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.

Lydia Lehlogonolo Machaka
Stories
Publications
-
Press release: African Climate Dialogues
July 19, 2022African Climate Dialogues kick off on the way to COP27 In a time of climate crisis, it is more than […]
-
Catholic organisations warn against green washing ahead of crucial vote
July 5, 2022As the European Parliament prepares to vote tomorrow on whether to veto the Commission’s proposal for a Complementary Climate Delegated […]
-
News from CIDSE – May-June 2022
July 1, 2022Read our latest newsletter for an overview of our activities from May and June and find out what’s coming next! […]
-
African Climate Dialogues – Towards COP27
June 30, 2022A group of Church and civil society actors launched the African Climate Dialogues, a process to reflect on key topics […]
-
CIDSE documentary #futurelieswithyouth
May 23, 2022Following the premiere of “The Future lies with youth”, the latest documentary produced by CIDSE within the initiative “Change for […]