How does one speak of COP as a spiritual experience?
Pedro Walpole SJ COP as a spiritual experience sounds like a contradiction in action and in being. For many, it will begin to happen on the way home with so much tiredness, along with transit
Asian Catholic actors: How to continue beyond COP30
Pedro Walpole SJ In a side meeting of the Asian Catholic Actors and the Climate Change Desk Asia of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) in Belém, Brazil during COP30, the question faced is:
With many contradictions and little implementation, hope struggles on at COP30 to not become a conference of promises
Pedro Walpole SJ From the COP30 climate conference zones to Cúpula dos Povos (CDP) (People’s Summit) here at Belém in Brazil, people are caught with the contradictions and the frustrations. At the same time, the
Disconnection: COP30, Days 3 and 4
Imelda Soidi Pope Francis, in his encyclical Laudato SI’, , reminds us one very important aspects of connection between person and place: “The history of our friendship with God is always linked to particular places
Mutirão
Eneriza Menaling The word that stood out to me the most today is mutirão, which means community effort or gathering. This word is very meaningful because it shows the importance of people coming together to
RAOEN youth delegate in Ecojesuit climate champion series
Eneriza Menaling, a Pulangiyēn youth from Mindanao, Philippines, and part of the RAOEN team in COP30 in Belém, Brazil, is featured as one of Ecojesuit‘s climate champions in its Daily Bulletin for Day 6, and
Voice – Presence – Action
Eneriza Menaling Voice is important to be heard, and to be heard we need the presence, and most of all action so that we can implement what we are saying. What’s the point of voicing
Vulnerability
Eneriza Menaling My word for today is vulnerability. In one of the online sessions I attended, I heard people talk about their vulnerability in terms of food security because of climate change, which is exactly
System
Imelda Soidi Day 2 at COP30 in Belem crystallized a single word for me: System. On one hand, the organizers put in place a physical system to help participants navigate and mobilize between venues, which
“We are not just looking for funds; we are looking for solutions.”
Eneriza Menaling This sentence caught my attention because many people here at COP30 are talking about funds. I agree that money is important to help countries build infrastructure and other projects, but it is more