Why nuclear power is not the answer
This post is available for download. DOWNLOAD HERE. This paper is presented by CANE (the Coalition Against Nuclear Energy) in the interest of informed debate about energy policy in South Africa. The position of CANE is against nuclear power and for an alternative mix of energy strategies and technologies. Please read it, think about it and discuss ...Fate of Mountain Glaciers in the Anthropocene
This full post is available for download. DOWNLOAD HERE! A Report by the Working Group Commissioned by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences The working group consists of glaciologists, climate scientists, meteorologists, hydrologists, physicists, chemists, mountaineers, and lawyers organized by the P ...“Nukes are Neat” …?
Nuclear energy is clean … ? • The whole fuel cycle of nuclear power, from mining uranium to the decommissioning of the power station, releases 3-4 times more carbon dioxide per unit of energy produced than renewable energy (e.g. solar and wind energy). Nukes are not the answer to climate change. Nuclear energy is safe … ? • There is a risk of low ...Climate change time bomb definitley ticking for Africa
This post is available for download. DOWNLOAD HERE. By Gichinga Ndirgangu The recent closure of Masinga dam and rationing of water supply in Nairobi are worrying indications that Kenya could be on the knife-edge of a potential environmental crisis in the future. Slowly but steadily, the effects of climate change are becoming manifest even though t ...Africa prepares for impact of climate change
This post is available for download. DOWNLOAD HERE. by Michael Fleshman There is wide recognition that Africa, the region least responsible for generating the polluting “greenhouse gases” that cause global warming, will need significant financial aid to cope with its effects. Whether this money will be available is an open question. Afr ...The Theology of Creation
The Theology of Creation – Albert Nolan Download The Theology of Creation HERE 1. Yesterday and Today The question many are asking today is quite simply: why should we as Christians be concerned about environmental issues like climate change? The simple answer is that we should be concerned because the first article of our faith is that God is the ...
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Welcome
During the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), Pope John XXIII and the bishops from all around the world decided that the Church needed to be more involved in the world. For that, they established a Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace and decided that each bishops’ Conference should establish a Justice and Peace commission and that all Bishops work towards establishing Justice and Peace commissions in their Dioceses. The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) was one of the first bishops’ Conferences in the world to establish a Justice and Peace department in 1967.
The department effectively became the SACBC’s anti-apartheid mobilisation and campaigning arm throughout the apartheid era. During the political transition period, the department focused mostly on the negotiation process, elections support, and (subsequently) the TRC process. Over the past decade in the post-apartheid era, the department established dedicated programmes in gender, environmental justice, economic justice, land reform, democracy, reconciliation, training, social renewal, trade justice, and international solidarity and peace-building.
The department functions as the official social, economic, and environmental justice advocacy and peace-building agency of the SACBC with dedicated programmes across a wide range of key thematic areas such as gender, economic justice, environmental justice, participatory democracy, race relations, land reform, social renewal, international solidarity, trade justice, peace-building, and training for organisational and skills development of the justice and peace network throughout the SACBC region.
