COP30, the United Nations climate summit, takes place Nov. 10-21 in Belem, Brazil, at the gateway to the Amazon rainforest. Nearly 200 countries, as well as Catholic and other faith-based organizations, are expected to take part in the latest round of negotiations seeking global action and solutions to human-caused climate change.
With COP30 underway Brazil, faith leaders say the time for polite appeals is over. From Turkana's dry fields to the Amazon's burning forests, the church is turning to action and demanding world leaders keep their promises.
As Lake Victoria's rising waters displace families, Catholic leaders and villagers plant bamboo to restore their land and send a message to world leaders meeting in Brazil.
Catholic sisters standing with Maasai families being displaced in northern Tanzania warn world leaders in Brazil that climate solutions built on forced displacement betray human dignity and faith in creation.
