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Popular Movements Meet with Pope Francis

December 16, 2014

KAIROS colleague Judith Marshall shares experiences from a meeting of social movements with Pope Francis.

Post filed in: Regional News

Northern Gateway decision a turning point in indigenous relations

July 16, 2014

In announcing its approval for the Northern Gateway pipeline, the federal government said that Enbridge “has more work to do to engage with aboriginal groups.” This passing off of responsibility to the pipeline’s sponsor does not release the government from…

Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights

Be Not Afraid – By John Dillon

April 29, 2013

KAIROS’ Economic Justice Program Coordinator John Dillon reflects on speaking out against injustice in the face of fear. KAIROS is celebrating 40 years of speaking out for justice through it’s predecessor coalitions. Join us on May 8th at Church of…

Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Spirited Reflections

Too Little, Too Late

December 12, 2011

By John Dillon Politicians are portraying the outcome of the Durban climate conference as a “success” because they have agreed to keep on talking in the hope of arriving at a legally binding pact by 2015 that would take effect…

Post filed in: Ecological Justice

Backwards to Climate Chaos or Forwards to Climate Action?

December 8, 2011

By John Dillon Environment Minister Peter Kent wants out of the Kyoto Protocol (KP), which he describes as “ineffective and unfair because the major emerging economies [particularly China and India], still want to consider themselves … to be developing countries.”…

Post filed in: Ecological Justice

Farmers Cool the Earth

November 28, 2011

One of my most vivid memories from last year’s UN climate conference at Cancún is a banner that said: “Farmers Cool the Earth.” It was strung up at an encampment organized by Via Campesina, a global network of small farmer…

Post filed in: Ecological Justice

Climate Change Challenges Us to Choose between Life and Death

January 12, 2011

After a welcome break to celebrate God’s incarnation among us, I am revisiting the blog I wrote on the final day of the UN climate conference, Cancún Accord Mirrors Copenhagen Accord While Keeping Kyoto Protocol Alive. Rereading the Cancún documents…

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Cancún Accord Mirrors Copenhagen Accord While Keeping Kyoto Protocol Alive

December 12, 2010

After only a few hours sleep I am risking a preliminary analysis of the “Cancún Accord” announced in the wee hours of Saturday morning over Bolivia’s objections. 1. Inadequate Reduction Target The agreement repeats the Copenhagen Accord’s target of keeping temperature…

Post filed in: Ecological Justice

World Bank Out of Climate Rally

December 9, 2010

Today was marked by an intense debate concerning the role of the World Bank in climate change. World Bank President Robert Zoellick arrived in Cancún to launch a new multi-million dollar fund designed to help developing countries establish their own…

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A KAIROS Partner’s Views on the Climate Talks

December 7, 2010

Today I sat down with Javier Balderas, a KAIROS partner from the Tepeyac Human Rights Centre in Oaxaca, Mexico to learn about how climate change is being experienced in one of Mexico’s poorest states. Javier described how the campesinos and…

Post filed in: Indigenous Rights

On the Way to Cancun

December 1, 2010

Friday I depart for the UN climate talks in Cancún, Mexico. I hope to meet many of KAIROS’ southern partners from networks such as Oilwatch and Acción Ecológica as well as human rights campaigners from the Centro Tepeyac in Oaxacas to…

Post filed in: Ecological Justice

The Economics of Sustainability

June 30, 2010

by John Dillon June 2010 Humans, and indeed all life forms, depend on the Earth’s ecosystem to sustain life. Without clean air, water, food, shelter and energy we cannot survive. This simple truth is so self-evident that it sounds trite…

Post filed in: Ecological Justice