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… nearly every pope has turned attention toward matters of ecology — whether pollution, biodiversity loss, deforestation or climate change. Pope Paul VI warned humanity's exploitation …

… as they grow. From nature, we learn the significance of preserving the environment, respecting biodiversity and understanding our role in protecting the planet. In essence, nature offers … raise awareness; hear the migrant's story; network and speak against climate injustice and biodiversity loss; support those who are nurturing the seeds we planted together.  We are forever …

… matters and provided the church, and the world, a moral and ethical lens for climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and other environmental challenges facing the planet and its people. … swaths of the Catholic Church toward deeper reflection and greater action on areas of climate, biodiversity, pollution, Indigenous rights and more. Laudato Si' inspired  new movements and  …

… continue its struggle against destructive development taking part in one of the world's most biodiverse areas. A similar pattern occurred in 2024, when the pope curtailed the synod's … socio-ecological matters and provided the planet a moral and ethical lens on climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. The 2015 document elevated the ideas that "everything is …

… Nations under the global biodiversity pact resolved unfinished business in late February, reaching deals on mobilizing … Faith groups who followed the resumed negotiations in Rome for the COP16 United Nations biodiversity summit applauded the developments and pledged to do their part to support the …

… that could bring food sovereignty to communities and at the same time help to balance biodiversity and climate. For example, the government could incentivize Brazil nuts' production …

… forest the size of Belgium each year, the destruction of entire ecosystems, the attack on biodiversity." Francis gives the strongest words imaginable by a world leader on the climate …

… Interfaith Power and Light members  attended United Nations summits on climate change and biodiversity as well as gatherings of faith leaders on ecological matters. In recent years, the …

… turbulent global politics, with ramifications for international efforts around climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.  It also aligned with the Catholic Church's  Jubilee Year , a … surveyed 2024's record heat along with piecemeal developments at U.N. summits on  climate ,  biodiversity and  plastic pollution . He noted  Donald Trump's election and his pledges to ramp …

… making critical decisions about conservation and mining that have implications for global biodiversity and carbon emissions. It is charged with managing U.S. relationships with island …

… and produce, the need for alternatives to plastic use and fossil fuels, the importance of biodiversity in our environment, and integral ecology. We have shown a number of documentaries …

… Mixed international progress on biodiversity, climate, plastic pollution … environmental gatherings under the United Nations in 2024. In Colombia in October, the first biodiversity summit was held  since nations agreed to a "Paris Agreement for nature" to halt and reverse the increasing trend of biodiversity loss. Meanwhile, nations convened in late November aiming to  finalize the …

… we have the meanest villain that's ever existed. Responsible for rising seas and loss of biodiversity, it's climate change ready to wreak havoc on the Earth. But in our right corner? We …

… lives and loved ones from intensifying impacts of the climate crisis, not counting the immense biodiversity loss." "The final text is cruel, placing a price tag of 'at least' $300 billion …

… at the 1992 Earth Summit, were scheduled: along with COP29 on climate, the  COP16 U.N. biodiversity summit in October and the COP16 desertification conference next month. That … Lacson said that "There is increasing recognition that the three COPs — climate change, biodiversity and desertification — should be considered in relation to one another to create a …

… production in warmer regions, and leading to the extinction of part of the planet's biodiversity." At COP29, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature shared that  44% …

… The United Nations biodiversity summit concluded in early November, with faith groups applauding its establishment … body short of a quorum. Dubbed the "Paris Agreement for nature," the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, or GBF, was  adopted in 2022 , and holds nearly every nation — all but …

… who have faced a loss of access to ancestral lands due to conservation efforts to preserve biodiversity and ecosystems. But it's a problem that could only grow without steps to respect and … Diversity. The main focus of the meeting is enacting a  global pact to halt and reverse biodiversity loss , including a goal of conserving 30% of global lands and waters by 2030. …

… Two years after reaching a global agreement to halt and reverse rapid biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse, countries are convening in Colombia this week to … out how exactly they'll do it. Among 23,000 delegates attending the latest United Nations biodiversity summit, known as COP16, is a coalition of faith groups who say they aim to bring … The  Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework has been hailed as a milestone likened to a "Paris Agreement for nature." …

… of all the struggles of Indigenous women, of youth and of elders to protect the most biodiverse forest on the planet, to protect their homes and protect the planet's climate," he … indefinitely stop oil drilling in Ecuador's Yasuni National Park  — one of the planet's most biodiverse territories. Anderson said the consequences of the rain forest's continued destruction …