Climate change is at the center of the environmental challenges facing the global community. Maryknoll missioners around the world witness firsthand the devastating impacts of the changing climate, most egregiously on those who have contributed least to climate change, communities that are poor, powerless, and pushed to the margins by society.
We educate for environmental justice by first clarifying and deepening our own comprehension of these insights: that every creature has the right to be; the right to its habitat; and the right to make its own contribution to all of life. We believe that the global failure to protect our Common Home has become, in reality, a simultaneous assault on the poor and a form of environmental racism.
Maryknoll Leadership Statement on Pope Francis’ encyclical “On Care for Our Common Home“
MARYKNOLL REFLECTIONS ON LAUDATO SI: Ecological conversion: Called to hope, spurred to action
POLICY BRIEF: Climate Change and Care for Creation
WEBINAR: Climate Change and the 2020 Elections
ARTICLE: Maryknoll Missioners Take Climate Action
SPECIAL PROGRAM: Integral Ecology Program
NEWSLETTER: Encounters Where Faith, Economy, Ecology Meet
In a significant push for continued international cooperation, the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns and a broad coalition of faith-based organizations are advocating for a reversal of the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Churches for Middle East Peace will host the Joint Christian Advocacy Summit 2026 in Washington, D.C., from May 5-7, 2026.
Renewable energy technologies—solar, wind, bioenergy, hydropower, and geothermal—interact with land systems in complex ways, influencing land health and productivity, the provision of ecosystem services, and local socio-economic outcomes. The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) report “Natural Fit: Renewable Energy and Sustainable Land Management,” addresses this conundrum and offers achievable solutions.
Some African countries are bypassing the era of fossil fuels to pioneer decentralized renewable energy, a historic shift that highlights the growing economic dominance of green power and the urgent need for global climate equity.
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns released a statement expressing grave concern over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) finalization of the repeal of the 2009 Endangerment Finding.
The Trump administration’s withdrawal from the UNFCCC means the United States is neglecting its moral responsibility as a global power and the largest historical contributor to the climate crisis.
Under threat of fracture, world leaders renewed their commitment to multilateralism while avoiding major decisions on debt relief for the Global South.
Two Maryknoll representatives report on the UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Brazil.
This November, COP30, the United Nations’ primary forum for addressing the climate crisis, convened in Belém, Brazil. Join us to unpack COP30’s mixed results, the role of the faith community in shaping outcomes, and the growing movement of grassroots multilateralism working to keep our climate future alive. Watch the recording of our special webinar on…
This November, COP30, the United Nations’ primary forum for addressing the climate crisis, convened in Belém, Brazil. Join us to unpack COP30’s mixed results, the role of the faith community…
Scientists agree that dramatic action must be taken in phasing out fossil fuels to prevent global catastrophe. The National Oceans and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed that global surface temperature in…
Maryknoll representative Lisa Sullivan reports on what is happening during the second week at the UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil. November 20, 2025 Greetings from COP30, the UN Conference on Climate Change, meeting in the Amazonian city of Belém in northern Brazil. We are more than half-way through the two-week negotiations on global…
Eighty-five U.S. Catholic leaders asked Sec. Marco Rubio to reconsider the decision to leave the Paris climate agreement and to rejoin negotiations happening now at COP30 in Brazil.
A Catholic call to action to protect the deep ocean and its vital role in creation by opposing risky deep-sea mining.
A recent report by the Oakland Institute blames the slow-moving peace process between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda on maneuvering to secure control over Congolese mineral wealth.
Amazon Water Summit delegates declare that water is a sacred gift and a fundamental human right, urgently calling for global action to protect it from destructive extractive practices.
Pope Leo XIV marks the tenth anniversary of Laudato Si’ with a resounding call for action on climate change, urging a spiritual conversion and renewed commitment to integral ecology.
The clock is ticking on global security. This week, we hit the critical 100-day countdown until the New START Treaty expires on February 5, 2026. This is the last remaining…
