A senior policy and legislative specialist with Catholic Relief Services said the Church has a critical role to play during the summit: to ensure participants hear the voices of the people they serve who are directly affected by climate change.
As climate summit begins, religious leaders, civil groups have a wish list
Statement calls on asset managers to divest from fossil-fuel firms
“Climate Finance Moral Standards for Asset Managers,” seek a “rapid and just” transition to a sustainable future, access to affordable and accessible renewable energy for all, and respect for the rights of Indigenous people.
Georgetown University plans to divest from fossil fuels within a decade
Georgetown University is embarking on a plan to end new investments in fossil fuels companies, gradually divest from those firms and boost its endowment portfolio in renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Austrian bishops become third conference to divest from fossil fuels
The Austrian bishops’ conference is the most recent Catholic institution to say it will divest from fossil fuels.
Church teaching leads Catholic entities to divest from fossil fuels
Caritas Internationalis, the Catholic Church’s worldwide network of humanitarian aid agencies, three German banks and more than 30 other Catholic institutions are planning to divest at least part of their financial portfolios from the fossil fuel industry.
Forty Catholic institutions plan to divest from fossil fuels
As the monthlong “Season of Creation” ended, forty Catholic institutions, including the Belgian bishops’ conference and a leading church social welfare agency in South Africa, have decided to divest from fossil fuel companies citing the call of Pope Francis in his 2015 encyclical, “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.”