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📣The heat felt in Belém wasn't just from the weather—it was the fire of solidarity.
As CIDSE marked 60 years, we watched boats of hope float down a river of justice, carrying one truth: you don't have to see the destination to trust the current is carrying you there. 🌊
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December 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
CIDSE network team just got back from #COP30 & honestly? It's complicated.

Some real wins (just transition mechanism 🎯), but massive gaps on climate finance, fossil fuels, and food systems.

Here's what we saw on the ground—the good, bad, and what's at stake for COP31 ⤵️

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November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
🔴 After #COP30 — The World Cannot Ignore #Belém’s Call for Climate Justice.
➡️ Read the latest CIDSE press release on the main takeaways from COP30 here: www.cidse.org/2025/11/23/a...
After COP30 — The World Cannot Ignore Belém’s Call for Climate Justice
PRESS RELEASEBrussels, 22 November 2025 EN As the dust settles in Belém after two weeks of intense negotiations, CIDSE recognises both the renewed spirit of multilateralism on display and...
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November 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🌍 Meet Winnie Nalubowa from the CIDSE team directly from #COP30 in Belém! She's tracking #JustTransition negotiations & coordinating the Network of Catholic Climate and Environment Actors. Two weeks of bringing faith communities into climate action. Check out her updates from Brazil 👇
November 22, 2025 at 3:01 AM
🎤 CIDSE communications officer Annia, introduces us to what we are going to see in the coming days.
🙋 CIDSE policy officers attending #COP30 in person will report on the latest developments in the negotiations, focusing on their areas of expertise and interest for their respective organisations.
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
#COP30 started in Belém 🌍
CIDSE is close to the Amazon—a powerful reminder of what's at stake.

For CIDSE, this COP is about solidarity, justice, & protecting our common home. We're here to push for real solutions, not false ones. ✊

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November 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Ahead of the #AUEUSummit, CIDSE, Comece, SECAM, @caritaseuropa.bsky.social, Caritas Africa, Caritas MONA & partners urge #EU & #AU leaders to build a partnership that brings justice to African peoples: fair energy, agroecology, debt justice & people-centred development: cidse.org/2025/11/10/f...
For a partnership that brings justice for the African people
Joint statement in view of the 7th African Union-European Union (AU-EU) Summit Together with COMECE, the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), Caritas Africa, Caritas...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🧭 Next stop? Belém! CIDSE will be at #COP30 engaging with civil society, local communities & faith actors to demand climate justice rooted in solidarity. At this critical moment, we need ambitious action that puts people & planet at the center.🌎
🔗https://www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/cidsecop30-in-belem/
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🌍 CIDSE is heading to #COP30 in Belém! We'll be at both the Peoples' Summit and COP30, amplifying frontline voices and pushing for climate justice rooted in solidarity and human rights.

Follow our dedicated page for daily updates, schedules & key events from Brazil 🔗 www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/c...
October 31, 2025 at 11:28 AM
#TBT to last week in Geneva 🇨🇭

CIDSE pushed for a binding #UNtreaty that puts human rights above corporate power.

After 12 years, affected communities need this instrument to end corporate impunity.
Progress is coming, now we need political courage ✊

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October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🌍 Seit 10 Jahren wird in Genf über das „ #UNTreaty on Business and Human Rights“ verhandelt. Wir fordern mit #UFMG: Umweltschäden müssen als #Menschenrechtsverletzungen anerkannt werden – denn #Kinderrechte & Umwelt sind untrennbar verbunden. 🤝 Mehr: www.cidse.org/2025/10/20/c...
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October 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
CIDSE Delegation is in #Geneva for the 11th Session of the UN #BindingTreaty to push for a legally binding instrument that puts #humanrights ahead of #profit.

Check out our page www.cidse.org/2025/10/20/c...
October 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
📢 CIDSE +79 international organisations signed an open letter addressing serious concerns about recent US sanctions imposed on three Palestinian human rights organisations: Al-Haq, Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights.

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U.S. Sanctions on Palestinian Human Rights Orgs Erode International Law
CIDSE joined 79 organisations in an open letter expressing grave concern about the Trump administration’s imposition of sanctions on three prominent Palestinian human rights organisations due to their...
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October 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🗣️ We want economic relations based on solidarity, equity & reciprocity, not exploitation - Ramona Domingo Díaz, CPO.

At the EU–LAC Group event, CIDSE emphasised: the #EULAC partnership must center democracy, human rights, gender equality & civic space through concrete action.🤝
October 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🌍✝️ On 6 Oct at 14:00 CEST, CIDSE President Bernd Nilles will join as a panelist in “Amplifying the Call: Global South Catholic Bishops’ Conferences to COP30 and Beyond.”

Together we’ll raise a strong moral voice for #ClimateJustice ahead of #COP30.

Register 🔗
Amplifying the Call for the Global South Catholic Bishops’ Conferences to COP30 and Beyond
In preparation for COP30, CIDSE, Franciscans International, Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) Commission of the Union of Superiors General (USG), the International Union of Superiors Ge
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October 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Recognition without action is empty. 🌍

CIDSE joins NGOs and CSOs in calling for a Permanent ceasefire, end to occupation & illegal settlements, Unrestricted humanitarian access & accountability.

Palestinians must be the architects of their own future.

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Joint Statement on Palestine recognition
Palestine recognition must come with action: to save lives, States must stop Israel’s crimes and ensure Palestinian agency Statement by independent NGOs and civil society organisations, 1st October…
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October 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
⏳ Final chance to register!
Join CIDSE, @misereor.bsky.social, @etui.bsky.social, @etuc-ces.bsky.social, Ver.di, and @greens-efa.eu on a powerful presentation from Dr. Johannes Jäger about the #CSDDD.

📆 When? 29 September | 17:00
📍 Where? At the @europarl.europa.eu
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Economic effects of the EU Corporate sustainability Due Diligence Directive
What? Presentation of new study at the European Parliament, hosted by MEP Anna Cavazzini.This study will be presented by its author, Professor Johannes Jäger from Austria. It will be followed by
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September 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📢 Join CIDSE, Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), Coventry University, MISA and CELEP for the launch of the policy brief "Why We Need Pro-Pastoralist Policies".
🗓️ This Friday, September 26, 2025 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
🔗 Register to join online!
Pastoralist voices, Global choices: why we need pro-pastoralist policies
What? Policy Brief Launch - Hybrid eventWhen? 1:30-2:30 PM Brussels - 2:00-3:30 PM NairobiWhere? CIDSE office, Rue Stévin 16, 1000 Brussels & Online | ZoomLanguage: English, no interpretation av
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September 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🌍CIDSE President, Bernd Nilles, was in Geneva this morning facilitating the event "COP30 and Human Rights", stressing how the climate crisis is affecting human rights worldwide and how #COP30 will be a key moment to call for #climatejustice.

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September 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
CIDSE joins more than 80 civil society organisations in an international campaign calling for a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory.
It’s time to #StopSettlementTrade & #EndTheOccupation

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September 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
In light of the upcoming COP30 in Brazil, Pax Christi International, Caritas Internationalis and CIDSE have released a joint statement expressing that true peace and climate justice go hand in hand. We must use creative nonviolent solutions to resist deforestation and profit-driven destruction.
Joint statement on climate and peace: Pilgrims of hope for a just and peaceful world
The secretaries general of three major Catholic organizations -- Pax Christi International, Caritas Internationalis, and CIDSE – have published a statement in preparation for the UN's climate change conference, COP30, to be held in Brazil Nov. 10-21. “We unite our voices,” the organizations said, “to affirm a simple yet urgent truth: there can be no true peace without climate justice, and no climate justice without peace.
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September 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Líderes de Pax Christi, Caritas y CIDSE advierten que la inacción climática podría alimentar conflictos mundiales. Instan a mayor determinación antes de la COP30 en Brasil (10-21 Nov. 2025).
Los líderes católicos advierten: la crisis climática podría provocar más guerras y conflictos - Caritas
Los líderes católicos de Pax Christi International, Caritas Internationalis y CIDSE han emitido una declaración conjunta en la que advierten que la inacción climática corre el riesgo de alimentar los conflictos mundiales e instan a los líderes mundiales a mostrar una mayor determinación antes de la COP30 en Brasil (10-21 de noviembre de 2025). La …
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September 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Weltweit nehmen Konflikte zu – teils vor dem Hintergrund knapperer natürlicher Ressourcen. Aus Sicht katholischer Entwicklungsorganisationen hat Klimaschutz deshalb auch eine sicherheitspolitische Dimension. Mit Blick auf COP30 hat das Netzwerk CIDSE dazu eine Stellungnahme veröffentlicht 🔽
Kirchliche Organisationen: „Kein Frieden ohne Klimagerechtigkeit“
Stellungnahme zur Weltklimakonferenz im November
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September 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
‘Pilgrims of Hope for a Just and Peaceful World‘, a webinar organised by CIDSE, Caritas Internationalis, Pax Christi International and @sciaf.bsky.social has begun, check the powerful line from CIDSE SG @josiannegauthier.bsky.social

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September 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Even in difficult times, hope rises. 🌱

“We witness the courage of people everywhere, telling their story in their words, defending our collective dignity and humanity.”

Discover these stories in the CIDSE Annual Report 2024.
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September 1, 2025 at 7:43 AM