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Working groups help Vatican prepare Laudato Si' Action Platform for launch
… into several outcomes — for instance, under cry of the Earth are climate change mitigation, biodiversity protection, water protection and distribution and care of the land. Each of those … actions, or footsteps in the jargon of the platform's seven-year journey. In the case of biodiversity protection, suggested activities include planting native trees and grasses and …
Pope Francis lends support to UN effort to restore degraded ecosystems
… campaign , which calls for conserving 30% of the world's lands and ocean by 2030 to safeguard biodiversity and biomes and to slow the loss of species, though some Indigenous leaders and …
EarthBeat Weekly: Despite actions against Big Oil, demand for fossil fuels remains high
… to efforts to reduce the impacts of climate change on those communities and to protect biodiversity, a top Vatican official said at a virtual seminar hosted with the U.N. Food and …
Traditional peoples hold key to healthy ecosystems, Vatican official says
… ancestral wisdom is essential to efforts to reduce the impacts of climate change and preserve biodiversity, a top Vatican official said. Speaking at a virtual conference May 27 sponsored by … Noting that three major U.N. conferences will be held this year — on food systems in July, on biodiversity in October and on climate in November — Qu Dongyu, director-general of the Food and … poorest people, Dongyu said. "At the same time, they are guardians of 80% of our global biodiversity, preserving various agri-food systems in harmony with nature," but the "valuable …
Women, Solidarity, and Ecology Conference
… and policy making on eco-social change; d) the political and eco-social damage, including biodiversity loss, of mining and other forms of extractivism; e) the structural issues of …
EarthBeat Weekly: Laudato Si' Week envisions fossil fuel-free future
… Movement launch an online petition urging delegates to two upcoming U.N. conferences — one on biodiversity and one on climate — to take action to protect the health of humans and ecosystems …
Creation Care Prayer Network launches to spur ecological conversion worldwide
… the power of prayer to heal the planet in the face of rising global temperatures and declining biodiversity. The goal is to inspire a conversion among people of faith to work to reverse both … to heal God's creation, amid increasing climate change, deforestation and other threats to biodiversity, through prayer and Eucharistic adoration. Christina Leaño, associate director of …
Artist paints icons of endangered species to 'foster ecological conversion'
… began May 16 and will end May 25. The week overlaps Endangered Species Day, May 21, and World Biodiversity Day, May 22, when the Vatican is expected to issue a message as part of the Laudato …
Petition launched to show Catholic support for healthy planet, people
… meeting in the fall for two critical U.N. conferences — one on climate change and the other on biodiversity — the Global Catholic Climate Movement is sponsoring an online petition calling on … personal life, Allen highlighted the key political opportunities for change with the U.N. Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in October and the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) in …
Laudato Si Festival "Songs for Creation"
… The cultural festival "Songs for Creation" will present biodiversity lost in the world and its consequences, focusing on the biodiversity problems in the artists' and musicians' regions. Given the complexity of the …
Laudato Si Dialogue: Critical Opportunities in 2021 to create change: call for an integral path.
… in 2021 to create change, with a focus on the UN climate conference (COP 26) and the UN biodiversity conference (COP 15) and the need for an integral approach. We will hear from the …