CLIMATE JUSTICE
Climate science is clear: there are just a few years left with current carbon budget reserves to stay within the 1.5°C limit. Green House Gas (GHG) emissions continue to rise alongside multiple crises of energy poverty, hunger injustice, inequality, and human rights violations that are rooted at the core of our current social, economic, and political system.
As we cannot solve one of those crises at the expense of the others, and as the window of opportunity to tackle climate change is shrinking, we urgently need to act. These times require thorough proposals for an ecological transition – alternative models that can answer the needs of the vulnerable communities that are at the frontlines of climate change, without having contributed to global emissions.
CIDSE not only follows closely the negotiations at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), but also address the climate crisis across all our areas of work. We recognize that corporate impunity allows for extractivist, carbon-intensive economic models to thrive. Climate mitigation and adaptation are core objectives at the center of the models we propose for just and sustainable production of food and energy. We are mobilising young volunteers to become advocates in their communities for climate action and personal carbon emissions.

Officer
Lydia Lehlogonolo
Machaka
machaka(at)cidse.org
Stories
Publications
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Faith-based organisations unite voices in The Ecclesial Networks Alliance for
August 2, 2023Giving voice to the cry of the Earth, and the cry of the poor: a worldwide initiative connecting people from […]
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News from CIDSE – May/June 2023
July 7, 2023Read the latest issue of our newsletter for a review of our activities from May to June and find out […]
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Making the Loss and Damage Fund accessible for vulnerable communities
June 16, 2023Recommendations based on experience with the Green Climate Fund CIDSE Briefing paper, June 2023 Author: Thomas Hirsch, Climate & Development Advice Editors: […]
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Building our future together: CIDSE meets African partners ahead of
March 29, 2023Last February, CIDSE staff, Nicky Broeckhoven and Vincent Dauby, travelled to Uganda to meet with several partner/ally organisations. During their […]
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Lent 2023: Create hope
February 22, 2023Wednesday 22nd February marks the beginning of Lent, a special time for prayer and reflection. Most CIDSE members organise campaigns […]