The CIDSE Secretariat wishes you a Merry Christmas and looks forward to working together with you in the New Year, united for peace, justice and solidarity.
CIDSE was in Dubai to urge developed countries to take their responsibility on climate change. COP8 ended with a historic announcement on transition away from fossil fuels, but with weak language and loopholes in the text.
CIDSE welcomes the political agreement reached in the EU Trilogue on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) but will closely monitor the technical meetings where the text will be finalised.
CIDSE stands in solidarity with the people of Guatemala who are peacefully protesting to demand that the results of the presidential elections be respected.
This new study reveals that the EU-Mercosur Agreement promotes the automative industry at the expense of climate and human rights. (Available in DE - EN - ES - PT)
The first report finds that, despite increased ambition in several Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), collective ambition still falls significantly short of the 1.5°C goal, while the second report explores an equitable phaseout of fossil fuel extraction.
Want to get an insight into the discussions at the Thematic Social Forum on Mining and the Extractive Economy? Read the blog of CIDSE's Systemic Change Officers, Nicky Broeckhoven and Kim Claes.
Josianne Gauthier, CIDSE's Secretary General was part of the CIDSE delegation at COP28 in Dubai. She reflects on Pope Francis' absence and the role of Catholic actors.
The third and final episode of this mini-series - an initiative by CIDSE and the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) from Coventry University - explores the complexities and challenges of feminism inside the food sovereignty and agroecology movement.
Brazilian land defenders, Maria Moreira Da Silva (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra) and Saulo Reis (Comissão Pastoral da Terra) explain the violence they face from agroindustry and mining activities, and share the importance of agroecology in their lives. This interview was carried out in March 2023 during a visit to Brussels as part of the Entraide et Fraternité Lenten campaign.
ABOUT US CIDSE is an international family of Catholic social justice organisations, working together to promote justice, harness the power of global solidarity and create transformational change to end poverty and inequalities. We do this by challenging systemic injustice and inequity as well as destruction of nature. We believe in a world where every human being has the right to live in dignity.
