News on climate change
- Voices Unheard
KAIROS Statement on the occasion of the G8/G20
- How Big is the BP Oil Slick? Bringing the Scale of the Disaster Home
To gain some sense of the magnitude of the BP oil spill, an interactive map provided by the Toronto...
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Climate change: Reflections, analysis and opinions
- How Big is the BP Oil Slick? Bringing the Scale of the Disaster Home (Jun 14, 2010)
- Big Footprints Lead to Small Steps (May 5, 2010)
- Sleeping through the Apocalypse (Sep 28, 2009)
- Commentary on the UN climate talks in Poland (Dec 18, 2008)
- Poznan statement from the Climate Justice Now! alliance (Dec 12, 2008)
- Canada commits $100 million in climate change adaptation funds. Who will benefit? (Nov 1, 2008)
- An invitation to reflection: A Christian response to the tar sands (Oct 3, 2008)
- A Spiritual Declaration on Climate Change (Aug 13, 2008)
- Taking the Heat on Climate Change (Jun 19, 2008)
- Letter regarding biofuels and Bill C-33,from Manitoba groups to Members of the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources (May 1, 2008)
- Fresh From The Farmers Market (Apr 15, 2008)
- Op-ed: Stop giving money to GHG emitters (Feb 25, 2008)
Resources for education and action
KAIROS Resources:
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Briefing paper: Federal Subsidies to Fossil Fuel Producers (No. 14, April 2008, PDF format)
KAIROS policy paper: Re-energizing the Future: Faith and Justice in a Post-Petroleum World. Developing an ecumenical response to the fossil fuel crisis (December 2007, PDF format)
Petition on subsidies to the oil and gas industry and federal initiatives for greenhouse gas emission reductions (November 2007, PDF format)
Backgrounder to the petition (November 2007, PDF format)
KAIROS Briefing Paper #9: Are Agrofuels Alternatives to Oil? (March 2007, PDF format)
KAIROS Statement on the Canadian government’s Clean Air Act, October 20, 2006
KAIROS factsheet on renewable energy and climate change (2004)
Backgrounder on the Canadian churches’ engagement with Imperial Oil (2004)
Resources from other groups
(Note that these are offered for education and information and do not necessarily reflect KAIROS' policies.)
African Church leaders' declaration on climate change (June 2008) PDF
Climate Justice for All: Statement from the World Council of Churches (WCC) to the High-Level Ministerial Segment of the UN Climate Conference in Nairobi (November 17, 2006)
Canadian Youth Climate Coalition statement on climate change (June 2006; PDF)
World Council of Churches statement to the high level segment of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP11 and COP/MOP1) Montréal; December 9, 2005
External web link: Report on the 11th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 1st Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol COP11/MOP1 (December 2005)
Moving Beyond Kyoto with Equity, Justice and Solidarity; A World Council of Churches Study Document. (2004; PDF)
Solidarity with Victims of Climate Change: Reflections on the World Council of Churches' Response to Climate Change (January 2002) PDF format; external web link.
Links to other groups
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Canadian Youth Climate Coalition
Climate Action Network (KAIROS is a member of CANet)
