CIDSE
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🌎 We are a global network of Catholic social justice orgs. working on #systemicchange, #globaljustice, #climatejustice, #agroecology, #landrights, #corporatepower, #decolonisation. 📍Brussels | 🔗
📝CIDSE & EuMEP proposal sets out a fully-developed EU Regulation under Article 207 TFEU to end trade with illegal Israeli settlements, addressing everything from rules of origin to enforcement. What's needed now is the decision to act. 2/2 🧵
🗨️ 50+ civil society orgs are telling the EU Commission: stop trade with illegal Israeli settlements. The ICJ has confirmed it. International law is clear. EU member states agree settlements are illegal. Time for the Commission to act on Article 207 TFEU. 🧵
CIDSE congratulates Sister Alessandra Smerilli F.M.A., on her appointment as Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development by Pope Leo XIV. 🎉 We look forward to continuing our partnership in this new chapter. 🙏 🔗 buff.ly/Vtvd2iz
That's a wrap on week 1 in Bonn! 🌍 From side-events to strategy meetings, our mission was fulfilled. But the work continues. Climate policies must protect people & planet. The way is there; now we need political will. Towards COP31, together.
🌎 2025 brought many challenges. But it has also shown us how strong we are together with allies, friends, & partners, & how we can model the solidarity, peace, courage, & justice we want to see in the world. Read our Annual Report 2025 👉 buff.ly/zJKJgad
📢 Going to #SB64 in Bonn? Join CIDSE, @fastenaktion.bsky.social, @germanwatch.bsky.social, OPAN and Ateneo de Manila University 8 June for the official side-event: 🌎 Santa Marta and Beyond: Delivering on the TAFF. 📅 8 June, 4:30–5:45 pm CEST | World Conference Center Bonn, Room Bonn
🌍 ¿Qué implica la estrategia Global Gateway para América Latina? Les invitamos al webinario de presentación de nuestro Manual para personas formadoras sobre Global Gateway, elaborado por Counter Balance junto a CIDSE y la Red EU-LAT. 📅 11 de junio 🕓 16h (CEST) 🔗 buff.ly/27yAwAV
🌎️ At a time of profound global uncertainty & conflicts that underscore the growing risks of fossil fuel dependency, a coalition of over 130 faith organisations issued for the first time an urgent appeal to European Union institutions: “Europe, Be Faithful for our Common Home.” 🔗 buff.ly/JR5IYPz
🌎️ At a time of growing global fragmentation, the UNGA Resolution to endorse the ICJ Climate Ruling offers a path back to cooperation. From Asia to the Caribbean, Africa, the Pacific & the EU, this is an invitation to operationalise the Advisory Opinion together. 🔗 buff.ly/hVFoErI
🌍 Webinar: From Santa Marta to Tuvalu — pathways & next steps for Catholic actors. 📅 13 May | 3 PM CEST | Zoom 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
“Trade, Accountability, and the Way Forward: EU Commercial Relations with Israel and Palestine” 📅 Wednesday, 13 May 🕒 15:00 📍 European Parliament – Room A1G2 👉 Register before 12 May: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🚨 @kajakallas.bsky.social & @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements.🚨 A coalition of +90 organisations is calling on the #EU and its member states to act now ahead of the Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 11 May. 🔗 www.cidse.org/2026/04/16/o...
🌍 Webinar: From Santa Marta to Tuvalu — pathways & next steps for Catholic actors. 📅 13 May | 3 PM CEST | Zoom | Interpretation in Spanish Register here ⤵️ us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
They didn't cause this crisis. But they're paying the highest price. 🗨️ Join CIDSE's online Climate Relay Dialogue on Migration & Loss and Damage. 🗓️ 7 May | 2–3:30pm CEST 🔗 buff.ly/FHIE9Ar #ClimateJustice #LossAndDamage #ClimateMigration
Something historic is unfolding in Santa Marta, Colombia. 🌊 CIDSE joined the first-ever global Conference on phasing out fossil fuels — and from the very first days, it became clear that faith communities have a powerful role to play here. 🌍 buff.ly/10g4MFP
🌊 CIDSE Climate Relay Dialogues: Our Journey So Far From Belém to Cartagena in Colombia, and then to Brussels. Three cities. One river. A current that keeps moving forward. 💙 💬 What brings you hope — or what has renewed your hope lately? Share in the comments. Stay tuned!
🌎 The world's first conference on actually implementing a fossil fuel transition is happening in Santa Marta, Colombia Not another negotiation. Real pathways, real action. CIDSE is on the ground — swipe our carousel for the full picture. 👉 buff.ly/jzh3ghK
🗨️ What does climate action look like when it starts with local communities & real stories? From Belém to Brussels, from Rome to Bonn, communities from Africa, Latin America & Europe have been gathering, sharing struggles & building solutions together.🌎 buff.ly/7geW0YR
📬 Von der Leyen, Kallas, EU Foreign Ministers — you've got mail. CIDSE & 60+ organisations are calling on the EU to: 🔴 Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement 🔴 Ban trade with illegal settlements 🔴 Stop all arms transfers to Israel 🔗 buff.ly/cMHW1eu
📢 Next week CIDSE is in #Geneva for the UN treaty negotiations on corporate accountability. Article by article, we'll be pushing to make sure affected communities have a voice in the room — and that states listen. Stay tuned. 👇 #BindingTreaty #BizHumanRights
The CIDSE Climate Relay Dialogues are live. 🌍 A series of spaces to connect, reflect & grow hope together. 🔗 www.cidse.org/2026/03/25/c... Join us 👇 What does connection look like to you?
🌍 Catholic leaders from Latin America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, & Europe will present the Manifesto of the Churches of the Global South for our Common Home, for a just transition beyond fossil fuels. An urgent call for climate justice & peace with creation. 📆 16 March | 15:00 CET 🔗 bit.ly/Sulglobal
Big news! We're on Instagram! 📲 🌱 Follow CIDSE on @cidse.global.justice for updates #globaljustice, #advocacy, and #storiesofimpact. See you there!
📢 After 10+ years of negotiations, the UN corporate accountability treaty still isn't done. CIDSE submitted our latest input to strengthen protections for people harmed by business activities. Here's where things stand before 12th Session 👇 buff.ly/u0ChbMU
🌱 January 25 marks six years since the Brumadinho dam collapse claimed 272 lives. Remembering means more than marking the date. It means demanding that corporations be held accountable, that communities be protected, & that we never allow profit to come before human life. ⤵️ 🔗 buff.ly/TU3xTh8