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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…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Spirited Reflections
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…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
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