CIDSE Highlights Nov-Dec 2012

CIDSE Highlights No.9, November-December 2012

When the storms roll in, let us be mindful of the poorest

A few weeks from the Doha climate talks, the EU need to honour its promises to support developing countries financially to cope with the impacts of climate change. Sandy reminded us why, says Bishop Theotonius Gomes, President of Caritas Bangladesh

COP18 climate summit in Doha

The poorest bite Doha's dust, as governments keep the negotiations on track towards a global deal by 2015, but do little more to avoid catastrophic climate change.

Climate-smart Agriculture – A useful paradigm for Development?

Climate-smart Agriculture – A useful paradigm for Development?, Climate change and agriculture 2^nd Edition, Paper 1, Misereor, October 2012

CAN-E: EU’s international climate position going nowhere slowly

CAN-E, Europe's largest coalition working on climate and energy issues CIDSE is a member of, expresses disappointment about the outcomes of the meeting of EU environment ministers on October 25th.

‘Get to work, Chancellor Merkel!’ CIDSE and climate allies cry

CIDSE, together with six other environmental and development organisations, made a symbolic handover of a pair of gloves to encourage Angela Merkel to keep working for more climate action in Europe.

Factors & actors in climate change adaptation

Shaping Strategies: factors and actors in climate change adaptation, Lessons from two-year case studies in Africa and Latin America, Trocaire and IDS Research report, June 2012 (Executive Summary)

The gradual and devastating impact of climate change

Justin Kilcullen, Director of CIDSE's Irish member Trócaire, writes about the Rio+20 conference and Trocaire's new climate research.

Church and civil society leaders encourage Poland and European Union to make low carbon societies reality

(Rio de Janeiro, 21 June 2012)Today, a high level delegation of Church and civil society leaders encouraged Poland to take a new path towards a more sustainable society in a meeting with Polish Under-Secretary of State for the Environment Beata Jaczewska. The delegation, organised by the international alliance of Catholic development agencies CIDSE, also urged European Commissioner Connie Hedegaard to make sure the EU reaffirms its role as climate leader to make low carbon societies a reality.

Scotland's Climate Justice Fund launches

CIDSE's Scottish member organisation SCIAF, were delighted to attend the launch of Scotland's Climate Justice Fund yesterday after playing their part in a campaign to reach this historic moment for climate justice and Scotland.