Global – Ecojesuit at COP28 Sharing Experiences
Preparations for Ecojesuit planning start early in 2023 from the local level reporting and sharing as to the different experiences and discernment within each Conference as to the focus and was shared with the global GIAN Ecology, Ecojesuit. From listening to the Conference experience and dynamic a broader agenda was discerned for presentation at the annual meeting and also a review of Ecojesuit activities and engagements of the past year.
This year the focus developed around food and water vulnerability as the key area and hopefully this can be sustained for a number of years. While the local activities are for Provinces and Conferences to report and exchange on, the global network coordination connects with global agendas and platforms on the focused topic as a process of global networking.
This year the core focus has been to follow the joint work on agriculture and climate action of Sharm El Sheikh (COP27) now starting to develop a mechanism for implementation during COP28. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Foods Systems Summit (FSS) have taken a back seat. There is a specific ECOJESUIT Website for COP engagements and the outcomes form part of the ongoing discussions and efforts during the year to strengthen stronger connections and advocacy at our own nation level actions.
Producing an Ecojesui Statement (for COP26 and 28) has been a process that sought to network across apostolates and has brought about further integration of the work in the different Conferences and with Higher Education Apostolate. While people’s access is through multiple organizations (not always Jesuit UN registered institutions) with specific responsibilities while at the COP there is a networking during the event and a broadening of collaboration of the Jesuit network serving other committed organizations as well as Church presence. The statement shares the five themes of engagement.
A further focus and need for deeper reflection and conversion is the DSS, both because UAP4 shows the least action and there are questions of insertion. “In practically all the Provinces/Regions it is recognized that we have not found the way forward or changed our life-mission to collaborate in the care of our Common Home in a new and effective manner.” (DSS.94). “How can we reconcile the life of insertion and the standard requirements of religious, personal and community life? (DSS.77). There is a need for significant reflection to understand how Ecojesuit could contribute to a deeper experience of conversion and more effective action.
Source: ecojesuit.com
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