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The Vatican and UN Environment bring faith organizations together to “care for our common home”
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| July 8, 2019
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Posted on 07/08/2019 1:59:40 PM PDT by ebb tide
The Vatican and UN Environment bring faith organizations together to care for our common home
The UN Environment Programmes Faith for Earth Initiative, with its slogan "One earth, many religions, one goal", aims to tap into, and harness, the enormous goodwill and power of the worlds religious authorities and believers to make a positive difference to our global environment.
July 2019 is the fourth anniversary of Laudato Si', the second encyclical of Pope Francis, specifically on the environment. In it, the Pope calls on all people of the world to take "swift and unified global action" against unsustainable practices.
To celebrate the fourth anniversary of Laudato Si', UN Environments Faith for Earth Initiativealong with partners including the Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa, the World Wildlife Fund, and the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Developmentis organizing a conference on 15-16 July 2019 at the United Nations Office at Nairobi, Kenya.
Pope Francis has already warned about the dangers of global heating. The conference will focus on the climate emergency and ecosystems restoration to spur governments and young people to heed the calls of many indigenous peoples for better global stewardship of the environment.
UN Environments Faith for Earth coordinator Iyad Abyumoghli meets Pope Francis on the margins of the First International Conference on Laudato Si in Rome, 2018. Photo by the official photographer of the Vatican (acquired by Iyad Abumoghli)
The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative is one leading example of this commitment in action.
We are finding real cooperation and shared purpose across the worlds religions to make protecting forests and the rights of indigenous peoples a top ethical priority, says Charles McNeill, Senior Policy Advisor on Forests and Climate, UN Environment. Youth will be the foundation of any faith-based movement to end tropical deforestation, and we welcome this conference as an opportunity to deepen and expand commitment across faiths and sectors.
The Faith for Earth Initiative is also working with faith-based investment institutions to help them make the switch from carbon-based investments towards more sustainable energy and other investments.
Conference speakers, led by Cardinal Peter Turkson, will provide a scientific perspective on the current state of the world and stress the importance of youth engagement. The conference will address urgent needs and opportunities in Africa and showcase best practices across the continent and the role of youth leadership and innovation. Africas youth feel the urgent responsibility to ensure their communities, countries and the continent act as frontrunners for a safe, sustainable and productive future for them and for future generations, says Allen Ottaro, Executive Director of the Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa.
The conference will be a forum for deeper reflection on Catholic and other faiths social teachings on care for the creation from an African perspective, enriched by global views.
This conference is about creating hope and provides a platform for faith organizations, youth and indigenous peoples to share their views and speak with one voice, says Iyad Abumoghli, UN Environments Faith for Earth Coordinator.
By providing a forum for faith leaders to discuss the relationship between science and faith teachings as related to environmental sustainability, the Faith for Earth Initiative is bringing together faith-based leaders and representatives of indigenous peoples to inspire action among policymakers and faith followers, he adds.
The just-ended Bonn Climate Change Conference in June 2019 saw agreement on a new work programme that integrates indigenous knowledge for climate mitigation and adaptation and addresses the specific vulnerability of indigenous peoples. The conference also saw the inaugural meeting of the
Facilitative Working Group of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform and agreement on a related work programme.
Clean-up campaign in Ongata Rongai marketplace for World Environment Day, 2019. Photo by UN Environment
The UN Climate Action Summit will take place in New York City on 23 September 2019 to increase ambition and accelerate action on the global climate emergency and support the rapid implementation of the Paris Climate Change Agreement. The 2019 UN Climate Action Summit is hosted by UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
For further information, please contact Iyad Abumoghli
TOPICS: Apologetics; Catholic; Religion & Culture; Religion & Science
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posted on
07/08/2019 1:59:40 PM PDT
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ebb tide
To: Al Hitan; Coleus; DuncanWaring; ebb tide; Fedora; Hieronymus; irishjuggler; Jaded; JoeFromSidney; ..
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The conference will be a forum for deeper reflection on Catholic and other faiths social teachings on care for the creation from an African perspective, enriched by global views.
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posted on
07/08/2019 2:04:18 PM PDT
by
ebb tide
(We have a rogue curia in Rome)
To: ebb tide
Africa has done a great job leading the way in global depopulation.
To: ebb tide
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posted on
07/08/2019 2:14:37 PM PDT
by
piusv
To: antidemoncrat; ebb tide
I am an African. Let me say clearly: the liturgy is not the place to promote my culture. Rather, it is the place where my culture is baptised, where my culture is taken up into the Divine. Robert Cardinal Sarah
next pope??
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posted on
07/08/2019 2:15:12 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
(Representing the reality-based community.)
To: Mrs. Don-o
If only! I love this guy!
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posted on
07/08/2019 2:17:45 PM PDT
by
livius
To: piusv
Their common home does have a serious warming problem
brimstone one too.
To: ebb tide
The Pope seems to be everywhere. With everyone. Bargaining everything. If I didn't know better I would swear that he's getting his marching orders from Satan himself. But wait, that would make the Pope the False Prophet of the book of REVELATION. *😳*
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posted on
07/08/2019 3:50:33 PM PDT
by
smvoice
(I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON)
To: ebb tide
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posted on
07/08/2019 4:39:26 PM PDT
by
shanover
(...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
To: smvoice
I see him more as The Whore of Babylon.
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