Pedro Walpole SJ We are here at COP25 Madrid for climate action, recognizing the scientific knowledge, the state of political inaction, and the call for
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Energy transition and corporation transformation: Climate responsibilities of business
There is a growing movement that seeks the reduction of emissions by corporations, emerging from the resistance to the growing power and influence that corporations
Winners of Carbon Majors Inquiry Student Competition want PH to take global lead in climate justice
In response to the dialogue process that emerged during the National Inquiry on Climate Change (NICC) undertaken by the Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR), a
Irish case joins the global movement on Climate Change and Human Rights
Last 25 January 2019 the last hearings of a case seeking to enforce the duty of the Irish Government to protect human rights from the
A national inquiry on climate change, a dialogue process open to the carbon majors
Divestment and re-investment is one of the key strategies in approaching the sustained use of fossil fuels. Meanwhile, significant green energy sources are emerging and
US Jesuits call Dakota Access Pipeline decision “morally unacceptable”
The US and Canada Provinces of the Society of Jesus wish to share with Ecojesuit their recent commentary on the decision by the US Army
Standing Rock protests and UN concerns on human rights and indigenous peoples
Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe gathered the support of dozens of other tribes in North Dakota, USA, in recent months to protest the
CIDSE recommends fundamental role of human rights and environmental protection in review of European Development Consensus
CIDSE, the international family of Catholic social justice organisations, recently shared its latest policy paper Make human rights and environmental protection the fundamentals! Recommendations for the
Justice in Mining: Protecting human rights and the environment
Justice in Mining is a Global Ignatian Advocacy Network that works to protect human rights and the environment, and seeks to ensure mining only occurs
Gender and climate justice in the Paris Agreement
Paula Sendín The recently concluded COP21 climate talks resulted in the Paris Agreement, where more than 190 nations acknowledged the risks to climate change, that