Environment Commission

30/05/2018

The Church Environment Commission (KA) feels that the proposed development by
db Group at St George’s Bay runs roughshod over a planning system that is meant to create and serve sustainable communities. This is symptomatic of a planning system which is fast being dismantled to make way to a system in which priority is obviously being given to individual projects rather than to community needs – a clear consequence of ill-advised policies and controversial decisions…

Worrisome decisions by Planning Authority and Environment Resources Authority

13/03/2018

The Church Environment Commission (KA) is one of the entities who was in favour of the splitting up of the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) into two separate authorities[1], to ensure that environmental interests would take priority over other interests which do not contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of all citizens…

26/01/2018

The Church Environment Commission (KA) would like to highlight the current opportunities and risks facing Marsa and the inner Grand Harbour area, and is recommending that an updated vision and a masterplan, based on a sound public consultation process, be drawn up for this important area to enable it to reach its full potential in an environmentally, socially and economically sustainable manner in the best public interest…

06/12/2017

Il‑Kummissjoni Interdjoċesana Ambjent (KA) għal darb’oħra tħeġġeġ lill‑awtoritajiet jieħdu l‑miżuri kollha għad‑dispożizzjoni tagħhom biex ma jħallux il‑ġenn li nibnu akkost ta’ kollox ikompli jagħmina, hekk li nħarbtu saħansitra dak li jagħtina identità ta’ poplu. Għall‑kuntrarju, jeħtieġ naħdmu biex nippreservaw il‑wirt arkitettoniku mill‑ferneżija ta’ twaqqiegħ ta’ bini, u mill‑konverżjoni ta’ bini eżistenti f’appartamenti, li wliedna jridu jissallbu biex jikru jew jixtru, bi gwadann għall‑ispekulaturi…

07/11/2017

On the occasion of World Town Planning Day (8th November 2017) the Church Environment Commission (KA) reflects on the current state of development planning in the country and is concerned, as it has been for the last years, about the direction that planning in Malta has taken. If we do not consider the wellbeing of future generations, we run the risk of even forgetting the current one and give an implicit or explicit licence to the powerful few to trample over the rights of everybody else, particularly the weak and vulnerable…

29/09/2017

On the occasion of the Season of Creation, the Church Environment Commission (KA) wishes to share some thoughts inspired by Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato Si’, on the value of Life and the need to respect it in all its aspects. This in a time when many end up accepting fallacies and misconceptions presented in the media, which are nothing but a distortion of reality…

01/09/2017

There are various references to trees in the Bible, including some that refer to the “tree of life”. Apart from their metaphorical meanings, trees do provide a great service to humankind. Their greatest contribution is much closer to home than the inspiration that they provided and continue to provide to poets, painters and musicians over the ages. Apart from providing the raw material for various goods they also provide an immense service in the form of carbon sequestration, reducing pollution, shelter from the sun, recreational space where people can interact with nature and the obvious aesthetic value both in rural as well as urban areas…

29/08/2017

The 2017 Christian Season of Creation (1st September to 4th October) in Malta and Gozo will be launched by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna during a Solemn Mass at St. John’s Co‑Cathedral, Valletta, on Saturday 2nd September, at 6pm. The Mass will follow prayers for creation which will be said in all churches in Malta and Gozo on 1st September.

A closing Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Mario Grech, at the Conventual Franciscan Church in Republic Street, Valletta, on Sunday 1st October at 10:30 a.m…

11/05/2017

The Church Environment Commission (KA) appeals to political parties so that during this
pre-election time, they do not make unsustainable promises which later on will turn out to be detrimental to all especially to the most vulnerable. The KA appeals to the parties to promise that in the environmental sector they will commit themselves so that, with facts and with laws and policies that contain no loopholes which give rise to abuse, to protect the natural environment, the Outside Development Zones, the historical built heritage and buildings that have architectural value…

10/03/2017

Ir‑reazzjonijiet tal‑politiċi u tal‑pubbliku għall‑kollass tat‑Tieqa tad‑Dwejra għandhom iġegħluna nirriflettu fuq l‑attitudnijiet tagħna lejn il‑patrimonju naturali, storiku, u arkitettoniku ta’ Malta u Għawdex. Li t‑Tieqa ċediet hija parti minn proċess naturali li kien mistenni. Il‑mistoqsija minn dejjem kienet “meta” u mhux “jekk” kinitx se taqa’. Il‑poplu u l‑politiċi jħossu li l‑pajjiż tilef parti mill‑patrimonju nazzjonali. U bir‑raġun!

Dan l‑avveniment iżda għandu jħeġġiġna, kemm ċittadini u kemm politiċi, biex nistaqsu mistoqsijiet pertinenti dwar x’qegħdin nagħmlu biex nimmaniġġaw b’mod sostenibbli r‑riżorsi li għad fadlilna…