December 2008
A Call for Climate Justice
We, Catholic Bishops from the south and the north, address the
world’s leaders as they prepare for the United Nations Climate
Summits in Poznan and Copenhagen that will be decisive for the
lives and livelihoods of...
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December 2008
A Call for Climate Justice
We, Catholic Bishops from the south and the north, address the
world’s leaders as they prepare for the United Nations Climate
Summits in Poznan and Copenhagen that will be decisive for the
lives and livelihoods of all humanity.
We are deeply concerned by the disproportionate impact humaninduced climate change is having on poor and vulnerable people
living in developing countries.
Poor communities in developing
countries are subject to the harshest effects of climate change,
though they have done least to cause it.
We, and the faithful in our communities, including millions of men,
women and children from diverse cultures around the world, stand
in profound solidarity with our global sisters and brothers.
It is our moral obligation to take urgent action to tackle
climate change and to do so in support of those most
affected.
We call on you to achieve a strong, binding and just global
climate agreement to ensure the survival and wellbeing of
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