April 05, 2025

As a global centre for social justice and advocacy leadership the Edmund Rice Centre has welcomed Australia’s renewed commitment to international development through its 2.7% increase in the 2025-2026 budget for Official Development Assistance (ODA), bringing it to a total of $5.097 billion. It...

April 05, 2025

In a recent episode of SBS Samoan's TALANOA podcast,  our Edmund Rice Centre Director Alopi Latukefu discusses the pressing issue of climate change, referring to it as "the existential threat of our lifetime." He emphasizes the urgent need for collective action to address the...

April 05, 2025

By Alopi Latukefu, The U.S. departure from the Paris Agreement, a legally binding international agreement - while predictable with a Trump victory – deeply undermines global efforts to combat and mitigate the impacts of climate change. The United States is the second largest emitter...