Tomás Insua, leader and co-founder of the Laudato Si' Movement, will step down as executive director later this year. Insua announced his forthcoming departure in a letter Feb. 18, but added he will remain in the Catholic ecological movement in other roles.
The annual U.N. climate change conference, COP24, began Dec. 2 in coal-dominant Katowice, Poland, amid sense of foreboding at the present pace of response to climate change.
As government delegations from across the globe prepare for a Dec. 2-14 U.N. conference on climate change, Catholic organizations are pledging to make the church's voice heard.
The three-day event will highlight achievements to date in implementing the Paris Agreement and aims to push the global community to "take ambition to the next level," the theme of the gathering.
