Climate

Healing Earth, the free online environmental science textbook developed by Jesuit collaborators of the International Jesuit Ecology Project and launched 10 years ago, released its third edition in October 2022 with additional features that improve its usage.

Ridhima Pandey is a 14-year-old climate activist from Uttarakhand, India, who spoke at the 50th General Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference on 17 October.

The series of "Webinars from an Integral Perspective," organised by the International Secretariat for Education of the Society of Jesus, continues.

From 5-18 November 2022, as world leaders gather in Egypt for the COP27 global climate talks, we will run the Caravan of Hope – Voices from the Margins COP27 Series.

Senior figures from the Catholic Church in Africa are calling for world leaders to finally agree to provide finance for Loss and Damage to help countries in the continent facing the devastating impacts of climate change at the annual UN climate conference (COP27) taking place in Egypt from 7 to 18 November 2022.

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.

In preparation for the General Assembly of the Federation of Catholics’ Bishops Conferences of Oceania (FCBCO) in February 2023, a Preparatory Event entitled Our Ocean Home will be held online on 28 to 30 November 2022, together with the Australian Catholic University (ACU) and the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.

Honduras is a very vulnerable country. Honduran men and women suffer the impact of this vulnerability on a daily basis. Socio-economically, my country is one of the most unequal in the world. Politically, it is burdened by the burdens of the 2009 coup d'état, such as institutional fragility, corruption, drug trafficking, impunity and the illegitimate re-election of the previous government.

The effects of climate change are increasingly tangible, severe and widespread. Almost 8 million people have been displaced from their homes, and over 1,500 have died due to the recent floods in Pakistan. The last European summer was among the warmest on record.