HILL BRIEFING: Climate Policy on the 5th Anniversary of LAUDATO SI

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Webinar sponsored by Catholic Charities, USCCB, Catholic Relief Services, and Climate Solutions Caucus

Thu, Oct 1, 2020 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM CDT

Five years ago, Pope Francis’s LAUDATO SI focused on connecting the care of the natural world with justice for the poorest and most vulnerable people. Today, the Bipartisan U.S. Senate Climate Solutions Caucus acknowledges our climate is changing, human activity is contributing, and Congress must play a central role in developing strategies for mitigation and adaptation. Please join Caucus co-chairs Sens. Coons (D-DE) and Braun (R-IN) and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Catholic Relief Services (CRS), and Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) for an important environmental policy discussion that will reflect on LAUDATO SI and the climate issues our country continues to face.

PRESENTERS:

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley is the fourth Archbishop of Oklahoma City, to which he was appointed in 2010.  He previously served as Bishop of the Diocese of Salina, Kansas, from 2004 to 2010 after serving as a priest of the Diocese of Wichita for 21 years.  Archbishop Coakley previously served as chairman of the board of Catholic Relief Services from 2013 to 2016.  Since November, 2019, he has served as Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development.  In that role, he presides over the USCCB’s domestic policy portfolio, which includes engagement with environmental issues within the United States.

U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) is the founding co-chair of the Senate Climate Solutions Caucus. Sen. Coons leads several pieces of legislation, including the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act, Nuclear Energy Renewal Act, IMPACT for Energy Act, Small Businesses Partnering with National Labs Act, and the Financing Our Energy Future Act.

U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) is the founding co-chair of the Senate Climate Solutions Caucus. Sen. Braun leads the Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2020, a bipartisan bill that would help solve technical entry barriers to farmer and forest landowner participation in carbon credit markets.

R. Scott Hurd is Catholic Charities USA’s Vice President for Leadership Development and chair of the board at the Catholic Climate Covenant. He has twenty-eight years’ experience in professional ministry at the national, diocesan, and parish level. Scott has degrees from Oxford University and the University of Richmond, has authored five books, and received writing awards from the Association of Catholic Publishers and the Catholic Press Association. At present he serves as the board chair of the Catholic Climate Covenant and is active in the Oxford Alumni Climate Network.

Carla Fajardo is Catholic Relief Services’ Country Representative for Madagascar. Carla first joined CRS in 1999 and is currently responsible for leadership and coordination of all CRS activities across Madagascar, overseeing projects related to climate, emergency preparedness and relief, WASH, agriculture, etc. Madagascar is renowned for its biodiversity and resilient people, and CRS is proud to work there since 1962. CRS is partnering with communities to tackle challenges like deforestation and extreme weather so that they are able to adapt and thrive despite the impacts of climate change and COVID.

MODERATOR:

Marianne Comfort is a justice coordinator with the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, based in Silver Spring, Maryland.  She serves on the steering committees of the Catholic Climate Covenant and Global Catholic Climate Movement and is a member of the Care for Creation Committee for the Archdiocese of Washington.

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