Caritas In Australia

Caritas Australia demonstrates Catholic social teachings passionately within their organization. Caritas strive to serve the poor and to promote charity and justice throughout the world. Caritas organization incorporate responding to natural disasters conflicts, preserving the rights of the frail and giving poverty-stricken the utensils they need to assemble better lives. Due to these actions, Caritas restore the balance, providing everyone with the same equal rights of a just life. Through this Caritas reflect the Catholic social teachings by displaying, the preferential option for the poor by striving to reach the poorest and most marginalized people. The dignity of the human person is upheld by setting all their programs focused on people-centred with accredit at their heart and soul.

Society has ignored the changing climate for too long. With the hope of enlightening our generation, McKibben addresses this topic in a hostile manner to bring awareness. By illustrating an image of desolation, describing our planet to be an “inhabitable place” if we don’t change our habits, the author captures the attention of his readers (1). Eaarth is stylistically written in a suitable manner for the intended audience. McKibben refrains from scolding his audience by using “we” rather than “you”—intending that change is only possible if everyone, from all over the world, works together. Rather than simply discussing how climate changed has affected America, he speaks globally about this disaster—as it is typically worse in other countries due to their location on Earth. In addition to adding as aspect of fear, McKibben provides scientific evidence with every statement he makes about the changing environment. Rather than simply stating that temperatures are globally at an all-time high, he states, “Burma set the new mark for the Southeast Asia at 118 degrees, and Pakistan the new zenith for all of Asia at 129 degrees…warmest six months, the warmest year, and the warmest decade for which we have records” (214). On the other hand, McKibben provides so many statistics that it’s almost overwhelming to the

Caritas Australia is influenced by the Gospels, the teachings of the Catholic Church and the hopes of the people living in poverty stricken areas. They motivate everyone to respond to humanitarian disasters to encourage fundamental human development and to advocate on the causes of violence and poverty.

John Broome wrote Climate Matters with the intention of raising independent, yet well-informed ideas of how to ethically stand in a warming world. He questions what should be done both publically and privately and supports his statements through arguments that can be interpreted in whichever way makes the most sense to the reader. Broome logically organized his book so that before he asks moral questions, he reminds the reader in the opening paragraph about the sad truth of climate change. For example, he states the ice caps are melting and in just a few decades, only one polar ice cap will remain. As a result, the raising oceans will demolish many of humanities greatest cities. He adds that not only will millions of homes be destroyed along oceanic coastlines, but climate will change as droughts and floods make agriculture impossible in many? currently productive areas. The remaining ocean-adjacent? areas not directly affected by sea-level rise? will have to face difficult and unpredictable weather changes that will make food? production challenging. Broome also reminds the reader, who is most likely from a developed country, that the western lifestyle causes the greatest damage, yet the global indigenous societies, who contribute virtually nothing to greenhouse gas emissions, will be hit the hardest. I found this introductory chapter to be very powerful and the rest of the book was easy to absorb because I was constantly thinking back to these disasters which seem

In the words of Barack Obama, “climate change is no longer some far-off problem; it is happening here, it is happening now.” (J. S. World Economic Forum, 2015) This global phenomenon is causing many problems around the world and is affecting both developed countries like Canada and other countries in the process of developing. This report investigates how climate change can pose significant impacts on all countries despite economic stability. Places like Canada are affected by the severe storms and drastic changes in weather and these changes can hurt the environment and the economy. They can also pose threats to crop production and public health. Climate change can also hurt the developmental progression of low-income countries

Caritas is a worldwide organisation that relies on donation (incorporating ‘The Common Good’) to supply third-world countries with resources and supplies, and usually teach them how to become self-sustained. Caritas was founded in 1965 as a project of the United Nations in response to global health needs and malnutrition. It was originally known as Project Compassion, and became an extremely successful ‘self-help’ campaign. An example of Caritas’ work is their work in Central Africa, where they supply the almost 3 million people in need with shelter food and peace building

In the years ahead, climate change will have a significant impact on every aspect of the daily lives of all human beings -- possibly greater even than war. Shifting precipitation patterns and ocean currents could change where and how food crops grow. If icecaps melt and low-lying areas are flooded, as is predicted, entire populations could be forced to move to higher ground. The tsunami of 2004 and Hurricane Katrina, in 2005, provided vivid examples of what large-scale climactic catastrophes entail.

When it comes to climate change directly caused by humans, the Central American country of Guatemala is a prime example. With a population of over 16 million, spread over the course of only 42,000 square miles -- mostly in and around the capital of Guatemala City -- there is plenty being done directly and indirectly to negatively affect climate. But it’s not just civilian’s actions that leave it susceptible to climate change, as location and deforestation also conspire to make the country’s inhabitants more vulnerable to dire conditions, with indigenous communities and farmers among the most affected.

Limiting our understanding of climate change to primarily the human causes and effects disregards a major tenant of the ecological values of Catholic Social Teaching: creation is good. When focusing on the human side of climate change we often ignore that all of creation requires our aid. Creation is a blanket term that encompasses literally everything, including humans, plants, animals, inanimate natural objects, and human-made goods. All of creation’s components are negatively affected by climate change. However, this approach tends to be very overwhelming. It is nearly impossible to worry about and advocate for all of creation at once. Thus a more specific view is needed, and an anthropocentric one is easily applicable. When we consider the effects climate change has on humans and work to mitigate them, we are indeed responding to many of creations needs but through a less oppressively overwhelming lens. For example, an clear advocacy path in trying to help those affected by constant flooding would be to correct institutions that lead to rising temperatures and the melting of the polar ice. In doing so, we would also promote overall global health, as steadier temperatures would benefit the Artic animals, plant life and

that human activity is likely to be the primary driver of climate change, the politics of global

Evidence of Climate Change is being felt around the world. The most vulnerable areas are the least developed, which lack public instruments and infrastructure to adapt to the extreme effects of climate. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is vital to slow the progress of climate change, however, adapting to the consequences of this intensified climate crisis by the human being itself is key. Some countries understand it, others just cannot do too much about it. New evidence shows that Climate Change has affected many sectors in Asia. Crop yields in several countries have declined, due in part to increased temperature and external weather events. The retreat of glaciers and permafrost in Asia in recent years has no precedent and is a consequence

The Archbishop has been influential in his Catholic teachings for the Haitian and Hispanic communities and is now following Pope Francis’s recent encyclical on climate change to better the community throughout the summer. The main focus of the encyclical is the detrimental effects of climate change and an inducement of the people, not only of the Catholic faith but also for those of all faiths, to have a moral responsibility towards God’s creation: Earth.

In his video on TED Bill Gates provides a lot of examples of how climate change can really hurt people’s lives. He states that energy and climate are extremely important to the poorest two billion people on Earth and that “the climate getting worse means that many years, their crops won't grow” (Gates, 2010). Similarly, Al Gore

In his social encyclical, Caritas in veritate, Benedict XVI draws the conclusion that, “the way humanity treats the environment influences the way it treats itself, and vice versa” (Turkson 6). This comment alludes to the common biblical teaching that “do unto others as you would have them do unto you”. To further drive his point about interconnectedness, Benedict XVI uses an example about rising energy needs that leads to rising energy price. This problem not only effects poverty stricken people but also effects the natural environment by stripping it of its resources at alarming

Over the past few decades, a major concern is the threat climate change possess for today’s economy. Millions of people are affected each and every day by climate change but this is just the beginning of the worst. One thing that seems to go unharmed by climate change is social status; how long will money last as a barrier to the effects of Mother Nature? How does poverty increase the risks associated the devastating powers of climate change? When speaking in terms of poverty many different categories arise. Poverty in America is different than poverty in Asia or Africa. Every country has faced poverty. It is inevitable; some countries however, face a disproportionately high percentage of poverty.