CIDSE
@cidse.bsky.social
🌎 We are a global network of Catholic social justice orgs. working on #systemicchange, #globaljustice, #climatejustice, #agroecology, #landrights, #corporatepower, #decolonisation.
📍Brussels | 🔗 https://cidse.org
📍Brussels | 🔗 https://cidse.org
Alongside the 7th #AU-EU Summit, African & European civil society met in Luanda and issued a joint statement responding to the Summit Declaration: a renewed partnership must centre people, rights & democratic participation, and tackle structural inequalities. cidse.org/2025/11/26/a...
AU-EU Civil Society Parallel Summit Statement
EU relations with Africa must mean justice and inclusion for African peoples
Luanda, 25 November 2025
Civil society organisations from across Africa and Europe have released a joint statement re...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Alongside the 7th #AU-EU Summit, African & European civil society met in Luanda and issued a joint statement responding to the Summit Declaration: a renewed partnership must centre people, rights & democratic participation, and tackle structural inequalities. cidse.org/2025/11/26/a...
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 ⤵️
🔗 buff.ly/vp0F0UQ
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 ⤵️
🔗 buff.ly/vp0F0UQ
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 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 ⤵️
🔗 buff.ly/vp0F0UQ
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 ⤵️
🔗 buff.ly/vp0F0UQ
Our colleague Bettina from @fastenaktion.bsky.social was in #Belém following the #COP30 talks on the #GlobalStocktake — a key process for assessing progress on the #ParisAgreement. 🎥 Learn why inclusivity matters for just, ambitious climate action.
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Our colleague Bettina from @fastenaktion.bsky.social was in #Belém following the #COP30 talks on the #GlobalStocktake — a key process for assessing progress on the #ParisAgreement. 🎥 Learn why inclusivity matters for just, ambitious climate action.
🔴 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...
➡️ 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
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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
🔴 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...
➡️ Read the latest CIDSE press release on the main takeaways from COP30 here: www.cidse.org/2025/11/23/a...
Our @misereor.bsky.social colleague Madeleine, is following the Global Energy Transition dossier at #COP30. In these last hours of negotiations, she hopes for a clear way to accelerate climate ambition, stronger societal involvement, and recognition of promising Global South initiatives.
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Our @misereor.bsky.social colleague Madeleine, is following the Global Energy Transition dossier at #COP30. In these last hours of negotiations, she hopes for a clear way to accelerate climate ambition, stronger societal involvement, and recognition of promising Global South initiatives.
🌍 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
🌍 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 👇
🌱 Meet Judith Lachnitt from @ccfd-tsolidaire.bsky.social, advocating for real commitments to sustainable food systems at #COP30, in Belém.
She is calling for agroecology & a roadmap to stop deforestation, while building climate resilience.
As COP30 wraps, stay tuned for results 🍃
She is calling for agroecology & a roadmap to stop deforestation, while building climate resilience.
As COP30 wraps, stay tuned for results 🍃
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
🌱 Meet Judith Lachnitt from @ccfd-tsolidaire.bsky.social, advocating for real commitments to sustainable food systems at #COP30, in Belém.
She is calling for agroecology & a roadmap to stop deforestation, while building climate resilience.
As COP30 wraps, stay tuned for results 🍃
She is calling for agroecology & a roadmap to stop deforestation, while building climate resilience.
As COP30 wraps, stay tuned for results 🍃
🪧From #Belém to the world: ✝️ More than 300 catholic organisations from more than 40 countries raise a united call to protect our common home and stand with the most vulnerable.
➡️ Read the full statement: cidse.org/2025/11/21/a...
➡️ Read the full statement: cidse.org/2025/11/21/a...
From Belém, a global synodal voice for ecological conversion
From the heart of the Amazon, Cardinals, Bishops, religious orders and organisations from around the world united at COP30 to reaffirm their commitment to creation and to those suffering most from the...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
🪧From #Belém to the world: ✝️ More than 300 catholic organisations from more than 40 countries raise a united call to protect our common home and stand with the most vulnerable.
➡️ Read the full statement: cidse.org/2025/11/21/a...
➡️ Read the full statement: cidse.org/2025/11/21/a...
Our colleague David Knecht from @fastenaktion.bsky.social
shares about the difference between the ambitions promised by states and those required by the #ParisAgreement. Here is his mission in Belém for #COP30, alongside his swiss colleagues!
shares about the difference between the ambitions promised by states and those required by the #ParisAgreement. Here is his mission in Belém for #COP30, alongside his swiss colleagues!
November 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Our colleague David Knecht from @fastenaktion.bsky.social
shares about the difference between the ambitions promised by states and those required by the #ParisAgreement. Here is his mission in Belém for #COP30, alongside his swiss colleagues!
shares about the difference between the ambitions promised by states and those required by the #ParisAgreement. Here is his mission in Belém for #COP30, alongside his swiss colleagues!
📹 Our colleague @mathieuparis.bsky.social, debt advocacy officer at @ccfd-tsolidaire.bsky.social, explains his work and the one of his colleagues at #COP30 negotiations, as well as the close relationship between debt justice and climate finance.
🪧"There is no climate justice without debt justice"!
🪧"There is no climate justice without debt justice"!
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
📹 Our colleague @mathieuparis.bsky.social, debt advocacy officer at @ccfd-tsolidaire.bsky.social, explains his work and the one of his colleagues at #COP30 negotiations, as well as the close relationship between debt justice and climate finance.
🪧"There is no climate justice without debt justice"!
🪧"There is no climate justice without debt justice"!
🌎Join us in solidarity for #ourcommonhome!
✝️We invite Catholics and people of goodwill everywhere to sign the #COP30 statement from the Cardinals, Bishops and Catholic organisations in Belém.
👉 Sign here: cidse.org/2025/11/19/s...
✝️We invite Catholics and people of goodwill everywhere to sign the #COP30 statement from the Cardinals, Bishops and Catholic organisations in Belém.
👉 Sign here: cidse.org/2025/11/19/s...
Sign-On for the COP30 Catholic Statement
Catholic actors, cardinals, and others present at COP30 and the Peoples\\\' Summit have agreed to release a statement together at the conclusion of COP30. We invite all Catholics present in Belém to s...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🌎Join us in solidarity for #ourcommonhome!
✝️We invite Catholics and people of goodwill everywhere to sign the #COP30 statement from the Cardinals, Bishops and Catholic organisations in Belém.
👉 Sign here: cidse.org/2025/11/19/s...
✝️We invite Catholics and people of goodwill everywhere to sign the #COP30 statement from the Cardinals, Bishops and Catholic organisations in Belém.
👉 Sign here: cidse.org/2025/11/19/s...
📢 Civil society from Africa & Europe will brief the media on the outcomes of the Parallel People’s Summit held alongside the #AUEUSummit.
🗓️ Thu 20 Nov, 10:00 (Luanda)
🔗 Register: afsafrica-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓️ Thu 20 Nov, 10:00 (Luanda)
🔗 Register: afsafrica-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: PRESS CONFERENCE - AU-EU Parallel People's Summit. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Angolan & international Press, conducted hybrid
Presentation of the statement by church actors; statements from CSEP thematic working groups (Global Health / Energy & Environment / Food Systems); stat...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM
📢 Civil society from Africa & Europe will brief the media on the outcomes of the Parallel People’s Summit held alongside the #AUEUSummit.
🗓️ Thu 20 Nov, 10:00 (Luanda)
🔗 Register: afsafrica-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓️ Thu 20 Nov, 10:00 (Luanda)
🔗 Register: afsafrica-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🌍 “Civil society voices alongside the #AUEUSummit”, join the hybrid event right now!
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Info ➡️ cidse.org?event=civil-...
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Civil society voices alongside the AU-EU Summit
What: Parallel People’s Summit: Civil society dialogue on governance, rights, and AU-EU cooperationHybrid event: Luanda & ZoomWhen: 19 November 2025, 8am GMT/Dakar, 9am Luanda/Brussels, 10a
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November 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🌍 “Civil society voices alongside the #AUEUSummit”, join the hybrid event right now!
👉🏼 No registration needed. Just click on this Zoom link to join the event.
Info ➡️ cidse.org?event=civil-...
👉🏼 No registration needed. Just click on this Zoom link to join the event.
Info ➡️ cidse.org?event=civil-...
📹 Our colleague Liz, @cafod.bsky.social climate policy lead, shares her thoughts on the importance of #COP30 and her hopes for the conference, particularly on #climatefinance. She also explains why what is happening in #Belém is so significant this year, particularly in the context of the #Jubilee.
November 19, 2025 at 7:16 AM
📹 Our colleague Liz, @cafod.bsky.social climate policy lead, shares her thoughts on the importance of #COP30 and her hopes for the conference, particularly on #climatefinance. She also explains why what is happening in #Belém is so significant this year, particularly in the context of the #Jubilee.
🎤 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.
🙋 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
🎤 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.
🙋 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.
📸 Here are some photos from the Great People’s March that we participated in on Saturday 15 November in #Belém during #COP30.
🪧 Thousands of people took to the streets to demand climate action!
ℹ️ More info on our activities on site: cidse.org/2025/11/05/c...
🪧 Thousands of people took to the streets to demand climate action!
ℹ️ More info on our activities on site: cidse.org/2025/11/05/c...
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
📸 Here are some photos from the Great People’s March that we participated in on Saturday 15 November in #Belém during #COP30.
🪧 Thousands of people took to the streets to demand climate action!
ℹ️ More info on our activities on site: cidse.org/2025/11/05/c...
🪧 Thousands of people took to the streets to demand climate action!
ℹ️ More info on our activities on site: cidse.org/2025/11/05/c...
🌍 The People's Summit in Belém has demonstrated the vital contribution of civil society, grassroots movements and indigenous peoples to climate solutions.
🙅🏻♀️ Nothing should be decided at #COP30 without the involvement of the communities most affected.
🙅🏻♀️ Nothing should be decided at #COP30 without the involvement of the communities most affected.
November 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
🌍 The People's Summit in Belém has demonstrated the vital contribution of civil society, grassroots movements and indigenous peoples to climate solutions.
🙅🏻♀️ Nothing should be decided at #COP30 without the involvement of the communities most affected.
🙅🏻♀️ Nothing should be decided at #COP30 without the involvement of the communities most affected.
#COP30, Week 1: Strong voices, real solutions.
🍃 Partners highlighted the growing impacts of the climate crisis.
🙏 Faith leaders called for bold, fair action.
🌎 Communities demanded a say in decisions about their land.
Solutions exist, what’s missing is political will!
www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/c...
🍃 Partners highlighted the growing impacts of the climate crisis.
🙏 Faith leaders called for bold, fair action.
🌎 Communities demanded a say in decisions about their land.
Solutions exist, what’s missing is political will!
www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/c...
November 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
#COP30, Week 1: Strong voices, real solutions.
🍃 Partners highlighted the growing impacts of the climate crisis.
🙏 Faith leaders called for bold, fair action.
🌎 Communities demanded a say in decisions about their land.
Solutions exist, what’s missing is political will!
www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/c...
🍃 Partners highlighted the growing impacts of the climate crisis.
🙏 Faith leaders called for bold, fair action.
🌎 Communities demanded a say in decisions about their land.
Solutions exist, what’s missing is political will!
www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/c...
#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. ✊
Stay tuned 👉 buff.ly/AtyNe8N
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. ✊
Stay tuned 👉 buff.ly/AtyNe8N
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 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. ✊
Stay tuned 👉 buff.ly/AtyNe8N
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. ✊
Stay tuned 👉 buff.ly/AtyNe8N
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...
cidse.org
November 10, 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...
🌍 We brought together 157 people from 44 countries who reject the idea that "it's too late."
As COP30 approaches, we're releasing:
📢 Call to Action → for governments
🌱 Solidarity Message → for activists heading to Belém
Hope is built through action 👉 www.cidse.org/2025/11/05/c...
As COP30 approaches, we're releasing:
📢 Call to Action → for governments
🌱 Solidarity Message → for activists heading to Belém
Hope is built through action 👉 www.cidse.org/2025/11/05/c...
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🌍 We brought together 157 people from 44 countries who reject the idea that "it's too late."
As COP30 approaches, we're releasing:
📢 Call to Action → for governments
🌱 Solidarity Message → for activists heading to Belém
Hope is built through action 👉 www.cidse.org/2025/11/05/c...
As COP30 approaches, we're releasing:
📢 Call to Action → for governments
🌱 Solidarity Message → for activists heading to Belém
Hope is built through action 👉 www.cidse.org/2025/11/05/c...
🧭 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/
🔗https://www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/cidsecop30-in-belem/
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🧭 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/
🔗https://www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/cidsecop30-in-belem/
🚨 NEW joint statement
It's time: the EU’s credibility on human rights & climate is on the line.
Ahead of the #Omnibus I vote, 140+ EU & non-EU CSOs urge MEPs to back a strong, fair deal that protects workers, communities & our planet, not corporate interests.
www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/o...
It's time: the EU’s credibility on human rights & climate is on the line.
Ahead of the #Omnibus I vote, 140+ EU & non-EU CSOs urge MEPs to back a strong, fair deal that protects workers, communities & our planet, not corporate interests.
www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/o...
Omnibus I: the European Parliament must deliver a credible and ambitious approach
Joint statement, 30 October 2025
Ahead of the scheduled vote during the European Parliament plenary session on Thursday 13 November, CIDSE and over 140 EU and non-EU civil society organisations fro...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🚨 NEW joint statement
It's time: the EU’s credibility on human rights & climate is on the line.
Ahead of the #Omnibus I vote, 140+ EU & non-EU CSOs urge MEPs to back a strong, fair deal that protects workers, communities & our planet, not corporate interests.
www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/o...
It's time: the EU’s credibility on human rights & climate is on the line.
Ahead of the #Omnibus I vote, 140+ EU & non-EU CSOs urge MEPs to back a strong, fair deal that protects workers, communities & our planet, not corporate interests.
www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/o...
🌍 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...
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
🌍 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...
Follow our dedicated page for daily updates, schedules & key events from Brazil 🔗 www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/c...
#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 ✊
🔗https://buff.ly/QZWGnwG
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 ✊
🔗https://buff.ly/QZWGnwG
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM