Climate activists - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 24 Mar 2024 18:33:41 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Climate activists - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Climate activists demand Christchurch include cruise ship emissions in targets https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/03/25/climate-activists-demand-christchurch-include-cruise-ship-emissions-in-targets/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 04:52:09 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=169282 Climate activists are urging the Christchurch City Council to count cruise ship emissions in the city's climate targets so they are included in the emissions reduction plan. Christchurch's latest emissions report estimated cruise ships produced the equivalent of 2 percent of the city's total gross emissions in the 2023 financial year. Although they were calculated Read more

Climate activists demand Christchurch include cruise ship emissions in targets... Read more]]> Climate activists are urging the Christchurch City Council to count cruise ship emissions in the city's climate targets so they are included in the emissions reduction plan.

Christchurch's latest emissions report estimated cruise ships produced the equivalent of 2 percent of the city's total gross emissions in the 2023 financial year.

Although they were calculated in the report, they were not included in the total gross emission or net emissions.

Climate Liberation Aotearoa spokesperson Michael Apathy addressed councillors at a meeting on Wednesday, calling for that to change. Read more

Climate activists demand Christchurch include cruise ship emissions in targets]]> 169282 Climate gluers appeal to Vatican court https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/02/12/climate-gluers-appeal-to-vatican-court/ Mon, 12 Feb 2024 04:50:07 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=167601 Two individuals who glued themselves to the plinth of the renowned Laocoon group at the Vatican in August 2022, are now appealing their prison sentences. As reported by the Italian newspaper "il Giornale," the Vatican criminal court has scheduled their appeal hearing for early February. The two Italian environmental activists, a young woman and an Read more

Climate gluers appeal to Vatican court... Read more]]> Two individuals who glued themselves to the plinth of the renowned Laocoon group at the Vatican in August 2022, are now appealing their prison sentences.

As reported by the Italian newspaper "il Giornale," the Vatican criminal court has scheduled their appeal hearing for early February.

The two Italian environmental activists, a young woman and an older man received a suspended prison sentence for property damage in the initial verdict on June 12, 2023.

Supporters of the activists are urging the court to acquit them on social media, citing their protest's alignment with Pope Francis' advocacy for climate protection.

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