Office for the Promotion of University Social Responsibility Archives

The following video address of Fr Jorge Humberto Peláez SJ, Rector of Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia on the University’s Colombia Amazon Program was shared

Calendar

NOVEMBER
5 to 18 - Caravan of Hope-Voices from the Margins COP27 Series
6 to 18 - COP 27 (27th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
7 - CAFOD webinar: What we need to happen at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt, registration needed, 7pm (London)
11 - Koronivia's Future: Widen the Mandate to a Food Systems Approach, an event of the Food and Agriculture Pavilion at COP27, 8:30-9:30 am (GMT +2), focusing on the importance of widening the mandate of the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) to go beyond agriculture and include food systems. Speakers from government, academia and civil society will outline why a food systems approach will deliver better outcomes for climate, people and nature.
12 - Global Day of Action - COP27 Coalition
12 - COP27 Mobilisations - Climate Justice Coalition
15 - COP27 & Catholics' Role in Climate Action, 12:00pm to 1:00 pm (CET), hosted by the Jesuit European Social Centre, European Laudato Si' Alliance, CIDSE, and Laudato Si' Movement, online, registration needed
23 - Mirada brasilera sobre migración y cambio climático (Brazilian reality on migration and climate change), Panel 3
24 - CAFOD webinar: What happened at the COP27 climate talks?, registration needed, 7pm (London)
28 to 30 - Our Ocean Home: Oceania Preparatory Event, a synodal process of storytelling, reflection, practical theology and dialogue, in preparation for the 2023 Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (FCBCO) Assembly. The event is online and open to all.
29 - A Just Green Christmas Concert organized by Canadian Jesuits International (CJI), an online celebration through music and poetry to help prepare for Christmas and thank friends and supporters and Jesuit partners in Africa, Asia and Latin America working towards social and ecological justice, registration needed, 7:00 pm Eastern Time US and Canada,

DECEMBER
2 - Valuing Water Culture and Heritage, Connecting Past, Present and Future, an online webinar on the significance of water related heritage in sustainably solving present and future water related challenges, a preparatory dialogue to the UN Water Conference in March 2023, 13:00-15:00 CET, organized by ICOMOS NL, TIIWE, Waternet, Witteveen+Bos, and UNESCO, click on this Zoom link to join
6 - Book launch, The Parish as Oasis-An introduction to practical environmental care, by Kevin Hargaden and Ciara Murphy of Jesuit Centre for Faith & Justice (JCFJ), 6:30 pm at Gardiner Street Church, Dublin, Ireland, registration needed
7 to 19 - UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, Canada
7 to 8 - UN-Water Summit on Groundwater 2022, UNESCO HQ in Paris, France, online registration

2023

MARCH
16 - 2023 Climate Change Conference, Loyola University Chicago, Climate Refugees: Human Migration in the Era of Climate Change
22 to 24 - UN 2023 Water Conference, New York, USA

APRIL
27 to 29 - Climate & Environmental Justice Conference, Santa Clara University in affiliation with the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, California, USA, hybrid virtual and in-person event