#Environment

Monoculture plantations where forests are burning, territories devastated: native peoples’ “resistance” in the wake of Laudato Si

Uncontrolled deforestation, land devastation, forest fires. To combat the damaging effects of monoculture, the mobilisation of the local community in…

United Kingdom: zero emissions, 100 parishes and 200 schools involved in the two-year project of the Catholic Church

Climate: US rejoining Paris Agreement. Guterres (UN) welcomes “President Biden’s commitment. But there is a very long way to go”

Eurostat: over 40% of plastic packaging recycled in Europe. Record-breaking numbers in Lithuania, Malta last on the list. Italy above EU average

Environment: EEA, fewer deaths from pollution but still a high number of deaths. Too much smog in Italy, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Poland and Romania

G20: health, economy, climate and the environment on the agenda. Von der Leyen (EU Commission), “a new start in multilateral cooperation”

EU Commission: 280 million for the environment. Timmermans, “Green Deal, our roadmap to a green and inclusive Europe”

EU Parliament: voting on “climate law”. Guteland (rapporteur), if passed “it will be a time-defining moment”

Amazon continues to burn. Droughts and arson fires destroy extraordinary biodiversity

Last year it dominated the headlines. One year later, as Covid-19 rages on, it is barely mentioned. Yet the Amazon,…

Deadly wildfires on the West Coast. Churches are shelters for the displaced

The air is unbreathable, the sky is red, with ash-covered roofs and roads from the wildfires that burnt some 3…

Day for Care of Creation. Cauteruccio (Greenaccord): “A new humanism to recover a harmonious relationship with nature”

September 1, marking the 15thWorld Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, falls in a period of widespread uncertainty,…