Earth Day 2024: Clever solutions to clear plastic waste in Bolivia
A community near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia have come together to clear the tons of waste that washed up on their doorstep.
For the first time, all governments have formally acknowledged the world must move away from fossil fuels.
People all over the planet are already experiencing the effects of the climate emergency, from more frequent and severe storms and floods to historic droughts and food crises.
These changes are hitting hardest the communities that have contributed the least to causing the crisis.
Our CAFOD family has a long history of calling for protection for our common home.
We are calling on world leaders to:
Fix our food system and its connections to the climate crisis.
Finance the fight against the climate crisis.
Stop supporting the fossil fuels that are driving the climate crisis.
A community near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia have come together to clear the tons of waste that washed up on their doorstep.
The agreement to "transition away from fossil fuels" is the first time governments have committed to move away from fossil fuels in more than thirty years of UN climate meetings.
In his message at the summit in the United Arab Emirates, the Pope called on governments to put the global common good ahead of national interests.
The COP28 climate talks have begun with countries agreeing on the first day of the UN summit how a loss and damage fund will operate.
Add your voice to Pope Francis' call for leaders at the UN climate summit to take the action we need to tackle the climate crisis.
The new apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum follows eight years after Laudato Si’, in which Pope Francis called for all people to care for our common home.
Speaking on BBC World News, CAFOD’s Head of Advocacy, Neil Thorns, said “the UK is leaving its international reputation in tatters”.
Shell and BP were presented with mock 'blue plaques' to remind the fossil fuel companies how history will judge their contribution to the climate crisis.
Poverty and the threat of violence cast a shadow over childhood in Colombia but one woman is training young people to advocate for their communities, work for peace and safeguard the Amazon.
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We can all work to protect our common home and reach vulnerable communities to work with them in places most at risk from the climate crisis.
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