By Mark Saludes
CATHOLIC Church leaders from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean have issued a strong collective appeal for urgent climate action ahead of the COP30 summit.
The prelates denounced what they describe as “false solutions” that perpetuate environmental destruction and deepen global inequality.
In a 31-page statement, episcopal conferences from across the Global South warned that the climate crisis has reached “an extremely serious” point, with 2024 marking a 1.55°C rise in global temperatures—above the threshold set by the Paris Agreement.
“The countries of the world have not responded with the necessary urgency,” the bishops said. “The Church will not remain silent. We will continue to raise our voice alongside science, civil society, and the most vulnerable, with truth and consistency, until justice is done.”
The document, titled A Call for Climate Justice and the Common Home: Ecological Conversion, Transformation and Resistance to False Solutions, is rooted in the teachings of Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’ and Laudate Deum, as well as Pope Leo XIV’s call for integral ecology and prophetic courage.
It was released ahead of COP30, set to take place in Brazil this November.
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