State of the Environment Stories

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