Pages tagged "pacific"
PCP Talks and Workshops
OUR SPEAKERS:
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'Alopi Latukefu, Director, Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education 'Alopi joined the centre as Director in February 2023. Prior to accepting the role with ERC 'Alopi was most recently the Director for the Global Education and Scholarships team in DFAT - managing amongst other thing Australia’s prestigious and long standing inbound scholarship program - the Australia Awards. 'Alopi has extensive experience working on Pacific issues including establishing one of the first web based network and information sites (the South Pacific Information Network - SPIN) during his time with the Islands-Australia research program (ANU) in the mid nineties. 'Alopi grew up in PNG as a child where his late parents Rev Dr Sione Latukefu and Dr Ruth Latukefu (nee Fink) worked for twenty years educating many of the Pacific’s future leaders and scholars.
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Rosaline Parker, Project Officer Pacific Climate Fellowship Program
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Since 2006, the PCP has been taking steps to help ensure that the voice of Pacific Islands on climate change is heard loud and clear in the Australian and global community. Our speakers have presented on a range of topics, including:
- The impacts of climate change on Pacific Islands, particularly Kiribati and Tuvalu
- Climate justice in the Pacific: climate change as a human rights issue
- Climate science
- Climate action- what you can do to help
- Eco-justice/spirituality
- Laudato Si, Pope Francis's powerful encyclical on sustainability and climate justice
- Cross-cultural awareness: differences between Pacific and Australian cultures
If you would like to book one of our speakers, please contact us at [email protected]
Pacific Calling Partnership
PurposeThe Pacific Calling Partnership (PCP) was founded in May 2006 in recognition of the negative impacts climate change was having on the peoples of Kiribati, Tuvalu and islands of the Torres Strait. We are committed to listening and amplifying the voices of the Pacific about imminent threats to their environment, communities and lives as a result of the climate crisis. At the same time we advocate strongly for climate justice and urgent climate action in Australia and internationally. |
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PCP supports the efforts of Pacific Island communities to make their voices heard and raise awareness within the Australian community and internationally about the impacts of climate change on the region. - We work with our Pacific partners to deliver training workshops for emerging climate leaders from Kiribati, Tuvalu and elsewhere in the Pacific. - We facilitate annual fellowships as part of our Pacific Climate Leadership Program. -We actively create opportunities for political and grassroots advocacy to advance climate justice outcomes. - We raise awareness of climate-related issues in the Pacific through in-person events, webinars and podcast interviews. PCP often collaborates with people, governments and organisations who work on raising awareness of the impacts of climate change, both in the Pacific and more broadly. The PCP is open to forming new relationships. Find out more: The Kiribati-Tuvalu-Australia Exchange Program (KATEP) |
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Testimonial from Pelenise Alofa from KiriCAN on the Pacific Calling PartnershipIn 2023 Pelenise Alofa (the then coordinator for KiriCAN) provided the following testimonial on the relationship and journey with the Pacific Calling Partnership and the Edmund Rice Centre.
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