As part of its struggle for social and environmental justice, over the last few years, Emmaus International has been involved in various campaigns to hold multinationals to account, advocating the adoption of binding rules and calling for the scrapping of trade agreements that have devastating effects on the climate and human rights. Recently, we have been working alongside other civil society organisations and collectives to call for the scrapping of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT).
Read more ...Climate experts warn that the consequences of global warming are happening much faster and more unpredictably than expected. Unfortunately, recent events prove this without a shadow of a doubt. Record temperatures in India during May, deadly torrential rains in Recife, Brazil a few days ago: disasters are on the rise and are affecting the poorest populations first. Emmaus groups, who take in people excluded from our societies on a daily basis, are not spared and here they tell us their stories.
Read more ...Statement of the Emmaus International Board - 18 March 2022
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