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Pope Leo XIV said “stronger climate actions will create stronger and fairer economic systems” in a video message to the U.N. climate conference (COP30).
The leaders of the Catholic Episcopal Conferences and Councils of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean are calling for “a profound ecological conversion” in the Global South ahead of the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) scheduled for November 10-21 in Brazil.
Climate activists and faith leaders from across Africa gathered in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Sunday, August 24 for an interfaith prayer session to push for an end to fossil expansion on the world’s second largest continent.
Faith groups in Africa have challenged African leaders to embrace economic systems that respect the dignity of all people, and not those focused on making profits, as the continent fights to protect biodiversity.
Faith groups in Africa have gathered in Kenya’s capital Nairobi to deliberate on ways to boost their participation in climate summits ahead of the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) and the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30).
The President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has lamented the ignoring of the pleas of those bearing the brunt of injustices against creation.