 14 youths who have come together to form the Asia Pacific Youth Network on Climate Change (AYCC-Pakistan), ...

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Finding hope as Copenhagen fails

The Copenhagen summit on finding a climate change action plan has failed. World leaders produced a weak toothless deal that will not help the poor in developing countries deal with effects of worsening weather conditions. Read about how the Copenhagen deal does not move us forward in reducing global warming and safeguarding lives. The short-sighted ...

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Bringing Solar Power to the People of Darfur

Bringing Solar Power to the People of Darfur

As climate change is heatedly debated by world leaders, communities in Darfur are finding sustainable solutions to water shortages in Internally Displaced Peoples (IDP) Camps. The rainy season in South Darfur typically lasts five or six months of the year. For the remainder, the land is dry, arid and desolate. With the length of the ...

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Time for climate justice at Copenhagen

Time for climate justice at Copenhagen

Caritas members from around the world are travelling to Copenhagen to lobby governments at a key climate change meeting. The UN summit (called the UNFCCC) is set to agree targets for cutting the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. It will also set funding for poor communities to tackle the impact of extreme or ...

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Caritas brings voices of poor to Copenhagen

Caritas members from around the world are in Copenhagen lobbying governments at a key climate change meeting. The UN summit (the UNFCCC) is set to agree targets for cutting the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. It will also set funding for poor communities to tackle the impact of extreme or unpredictable weather and ...

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