In the North this summer, a devastating offensive is underway. Enemy forces have seized huge swaths of territory; with each passing week, another 22,000 square miles of Arctic ice disappears. Experts dispatched to the battlefield in July saw little cause for hope, especially since this siege is one of the oldest fronts in the war. Read more
Anglicans from around the world are gathering in Fiji this week for an international consultation on climate justice. The event is being organised by the Anglican mission agency United Society. Fijians are among the most vulnerable to climate change according to the website National Climate Justice. The seven-day consultation, Encountering God in the Storm is being held Read more
Someone on Twitter asked how people feel about the future, taking climate change into account. I replied that I don’t expect to have grandchildren, but imagine that humanity would remain resilient. Naturally, we segued into survivalist-apocalyptic jokes. My kid wields swords and sticks with a bit of flair, I offered. My friend said that would Read more
The Pacific Island nations often cited as the most likely to disappear because of rising sea levels include Kiribati, the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu. Kiribati has a population of just over 100,000. The Marshall Islands about 52,000. And Tuvalu close to 10,000. The problem for small Pacific Island nations is that on a world scale Read more
Praying for action on climate change and a kava ceremony in the heart of the Catholic church were all part of the journey leading up to last year’s momentous Paris climate change talks, according to the leader of the Pacific Climate Warriors. Koreti Tiumalu told the ‘In the Eye of the Storm‘ climate change conference Read more
A controversial light show at St. Peter’s Basilica was intended to “inspire change around the climate crisis,” according to organizers of the event. The show, titled “Fiat Lux,” or “Let there be light,” was an unprecedented event during which images of “the earth and all of its living creatures” were projected on the main façade Read more
Pope Francis has urging the international community to act soon on the agreement reached at the Paris climate change talks. At his Angelus address on Sunday, the Pope congratulated world leaders on reaching the agreement. Implementing the plan, he said, will require “a concerted and generous commitment on the part of each one”. The Pope Read more
No other country in the world has the courage or compassion like Fiji to come forward and help the people of Kiribati and Tuvalu. Kiribati President Anote Tong publicly thanked the nation of Fiji in a speech at the Paris climate summit for agreeing to take in his people should the worst come to pass. “It’s Read more
Pacific voices have been heard at the Climate Change Conference in Paris, COP21. “It is through the actions of civil society and small island nations that the agreement recognises we need to keep a global temperature limit well below 2C, and work towards a limit of 1.5C to protect the most vulnerable states,” says Caritas Read more
A cardinal has said natural birth control could “offer a solution” to the impacts of climate change, particularly the lack of food in a warmer world. Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana told the BBC the Church has never been against natural family planning. During the Pope’s trip back from the Philippines, the Pontiff invited people Read more