The United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP29, is taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, between November 11 and 22. A Laudato Si’ Movement delegation is present there, participating in key meetings.
The role of Catholics at COP29
Climate change is not only an environmental crisis, but also a moral crisis. This is where the Catholic Church and its leaders have a significant voice. Catholics have long led action on climate change, from installing solar panels to calling for more just climate policies. Now, it’s time for governments to follow our lead.
In his message at the start of COP29, Pope Francis expressed his hope that the conference will make a significant contribution to the protection of our “common home”. As part of the Church’s concrete response, the Laudato Si’ Action Platform, equips Catholic institutions to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, pray for all creation, and take community action to prepare for a climate-affected world. The Church is demonstrating moral leadership in action.
LSM at work in Baku
Engaging in dialogue with the Holy See delegation and other religious organizations, LSM representatives are cooperating with partners to lift up a shared Catholic voice for creation in the lead up to 2025 and COP30 in Brazil.
LSM is co-organizer of the event “Faith and Justice in Ecological Transition”, which is a presentation of alternatives for a just ecological transition following Catholic social teaching, including clear policy guidelines, technology transfer mechanisms and capacity building.
The urgency of moral leadership
The participation of Catholics in COP29 represents a call to global conscience: climate change must be confronted not only with technology and politics, but with moral principles that guide just and compassionate decisions.
Catholics provide something that is urgently needed in these spaces of international dialogue: a willingness to act on our principles.
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