The Climate Ambition Summit took place on Wednesday, 20 September. It was convened by UN Secretary-General António Guterres to demonstrate there is collective will to accelerate the pace and scale of a just transition to a more equitable renewable-energy based, climate-resilient global economy. The Summit included a plenary session showcasing “first mover and doer” leaders, followed by three thematic sessions and a special meeting on loss and damage finance.
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Prior to COP28, there will be a November 2023 meeting among high-level religious leaders which will serve as a platform for robust discussions on the moral responsibility of nations, institutions, and individuals in addressing contemporary world challenges including the climate crisis and its impact on humanity.
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Judge Mohamed Abdelsalam – the Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Elders – expressed his pride in participating in the twentieth forum of the Community of Sant’Egidio, highlighting its high level of discourse on peace, which is a humanitarian imperative. He particularly emphasized the contribution of religions and cultures in enhancing their capacities for dialogue, and in establishing traditions of understanding and cooperation on common humanitarian issues.
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ABU DHABI, 14th September, 2023 (WAM) — The Ministry of Tolerance and Coexistence and the COP28 Presidency have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote tolerance, coexistence, and human fraternity during COP28.
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The COP28 Faith Pavilion aims to serve as a platform for problem solving, partnership, and the proposal of holistic recommendations to advance environmental justice. The Pavilion will do this by engaging religious communities, decision makers and other civil society actors.
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The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child issued new guidance that calls for governments to take action to protect children in the face of the deepening climate crisis, affirms their right to live in a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.
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The Vatican announced this week that Pope Francis will be releasing another encyclical on the environment on October 4, the Feast of St. Francis. This new papal letter—what some news outlets are calling Laudato Si’ Part II or Laudato Si’ 2.0—is exciting news, indeed!
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Pope Francis will release a follow-up document on the environment on Oct. 4, providing an update to his 2015 encyclical Laudato ‘si — a landmark papal letter that offered a rallying cry for global action in the fight against climate change. The release date is the Feast of St Francis of Assisi.
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Resilience in the Anthropocene was a summit that explored many dimensions of human contribution to the state of the climate and environment. Mary Evelyn Tucker moderated the forum “Spiritual Reflection, Practices, and Resilience: Lessons from Contemplative and Nature-based Wisdom” which gave rise to questions and reflections on Hope and the environment, Hope and Climate Change. Here is a personal response to Hope.
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Speaking off-the-cuff to a delegation of lawyers from member countries of the Council of Europe on Monday, Pope Francis said he was writing a second part of his Laudato si’ encyclical to update it to “current issues”
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As we’ve reported here in the blog and on our social media channels, last week was the RITA (Resilience in the Anthropocene) Summit hosted by the Loka Initiative at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. This gathering brought together activists, scholars, environmentalists, mental health practitioners, and more to discuss the growing crisis of climate/eco-anxiety and grief and globally mounting solastalgia and how we can transform and transmute this personally, in our communities, and as a planetary whole. This review is greater in length than our usual blog posts, but there is much to say about this important event and topic.
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Members of the Interfaith Liaison Committee (UNFCCC) provide suggestions for Prayers and Mediations for the success of COP28 for arriving at and implementing resolutions for the reparations to the health of the Earth. The Earth is the only planet we have to live on. Formation of Prayer and Meditation Groups is encouraged. Suitable prayers are offered, as are different formats.
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