COP26 outcomes lack the fierce urgency of now
Climate change is our 'fierce urgency of now' and the Glasgow Climate Pact does not rise to the moment. Just as Dr. King said in 1963, there is such a thing as being too late.
Climate change is our 'fierce urgency of now' and the Glasgow Climate Pact does not rise to the moment. Just as Dr. King said in 1963, there is such a thing as being too late.
A variation of a Jewish prayer for renewal traditionally recited in the light of the waxing moon.
Now, in 2021, we have reached a decisive moment. We must reach an agreement in Glasgow that sets a clear and ambitious timeline for a just transition away from harmful fossil fuels.
Three organizations from the Global South will provide this webinar to discuss the consequences of "clean energy" production on mining countries in the Global South. The extraction and processing of minerals for the production of solar panels, air generators, batteries and new technologies cause important social and environmental impacts, often making the concept of "clean energy" a contradiction in terms. We must ask ourselves: clean for whom?
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Dialogue of the Peoples (Africa - Latin America)
For an update on what’s happening at the UN Climate Talks: Tune in to a webinar featuring Chloe Noel of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, at 1pm Eastern.
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Two recent UN reports offer the most detailed descriptions to date of the technology, investment and policy choices necessary to achieve a sustainable and inclusive energy future.
As half a million people in South Sudan face their third straight year of extreme flooding that the UN says is fueled by climate change, Maryknoll lay missioner Gabe Hurrish writes in his newsletter about the growing hunger and violence in the world’s youngest nation.
The Earth can teach us how to be nonviolent and in right relationship with each other and all of Creation.
Corporations and institutions like TIAA are pledging to achieve carbon neutrality but critics say net zero pledges delay meaningful reductions in greenhouse gases and provide cover to those unwilling to commit.
This is an excerpt from our two-page policy brief on climate change.