Posts Tagged "climate action"
Climate accountability #KAIROSClimateAction
September 8, 2021
Canada has missed every greenhouse gas emissions reduction target it has ever set. We’ve needed climate accountability legislation to get us on track and ensure we never miss another target. This past spring, we got just that. In June, Bill C-12 –…
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Fossil fuel subsidies #KAIROSClimateAction
September 7, 2021
In 2009, Canada committed to phasing out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies, as part of the G20. A clear definition of “inefficient” was never developed, but the commitment was to phase them out by 2025. Yet in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada had provided or announced at…
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Climate ambition week: Is Canada doing enough? #KAIROSClimateAction
September 6, 2021
This week, Climate Action Month focuses on the ambition needed in Canada to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and bring about a just transformation for our society and economy. Canada has missed every emissions reduction target it has set to date. As…
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20 Years of faithful action for climate justice #KAIROSClimateAction
September 5, 2021
KAIROS is celebrating 20 years of spirited action for justice. During this anniversary, we are inviting the KAIROS network and friends to reflect on KAIROS’ accomplishments and struggles, to embrace this kairos moment, and to envision a 2041 that is more hopeful, just, and sustainable than…
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Connect with Creation - Season of Creation Earth Examen #KAIROSClimateAction
September 4, 2021
Every Saturday during Climate Action Month, we invite you to take time to connect with Creation. We’ll offer some resources to guide these moments of connection, but you are welcome to connect in any way that brings you joy, rest and renewal. Share your moment connecting with…
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For the Love of Creation advocacy campaign #KAIROSClimateAction
September 3, 2021
For the Love of Creation (FLC) is a national faith-based initiative for climate justice, uniting over 35 churches and faith-based organizations including KAIROS. In February 2021, FLC launched its faith-in-action campaign to mobilizes people across Canada to reduce household greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and demonstrate support…
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Nurturing our gifts for climate action #KAIROSClimateAction
September 2, 2021
There is no shortage of work to be done to address the climate crisis and when considering the multitude of things that need to happen, it is easy to feel overwhelmed and ask yourself, “What can I do?” or “Where do I even start?” …
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MEDIA RELEASE: KAIROS Climate Action Month poised to empower Canadians for transformational change
September 1, 2021
3rd annual event covers 5 themes in 5 weeks with rich supply of resources & actions (Ottawa – unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabek (original) People’s) – Empowering Canadians during a climate emergency will underscore KAIROS’ 3rd annual Climate Action Month, which launches September 1 and coincides with the Season of Creation, September 1…
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Be the Change – Etobicoke Climate Solutions Workshop
KAIROS Toronto West is sponsoring an Etobicoke Climate Action session on zoom–all invited! Climate Action Etobicoke and KAIROS Toronto West present … BE THE CHANGE – You are invited to: Share your concerns about climate change Learn about the City’s #TransformTO climate…
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Earth Day Celebration
Join KAIROS and ecumenical partners on Earth Day to celebrate the 1st anniversary of For the Love of Creation and discern our gifts for climate action in community. Rejoignez-nous lors de la Journée de la Terre pour célébrer le premier…
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Indigenous-led Climate Action and Land Protection
A community conversation on Indigenous-led climate action and land protection. The online event will be moderated by Niigaan Sinclair, with Kakeka ThunderSky, Sadie-Phoenix Lavoie, Ellen Gabriel, and Leah Gazan. When: April 7th @ 6:00 pm CDT Register for the Zoom…
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“Let’s Do It Again” An intergenerational conversation about global warming and how to fight it
Join us for an important ZOOM conversation with SETH KLEIN, ELIZABETH MAY and ANJALI APPADURAI, three prominent Canadian activists who will offer their perspectives on the climate crisis and the role we can play to mitigate its impacts and create…
Climate Action Month wrap up
September 30, 2020
Today we wrap up the second annual Climate Action Month. For the last 30 days, we have reflected, gained new understanding, amplified voices, lamented, celebrated, and taken collective action to address the climate crisis. The content, events, and actions that KAIROS shared this month were intended…
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Canada’s climate-stressed watersheds
September 29, 2020
In 2017, WWF-Canada completed a national assessment of Canada’s 25 major watersheds, which contain a total of 167 sub-watersheds. The assessment identified priority actions to ensure all waters in Canada are in good ecological condition by 2025. The reports look at threat indicators such as…
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Watersheds are lifeboats
September 28, 2020
As we experience impacts of climate change like drought, flooding, extreme weather, and more, remembering Brock Dolman’s words, “Your watershed is your lifeboat,” can be instructive. When we place these impacts in the context of our local watersheds, we see how they impact everything from habitat, to…
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Introduction to water week
September 27, 2020
This week, Climate Action Month wraps up on the theme of water. Over the next couple of days, we’ll celebrate rivers, explore how taking a watershed approach can help us build resilience to address the climate crisis, and learn about climate impacts on…
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Putting our own house in order: faithful footprints
September 26, 2020
By Lucy Cummings, Faith & the Common Good Across the country, churches are doing their part to address the climate crisis by getting their houses in order and reducing their own carbon emissions. The United Church of Canada is committed…
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Global Day of Climate Action
September 25, 2020
Today is the Global Day of Climate Action. Following the immense response to the Global Climate Strike on September 27, 2019, Fridays For Future called for a global day of action that will see demonstrations take place across the globe….
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Climate adaptation
September 24, 2020
Climate change adaptation refers to the actions taken to reduce the negative impacts of climate change that we are already experiencing. While actions to mitigate climate change through reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are needed desperately, we cannot ignore that…
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Sacrifice Zones
September 23, 2020
Given the onset of nearly irreversible climate change, the irony is that many areas of the Global South where people have contributed substantially less to greenhouse gas emissions are comparatively more impacted. This inequality is linked to environmental racism and…
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Gender based impacts of resource extraction and climate change
September 22, 2020
In addition to its impacts on the climate, large-scale resource extraction disproportionately impacts women, perpetuates violence and puts at risk women who mobilize to protect the land and water from these projects. KAIROS works with partners in Canada and the…
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Climate-induced displacement
September 21, 2020
Global climate justice week begins with climate displacement. It is anticipated that by 2050, there will be 143 million people displaced by climate change. An estimated 37% of the global population lives in coastal communities, which are at significant risk…
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Intro to Global Climate Justice Week
September 20, 2020
This week, Climate Action Month looks at climate justice issues on a global scale. The impacts of climate change are not borne equally or fairly. “Climate change is happening now and to all of us. No country or community is…
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The Arctic – the Inuit
September 19, 2020
Today we look to the north to share the experiences of the Inuit, who are facing climate change most acutely. At the end of July, the last intact ice shelf in Canada collapsed. Located on the northwestern coast of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, the Milne Ice Shelf…
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Indigenous youth
September 18, 2020
There are some incredible Indigenous youth rising up and using their voices to address the climate crisis. In 2018, Autumn Peltier, member of Wikwemikong Unceded First Nation on Manitoulin Island, stood before the UN General Assembly and told the world to “warrior up” and take a stand for the planet. Ta’Kaiya Blaney,…
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Sovereign Seeds, food security & COVID 19
September 17, 2020
Across the world, Indigenous communities are steadily moving towards food sovereignty, in harmony with the reclamation and healing of seed rematriation. Today, we learn about this movement through the work of Sovereign Seeds, an Indigenous-led network dedicated to supporting Indigenous seed sovereignty and ancestral food relationships. …
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Environmental racism
September 16, 2020
Environmental racism is the term for policies, practices, institutions, decisions, and laws that discriminate against communities where the majority of residents are Black, Indigenous, and people of colour by harming the air, land, water, biodiversity — or people’s ability to…
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Indigenous women on the frontlines
September 15, 2020
Today Climate Action Month recognizes the crucial role that Indigenous women land and water defenders play for the environment and all who depend on it. Women land defenders speak up to defend the air, land and water and do so to protect their rights, the wellbeing of…
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