Ecological Justice
Finding hope in a tough year for climate action
December 20, 2024
“Betrayal,” “outrageously inadequate,” “embarrassing,” “shameful,” “deeply disappointing” – these are all words used to describe this year’s UN Climate Conference – COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. COP29 was slated to be the finance COP, where we expected to see progress…
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This Christmas, we invite you to be part of the change we all long for – a world of hope, justice, and dignity.
December 10, 2024
Hope, again, is not naive optimism or despairing pessimism: it is an active, nonviolent and shared struggle for justice and peace. -Zoughbi Zoughbi, Director at KAIROS partner organization Wi’am: The Palestinian Conflict Transformation Center. At KAIROS, we are Indigenous Peoples,…
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Community Dialogue on Sustainable Futures in Unama’ki-Cape Breton
December 3, 2024
On November 5, KAIROS and the Climate Change Task Force – Unama’ki/Cape Breton (CCTF) co-hosted a community dialogue on sustainable futures and just transition in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The dialogue was convened as part of KAIROS’ Strengthening Voices for a…
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KAIROS urges Canada to halt free trade negotiations with Ecuador
November 27, 2024
On November 25, KAIROS sent a letter to the Prime Minister urging Canada to halt the proposed free trade agreement with Ecuador, which is currently being fast-tracked. The expectation is that negotiations will wrap up at the end of 2024. …
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Now available! Powerful new short video on loss and damage released in time for COP29
November 7, 2024
We are pleased to announce the release of a powerful new video titled Coming Together for Climate Justice on Loss and Damage. This short video dives into the urgent and pressing issue of Loss and Damage funding for vulnerable communities…
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Media Advisory – Loss and damage event
November 7, 2024
Loss and damage event to urge greater Canadian ambition at COP29, Nov 18 Webinar will feature short film premier screening and advocates at COP29 What See, Act, Learn about Climate Justice, a 60-minute webinar will feature the premier screening of…
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Join your community for Candles for COP
November 5, 2024
For the Love of Creation invites groups across Canada to host Candles for COP – candlelight vigils in their communities from November 15 to 17, marking the first weekend of the COP29 climate conference, held November 11-22 in Baku, Azerbaijan….
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Why We Say No: Ecuadorian Indigenous women and rights defenders bring message of concern to Canada amid high-stakes trade negotiations
September 26, 2024
Toronto, September 26, 2024– Four women leaders on the front lines of increasingly dangerous efforts to protect rights and the environment in Ecuador will visit Canada next week to speak out against intensifying trade talks aimed at expanding Canadian resource…
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Proudly supporting Indigenous women leaders and human rights defender delegation from Ecuador
September 23, 2024
“This is why we say No!” is the call to action that is mobilizing four courageous Indigenous women leaders and human rights defenders from Ecuador to come to Canada, September 28-October 6. They take this journey to share their concerns…
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The UN Forum on Sustainable Development Goals – “A high sense of urgency is the strongest motivation we have.”
August 1, 2024
“Unless we act now, the 2030 Agenda will become an epitaph for a world that might have been.”António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General From July 10-16, I had the opportunity to participate in the UN High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on…
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Environmental Racism legislation passes into law!
June 28, 2024
At long last, legislation to address environmental racism has been passed into law! Bill C-226 passed third reading in the Senate on June 13 and received Royal Assent on June 20. The bill is an Act respecting the development of…
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Strengthening Voices for a Just Transition – Saskatoon Community Dialogue
June 4, 2024
On May 25, KAIROS hosted the first of four community dialogues on just transition at the Wanuskewin Centre in Treaty 6 Territory and the homeland of the Métis. The dialogue was convened as part of KAIROS’ Strengthening Voices for a Just…
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KAIROS reviews Budget 2024
April 23, 2024
While the federal government offered some good news in Budget 2024, which it announced on April 16, it also presented disappointments for KAIROS’ program areas. We are told that Budget 2024 is an attempted balancing act of spending increases…
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Call for Applications – Join KAIROS’ Strengthening Voices for a Just Transition Project
April 3, 2024
Are you concerned about climate change and a just transition? As the world transitions from its dependence on fossil fuels, so much work needs to be done to ensure our communities are supported and policymakers held accountable. As we…
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BC-Yukon KAIROS launches Table Talk Toolkit
April 2, 2024
Human conversation is the most ancient and easiest way to cultivate the conditions for change—personal change, community and organizational change, planetary change. If we can sit together and talk about what’s important to us, we begin to come alive. Margaret…
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Strengthening Voices for a Just Transition – a project uniting generations for equitable and sustainable futures
March 5, 2024
We are pleased to announce that KAIROS has received a grant from the Catherine Donnelly Foundation to support its Strengthening Voices for a Just Transition project in 2024. This project aims to nurture a cohort of changemakers to help…
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KAIROS’ Calls to Action 2024
January 31, 2024
We regard this time with increasing alarm. Canada and the world are grappling with the pandemic’s aftermath, horrific wars, the erosion of democracy and rise in global temperatures and its catastrophic impacts. Our global partners continue to report increases in…
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Encouraging women in the Global South to use their voice
December 18, 2023
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Loss-and-damage agreement could be climate justice game changer—if done right
December 12, 2023
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Hope and Light for COP28 and Beyond
November 18, 2023
As Climate Action Week wraps up, we turn our eyes to COP28 (UNFCCC’s Conference of the Parties). From November 30-December 12, world leaders, civil society, Indigenous peoples, youth leaders and others will gather at the COP28 conference in Dubai to…
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No climate justice without peace, no peace without climate justice
November 17, 2023
In the last couple of years, there has been a growing recognition of the intersecting impacts of climate change, gender, conflict and economic injustice. This climate-conflict-gender nexus is a necessary lens through which peacebuilding efforts must now be considered. In…
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Amplifying voices for climate justice from the Asia-Pacific region
November 16, 2023
On Tuesday, KAIROS co-hosted the webinar Churches’ Advocacy on Loss and Damage. In case you missed it, you can view the recording. Frances Namoumou, Ecumenical Animator for Ecological Stewardship and Climate Justice for the Pacific Conference of Churches (based in…
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Civil Society Rallies for Climate Justice at Latin American and Caribbean Climate Week
November 15, 2023
The Latin American and Caribbean Climate Week (LACCW 2023) was held in Panama City from October 23 to 27 and took place amid major demonstrations by local organizations and social movements calling for the repeal of the mining contract enacted…
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Equity and Justice for Climate-Related Loss and Damage
November 14, 2023
KAIROS is pleased to launch its report Addressing Ecological Debt – Equity and Justice for Climate-Related Loss and Damage, which centers on the analyses and experience of partners in the Global South. Additional background on the global loss and damage…
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Centering Voices from the Global South
November 13, 2023
This week’s theme, Decolonizing Climate Action: Centering Voices from the Global South recognizes that that the voices of those most impacted by climate change are often ignored or face barriers to participate in climate decision-making. KAIROS and its partners recognize…
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The African People’s Climate and Development Declaration 2023
September 16, 2023
World leaders gathered in Nairobi, Kenya from September 4 to 8 for the Africa Climate Summit to discuss regional interests ahead of COP28. Civil society raised concerns that Western and corporate interests hijacked the Summit in their push for false…
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Reflections on Interfaith Climate Action from the Parliament of the World’s Religions
September 15, 2023
My time at the Parliament of the World’s Religions was an extremely enlightening experience from beginning to end. It is not every day that you get to attend a convention of thousands of people of different identities – all hailing…
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Climate Justice = Migrant Justice
September 14, 2023
Migrant rights are key to climate justice. We know that the people who have contributed the least to the climate crisis are the most impacted by it. As the impacts of the climate crisis escalate, those who contributed the least…
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