UN Climate Action Summit 2019
Original article published by United Nations Climate Action UN Climate Action Summit 2019 Global emissions are reaching record levels and show no sign of peaking. The last four years were the four hottest on...
Author: Amanda Bielat
Climate change report card: These countries are reaching targets
Original article published by National Geographic BY KIERAN MULVANEY PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 It has been a little under four years since 196 countries negotiated the Paris Agreement, under which they committed to taking steps to...
Wisconsin religious order doubles down on commitment to renewable energy
Original article by Sam Lucero at Crux BAY SETTLEMENT, Wisconsin – True to their religious community’s founder, the Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross continue to care for God’s creation. Their deep...
Adapt Now: A Global Call for Leadership on Climate Resilience
Original report published by Global Commission on Adaption We face a crisis Climate change is upon us, and its impacts are getting more severe with each passing year. Global actions to slow climate change...
MID-YEAR FIGURES 2019
Original report published by Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre SUMMARY There were about 10.8 million new displacements worldwide in the first half of 2019, seven million triggered by disasters – the highest mid-year figure IDMC...
Pope calls for educational alliance to promote care for common home
Original article by Devin Watkins and published by Vatican News Pope Francis launches the Global Educational Alliance initiative to shape the future of humanity by forming mature individuals who can overcome division and care...
Season of Creation spotlights threats to biodiversity
Original article by Brian Roewe and published by National Catholic Reporter Dioceses, Catholic groups to host prayer services, tree plantings, webinars Wildfires rage in the Amazon rainforest and other parts of the globe. Up to...
Pope’s September prayer intention: For protecting the oceans
Original article published by Vatican News Pope Francis releases a video message accompanying his prayer intention for September, which is that the world’s seas and oceans may be protected. In his prayer intention for...
Fires on the African continent and those of the Amazon
Original article published by Vatican News As the world has watched with fear and fascination the fires burning in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, satellite images show a far greater number of blazes on the African...
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE CARE OF CREATION
Original message published by The Vatican MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE CARE OF CREATION 1 SEPTEMBER 2019 “And God saw that it was good”...