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"The climate crisis is not gender-neutral. Women and girls disproportionately bear the brunt of climate change, yet their voices remain largely underrepresented in climate decision-making," said Jemimah Njuki, U.N. Women's chief of women's economic empowerment.

Debate about how much money countries should direct toward addressing climate change has overlooked the massive spending on weapons and wars, say faith activists at  the U.N. climate conference in Azerbaijan. 

As the U.N. climate change conference reached the halfway point, faith groups appealed for countries to set an ambitious new target to finance the transition to clean energy and adaptation measures for a rapidly warming world.

Zambia and other African nations are grappling with an extreme drought, worsened by the effects of climate change. One possible funding source Zambia has waited to access is the loss and damage fund, established in 2022 under the United Nations. 

Catholic and faith representatives will join global leaders and national delegates Nov. 11-22 in Baku, Azerbaijan, host to the United Nations climate change conference, COP29. 

El Sínodo de la Amazonía trazó una senda de cambios, desde la creación de nuevas estructuras eclesiales —como la Conferencia Eclesial de la Amazonía— hasta la búsqueda de un rito litúrgico amazónico. Sin embargo, los retos persisten, con los derechos de los pueblos indígenas aún amenazados y la urgencia de proteger al 'pulmón del planeta'. En la búsqueda del papa Francisco de consolidar una Iglesia con "rostro amazónico", las mujeres —entre ellas las hermanas católicas— juegan un papel fundamental. 

As the second and final session of the synod on synodality continues at the Vatican, the roots of that meeting trace back to the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region held a half-decade earlier.

Con el fin de enfrentar la inseguridad alimentaria y el cambio climático, un grupo de hermanas católicas usa WhatsApp para intercambiar conocimientos sobre agricultura sostenible. La iniciativa de la Hna. Joyce Meyer reúne a religiosas de diversos países que comparten sus experiencias y aprenden nuevas técnicas regenerativas de cultivo que protegen los ecosistemas de la Tierra mientras proveen de alimentos a sus comunidades.