Latin America – Second Conversation on Climate Migrations
On October 26, the second Conversation on Climate Migrations and Care for the Common Home will take place at 8 am Central America / 9 am Colombia / 11 am Brasilia.
The second round of Conversation on Climate Migrations & Care for the Common Home, organised by Jesuit networks and works in Latin America and the Caribbean, will focus on Latin America.
In Latin America, we now see more disasters associated with climate change, such as droughts in the Central American dry corridor that impacted more than 3.5 million people requiring humanitarian assistance, according to the FAO. Or the increased occurrence of intense hurricanes in Central America and the Caribbean, the loss of glaciers in the Andean area that puts access to drinking water of many communities at stake, and the floods caused by heavy rains in countries such as Brazil.
While there is scientific consensus on climate change, the reality of Latin America leads us to critically investigate economic development and its impact on both the environment and communities from a socio-environmental justice approach. Moreover, a broader understanding of the relations between society and nature makes us recognise that the causes and effects of climate change in the continent involve unveiling the inequalities and injustices derived from the [economic] system and its modes of appropriation and commodification of nature.
The second conversation cycle, "A Latin American and Caribbean perspective on migration and climate change," aims to help understand the challenges and advances [regarding climate migration and care for the Common Home]. It which will take place on Wednesday, October 26, at the following times:
8:00 h Central America / 9:00 h Bogotá / 11:00 h Brasilia.
The speakers will be:
- Bridget Wooding - Director of OBMICA
- Ana Paredes - Researcher at the University Rafael Landívar- Guatemala.
- Andrea Villaseñor - Director of Migration and Forced Displacement for Mexico and Central America - Hispanics in Philanthropy.
- Fernanda Bedoya - Director of Derecho a No Obedecer.
- Leany Torres - Warao indigenous leader.
Moderated by Luiz Felipe Lacerda, Executive Secretary of OLMA / UNICAP.
The live broadcast will be done through our Youtube channel SOMOS JESUITAS. For those who wish simultaneous translation into Portuguese, please register at the following link https://cutt.ly/JBqMBOL.
We want to approach the intersection of migration and climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean from the call to care for the Common Home that asks us to protect the environment and people, especially those who present situations of vulnerability with a focus on human rights and nature.
This series of Dialogues to deepen the relationship between Climate Justice and Forced Migration is organised by the Red Jesuita con Migrantes de Latinoamérica y el Caribe [Jesuit Network with Migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean], the Grupo de Ecología Integral de la Red de Centros Sociales [Integral Ecology Group of the Network of Social Centres] and the Federación Internacional de Fe y Alegría [International Federation of Fe y Alegría]; as well as the Observatorio de Justicia Socioambiental Luciano Mendes de Almeida[Luciano Mendes de Almeida Socio-Environmental Justice Observatory], Cátedra Laudato Si de la Universidad Católica de Pernambuco[the Laudato Si Chair of the Catholic University of Pernambuco] and the Servicio Jesuita a Migrantes y Refugiados de Brasil [Jesuit Migrant and Refugee Service of Brazil], with the support of the Hispanics in Philanthropy.
Here you can read some notes from the first conversation that took place
Source: jesuitas.lat
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