Reba Elliott

Reba Elliott is senior director for strategy, planning and special projects at Laudato Si' Movement and a fellow of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.

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People demonstrate outside the European Court of Human Rights April 9, in Strasbourg, eastern France. The European Court of Human Rights handed down decisions in a trio of cases brought by a French mayor, six Portuguese youngsters and over 2,000 Swiss women who said their governments are not doing enough to combat climate change. (AP photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Human rights and human dignity demand climate action

A recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights and a new Catholic Church document on human dignity both enforce the importance of preserving a livable planet for all.

Wind turbines operate at sunrise in the Permian Basin oil and natural gas production area in Big Spring, Texas, Feb. 12, 2019. (CNS/Reuters/Nick Oxford)

US faith-based climate groups say Pope Francis shows the way with 'Laudate Deum'

Representatives of organizations that engage U.S. people of faith unite in support for Pope Francis' new document on the environment, Laudate Deum: "The pope is showing us the way. It's up to all of us to act."

A young Somali refugee fleeing drought carries her sibling as they walk in the new arrivals area of the Hagadera refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border, in Garissa County, Kenya, Jan. 17. (OSV News/Reuters/Thomas Mukoya)

New science on ecological justice demands united response from US Catholics

"Safe and just" boundaries for planetary health would protect not just the average person, but the person who is most vulnerable to disaster. American Catholics are called to lead the response to this science.

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