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“We know that technology based on the use of highly polluting fossil fuels – especially coal, but also oil and, to a lesser degree, gas – needs to be progressively replaced without delay” (LS 165)
Non-proliferation
Prevent the proliferation of coal, oil and gas by stopping all new exploration and production.
[Additional info: Stop the expansion of any new coal, oil, or natural gas production in accordance with the best available science, as outlined by the IPCC and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)].
Fair phase out:
[Additional info: Phase out current fossil fuel production in a fair and equitable manner, considering countries’ respective dependence on fossil fuels and their transition capacity]
Just and equitable transition:
[Additional info: Ensure a just energy transition to 100% access to renewable energy worldwide, support dependent economies to diversify away from fossil fuels and enable all people and communities, including the Global South, to prosper.]
“to bring the whole human family together to seek a sustainable and integral development, for we know that things can change” (LS #13)
Why Catholics Join the
Treaty and Fossil Fuel Divestment
“From a physical science point of view, limiting human-induced global warming to a specific level requires limiting cumulative CO2 emissions, achieving at least net-zero CO2 emissions, along with deep reductions in other greenhouse gas emissions” (IPCC 2022)
“Today the signs are not good. Investments in fossil fuels continue to grow, despite scientists telling us that fossil fuels should stay in the ground”. “We must work together to … end global dependence on fossil fuels” (Pope Francis, special address, May 29, 2019).
“the reduction of greenhouse gasses requires honesty, courage and responsibility, especially from the most powerful and most polluting countries” (LS #169).
“There is an urgent need to develop policies so that, in the next few years, the emission of carbon dioxide and other highly polluting gasses can be drastically reduced, for example, substituting for fossil fuels and developing sources of renewable energy”, and that, “worldwide there is minimal access to clean and renewable energy” (LS #26).
“Today [we] need to give due consideration to the energy problem. The fact that some States, power groups and companies hoard non-renewable energy resources [i.e. fossil fuels] represents a grave obstacle to development in poor countries. (Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI – Caritas in Veritate #49)
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Accelerating Just Transition: A Catholic Call to COP28 Action
As the world anticipated the COP28 summit in Dubai, a side event titled "The Global Catholic Letter on Climate Change to the COP28 Presidency" generated not just a discussion, but also a call to...
What is COP 28?
COP28 will be the opportunity to raise our voice to fight the climate crisis and Catholics will also be present.
An overview of the latest COPs on the road to Dubai 2023
What are COPs? What is their origin? What is expected at the upcoming COP 28? We tell you all about it in this blog.
Illuminating a Clean Energy Future: A Laudate Deum Approach Amidst the Push for Oil and Gas Extraction
“We are now unable to halt the enormous damage we have caused. We barely have time to prevent even more tragic damage” (LD 16)
Laudate Deum speaks to your finance
Pope Francis’ latest apostolic exhortation is a decisive contribution to a better understanding of what is at stake.
Charting a Sustainable Future through the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
By Ashley Kitisya, Fossil Free Campaigner for Africa In the heart of a recent webinar, titled "Faith and the Future: Empowering the Future through the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty," a...
Manifesto on Accelerating the Just Energy Transition in terms of Integral Ecology
2nd Symposium for the Common Home Care of Latin America and the Caribbean 7 September 2023 We, members of church and civil society organisations, of the scientific and academic community, and the...
Global Challenges Interconnected: Archbishop Gallagher’s UN Speech on Nuclear Disarmament and Climate Crisis
New York, September 26, 2023 - In an impactful address to the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and...
The IEA backs Pope Francis and believers’ prayer and action for fossil fuel phaseout during the 2023 Season of Creation.
The 26 September 2023 IEA net zero road map report resonates deeply with the prayers of the faithful for world leaders to adopt the teachings of Pope Francis during the #SeasonofCreation. The...