U.S. Proposals for Ocean-based Climate Solutions
The United States has taken ambitious steps for addressing climate change impacts on oceans and marine life.
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Environmental Justice
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
COP 27: UN Climate Talks Move Forward
The fate of our common home, this fragile planet, was placed again in the hands of those who gathered in November, for the 27th time, at the UN Convention on Climate Change, this time on African soil, in Egypt.
Deeptime Leadership and Wellness Course
Sister Margaret Lacson, MM, describes her experience with the Deeptime Leadership and Wellness Course offered by the Deeptime Journey Network, a Princeton, New Jersey-based nonprofit focused on building a community that “understands the universe as a primary context.”
Maryknoll OGC Asks for Active Steps to Reverse Biodiversity Loss
It is the responsibility of state parties to stop and reverse biodiversity loss, and hold corporations and financiers accountable for their historical and ongoing role in driving biodiversity impacts.
Maryknoll OGC joins in asking Biden for Loss and Damage funding
Supporting a new issuance of Special Drawing Rights at the International Monetary Fund and announcing US financing for the loss and damage fund established at COP27 would not only help provide urgently needed resources to bolster African and other developing economies, but would also demonstrate that the United States is shifting to be more responsive to the needs of developing economies.
Tell Congress: Support Global Climate Finance
President Biden pledged $11.4 billion in 2021 to international climate finance that would move us closer to this direction. But now Congress must approve it to meet that promise. Only days remain to debate the 2023 appropriation package and these funds must be part of it.
Maryknoll OGC joins in asking for International Climate Finance
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns was one in a list of a hundred organizations that called on the President, the House, and Senate for International Climate Financing in the 2023 United States Budget
Maryknoll Missioners’ Asks for COP27
As the UN Climate Conference reaches its final day in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Maryknoll Missioners from Latin America, Africa and Asia lift up the voices of those most affected by climate change in the Global South, demanding action from world leaders to save our common home.
Statement by REPAM on COP27 (Eng transl.)
We need a world that effectively promotes human rights, that includes cultures, spiritualities, ancestral justice and that does not uproot individuals and peoples, especially young people.
NGOs call for Loss and Damage Action at COP27
Vulnerable communities should not be left with the burden of addressing and paying for this loss and damage alone. This burden should be additionally borne by developed nations—the ones who are responsible for the majority of greenhouse gas emissions that have resulted in the climate crisis.
Pray, Study, Act for COP 27
This Sunday, leaders and climate activists from around the globe will converge in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt for the UN Climate Conference, COP27.
Maryknoll Affiliates Laudato Si Resources
Following the action goals of Laudato Si’, Maryknoll Affiliates have compiled seven categories of resources to help you make progress: Respond to the Cry of the Earth; Respond to the Cry of the Poor; Ecological Economics; Adoption of Sustainable Lifestyles; Ecological Education; Ecological Spirituality; and Community Resilience and Empowerment.
Maryknoll OGC joins interfaith letter for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
We call on governments to urgently commence negotiations to develop and implement a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, laying out a binding global plan to: end expansion of any new coal, oil or gas production; phase-out existing production of fossil fuels in a manner that is fair and equitable; and ensure a global just transition to 100% access to renewable energy globally.
Webinar: Protecting Communities in the Clean Energy Transition
Learn about the choices before us and ways to take action.
Pray, Study, Act for our Earth
Today, Oct. 4, we celebrate the Feast of Saint Francis – patron Saint of Ecology – and bring to a close the Season of Creation. If we heed the example of St….
Season of Creation Prayer 2022
From the Season of Creation Celebration Guide 2022 Creator of All, From your communion of love your Word went forth to create a symphony of life that sings your praise. By your Holy Wisdom you made the Earth to bring forth a diversity of creatures who praise you in their being. Day after day they…
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Flávio José Rocha in Brazil reflects on Jesus’ teaching to be just and generous stewards of all that God has given to us.
Brazil: Record Violence Against Indigenous
The Brazilian bishops say record-high violence and rights violations may have made 2021 the “worst year of the century” for Indigenous peoples.