CIDSE & Caritas
Internationalis, together the largest humanitarian and development alliance in the world fighting poverty in over 200 countries, announce a delegation to the UN High-level Event on Climate Change in
New York on 22 September 2009.
Alongside CIDSE and Caritas, Church leaders and climate experts from the developed and developing world will personally ask world leaders to give a
new climate deal the highest political priority. We urge them to think about the world’s poorest people, as bold action is needed to protect them from the devastating impacts of
climate change.
Cardinal Keith O’Brien from the UK and Head of the delegation to New York said: “Wealthy countries have an unequivocal moral duty to
reduce their own emissions and help developing countries who are already suffering the consequences of our profligate use of fossil fuels for economic gain.â€
YOUR
TURN TO ASK
Schedule an interview with a member of the delegation, or send us your questions to Catholic bishops and climate experts from
North and South now. They will answer your questions about the current state of the climate negotiations, the devastating impacts of climate change in developing countries and their experience on the
frontline in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Kenya and Nigeria
For a full list of delegation members including Cardinal Keith O’Brien see online press pack.
PROGRAMME (20-24 September 2009)
CIDSE and Caritas will meet Heads of State and negotiating parties
around the High-level event on Climate Change taking place on Tuesday 22 September.
Sunday 20 September - Holy Mass for Climate Justice at the Church of the Holy Family (also known as
the United Nations parish) in presence of celebrities.
UN Press
conference and Media conference call (date and time TBC)
Further details regarding the delegation’s schedule will soon be available.
CONTACT
Roeland Scholtalbers - scholtalbers@cidse.org â€" T: +32 (0) 2 282 40 73) (until 18 September 2009) â€" M: +32 (0) 478962013
(during stay in US, 19-25 September 2009)
CIDSE is an international alliance of Catholic development agencies working
together for global justice. (www.cidse.org). Caritas Internationalis is the biggest network of Catholic charities in the world. It works through
its 164 national members to combat poverty and injustice. (www.caritas.org)
World leaders meet for a High-level Event on Climate Change in New
York on the 22nd of September to mobilize the political will needed to "Seal a Deal" at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen on 7-18 December
2009
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