State of the Environment Stories

Throughout the year, to support the Caritas State of the Environment for Oceania report, we share stories from around the region to amplify the voices of those people who are experiencing critical environmental issues firsthand.
Stories from 2020
28 September 2020: Accessing Safe Water in Samoa
28 September 2020: Red Dust Healing: Dealing with Drought, Bushfires and COVID
28 September 2020: Climate finance for disaster preparedness in Samoa
26 August 2020: Season of Creation 2020
22 May 2020: "Let us sing as we go": Looking forward with hope
22 May 2020: Caring for land, caring for people in the urban environment
21 May 2020: Kaitiaki2Share competition results are announced
21 May 2020: Youth and environmental justice
20 May 2020: Farming for sustainability in Fiji
19 May 2020: Old ways and new blend together in work of restoration
18 May 2020: Caring for our Common Home in Oceania
15 May 2020: Celebrating Laudato Si' Week: "everything is interconnected"
9 April 2020: Caritas responds to Cyclone Harold
27 March 2020: Struggle continues to protect Namosi from mining in Fiji
20 March 2020: Clean water: a basic for survival and safety
17 March 2020: Cardinal calls for end to ‘selfish policies’ in deep sea mining discussion in PNG
18 May 2020: Caring for our Common Home in Oceania
Stories from 2019
1 October 2019: Cut the talk, take action says Caritas in launching 2019 Oceania environment report
27 August 2019: Caritas call on us all to take responsibility for planet wellbeing
7 June 2019: Oceania Voices on Caring for our Home
5 June 2019: Answering the Call to Care for Earth and People
24 April 2019: Environment Aotearoa 2019 report a wake-up call to protect for future generations
Stories from 2018
10 October 2018: “Alarm bells should be ringing in the corridors of power"
4 October 2018: The Caritas State of the Environment for Oceania Report: Waters of Life, Oceans of Mercy - Releases today
8 September 2018: Life in Tonga - The lasting effects of Cyclone Gita
25 July 2018: Zero Carbon Bill - An Important Step Forward on Climate Change
5 June 2018: World Environment Day – “beating plastic pollution”
9 May 2018: Caritas Talanoa Dialogue Joint Statement
4 March 2018: Responding to Cyclone Gita
13 February 2018: Caritas goes to work on Gita response
Stories from 2017
5 October 2017: New Government Must Respond to Tides of Change
26 September 2017: Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand Calls Upon All to Care for the Earth
19 September 2017: Caritas responds to worldwide emergencies
11 August 2017: One casting vote determines the future for New Zealand’s oceans
28 July 2017: Climate change – the ultimate intergenerational issue
25 July 2017: Powering remote Pacific communities with renewable innovations
20 July 2017: Caritas calls for halt to deep sea mining
29 June 2017: Cyclone-safer houses in Vanuatu
6 June 2017: Our oceans, our future
28 April 2017: Stewardship of the Pacific Ocean – our responsibility to protect
23 February 2017: Growing resilience in PNG Highlands
Stories from 2016
10 November 2016: Caritas calls for focus on most vulnerable at Marrakech climate conference
5 October 2016: Caritas welcomes NZ ratification of Paris Agreement
3 October 2016: Caritas reports widespread hunger and thirst across the Pacific
29 September 2016: Kiribati deep sea mining concerns
23 September 2016: State of the Environment for Oceania report considers impact of El Nino
27 May 2016: ETS subsidy removal one small step on long road
23 April 2016: Preparedness key to weathering Cyclone Amos in Samoa
22 March 2016: Innovative project to rebuild cyclone-safer houses in Fiji
15 March 2016: Getting the washing done: Fiji life after Cyclone Winston
4 March 2016: Cyclone Winston devastation in Fiji: “worse than we could ever have imagined”
4 March 2016: Preparedness in Tonga key to weathering Cyclone Winston
12 January 2016: From Paris to the Pacific: putting COP21 agreement into practice
8 January 2016: Global common good, not national interest required on climate change
Stories from 2015
15 December 2015: Historic climate conference agreement welcomed
11 December 2015: Human rights ‘non-negotiable’ at Paris Climate Conference
30 November 2015: Caritas Director to speak at Paris Climate Conference
20 November 2015: Government needs to urgently prepare for rising seas
17 October 2015: Climate finance 'woefully inadequate' at reaching those most in need
30 September 2015: Caritas says the time to act on climate change is now
28 August 2015: Major emergency looming in PNG
16 July 2015: Timid climate change target will have long-term costs
26 June 2015: The Human Face of Climate Change Migration: Ursula Rakova from Carteret Islands, PNG
18 June 2015: “Praised be": Pope Francis releases encyclical Laudato Si'
4 June 2015: Caritas calls for New Zealand to be “bold and ambitious" leader climate change
23 April 2015: Food harder to find on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea
21 April 2015: Mud, sweat and cheers: the Vanuatu recovery in relief
17 April 2015: NGO cooperation helps residents reclaim neighbourhoods
8 April 2015: Caritas humanitarian coordinator reflects on aftermath of Cyclone Pam
17 March 2015: Shelter a priority in response to Cyclone Pam - Vanuatu Bishop
23 January 2015: Caritas cautions against undermining RMA purpose
Stories from 2014
20 November 2014: Pacific climate funding must prioritise the poor
30 September 2014: Traditional local knowledge helps Tonga face climate change challenges
24 September 2014: Oceania voices on environment loud and strong in Caritas report to be launched
11 August 2014: Clean water – a fundamental human right
7 April 2014: Eight dead and 15,000 flee as floods hit Solomon Islands
27 January 2014: Disaster continues for cyclone hit communities in Tonga
13 January 2014: Caritas pledges $40,000 to Tonga in wake of Tropical Cyclone Ian destruction
10 January 2014: Caritas communities prepare to respond as Tropical Cyclone Ian approaches Tonga
Stories from 2013
5 December 2013: Caritas responds to drought in central Tonga
31 January 2013: Cyclone recovery continues in the Pacific and Philippines
Stories from 2012
17 December 2012: Caritas mobilises in Pacific for cyclone relief
24 August 2012: Lament, Hope, Action: Christian Environmental Conference in October focuses on creation care
Stories from 2011
23 November 2011: Caritas Tonga takes action against the effects of climate change