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Faith-based Mother Earth Network aims to restore Maragoli Forest, and hope, in Kenya
… Sustainability in Africa , who has attended the U.N. climate change conferences, including COP27 in Egypt, and COP28 in Dubai, applauded Catholics for their efforts in environmental …
Why is the Catholic Church participating in a UN climate summit?
… temperature rise ideally to 1.5 degrees Celsius and at minimum "well below" 2 C. At 2022's COP27 , in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, nations established a loss and damage fund to direct financing …
US bishops on COP28: Decarbonization is 'preeminent environmental challenge'
… mitigation and adaptation efforts — and for the loss and damage fund established last year at COP27 to be operationalized. Other priorities include a comprehensive framework and doubling of …
Catholics at COP28 vow to carry ill pope's call for action on climate change
… major focus at COP28 will be the loss and damage fund that was established last year at COP27 in Egypt. Loss and damage refers to climate impacts that have already occurred or are …
In Honduras' Dry Corridor, climate change poses a painful dilemma: Adapt or leave
… change that could qualify for compensation under a loss and damage fund created last year at COP27 in Egypt. Asked what message he'd send to the U.S., Ayolo, the institute's hydrology …
At African climate summit, faith leaders join demands for climate justice
… the Lutheran priest, recalled that during the last U.N. Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, held in Egypt, promises to establish a loss and damage fund had triggered celebrations …
Editorial: Climate action requires interfaith collaboration
… (which more than 50 religious institutions backed ahead of the U.N. climate change conference, COP27, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, last year) and the Faiths for Biodiversity Statement. Because …
After Bonn, COP28 needs to be a course correction on climate action
… countries wanted to include the mitigation work program established at COP26 in Glasgow and COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh to urgently scale up mitigation ambition and implementation in this … conflicts of interest, such as participation of observers from oil companies, like we saw at COP27. A month in advance of the Bonn Climate Change Conference, in his latest message for the …
NCR wins 29 Catholic Media Awards, including 1st, 2nd place for investigative reporting
… won second place in reporting on environmental issues, for her work reporting from the U.N. COP27 summit in Egypt . NCR Vatican correspondent Christopher White won second-place honors for …
Pope: Quick change of course necessary to beat climate change
… that read "Loss and Damage. Finance Now," a reference to a fund that was agreed upon at the COP27 U.N. climate conference in 2022 after decades of pressure from vulnerable developing …
Catholic resolve for sweeping climate action intensifies after latest UN report
… developing nations, and to inject new dollars into the loss and damage fund established at the COP27 U.N. climate summit to compensate vulnerable countries for climate impacts they have …
Diocese and bank in Kenya partner to restore forests, mitigate and adapt to climate change
… $100 billion a year to developing nations to help them achieve their climate goals. Ahead of COP27, the U.N. climate change conference held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from Nov. 6–18 last …
To reach critical audiences, we need more faith-based climate news
… issues became exceedingly evident to me after the United Nations conference on climate change, COP27 , and the U.N. conference on biodiversity, COP15 , held late last year. With more than 3,000 reporters from 450 media houses at COP27, I was one of the few (perhaps the only one) from a Catholic broadcast media house like …