River Above Asia and Oceania Ecclesial Network
Pedro Walpole SJ We are entering the era of 1.5°C and above. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) recently released Limiting Overshoot Spotlight Report, a study affirming that under current policies, the world is unable to
Pedro Walpole SJ In today’s world, it is a challenge to sit with the youth and have them actively write their story from the context of who they are as a person, as a family,
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
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
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
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
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
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
The UN released the sixth edition of the State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on 24 April 2025 and focuses on the Climate Crisis and the vital role of Indigenous Peoples in addressing the impacts
Dr. Benedict Alo D’Rozario In 2022, approximately 60 percent of the global population resided in Asia and nearly 40 percent of Asians lived in poverty. Although the poor contribute minimally to global emissions, they are