Living Laudato Si’ Philippines condemned the outcome of this year’s UN climate summit in Belém, saying COP30 again failed to produce the decisive shift needed to confront the accelerating climate emergency.

Rodne Galicha, executive director of the Catholic environmental network, said the negotiations exposed a widening gap between global leaders’ actions and Pope Francis’ call in Laudate Deum for a moral, just, and God-centered responsibility toward creation.

In a report by Veritas 846, he stressed that delegates did not show the urgency and accountability that the crisis now demands.

“COP30 was an opportunity to bring the necessary paradigm shift, the change of focus, courage, and clarity towards the climate crisis. It did not deliver that paradigm shift,” Galicha said. 

He added that the measures Pope Francis insists on in climate talks remain largely ignored: “drastic, intense and count on the commitment of all.”

LLS Philippines said faith-based and Catholic groups have a critical role in pushing for just climate policies, particularly those grounded in justice and equality in line with Laudate Deum.

Galicha urged Catholics worldwide to move beyond statements of belief and embrace concrete action, saying the moment calls for a deeper sense of responsibility.

“It is time for the Catholic community to take collective action for climate justice and advocate for the most vulnerable communities and ecosystems. Calls to accountability through genuine sustainable grassroots mobilization is needed, grounded in the responsibility and faith we share,” he said.

He also highlighted Pope Leo XIV’s reminder that Catholics must not only care for the earth but actively defend climate justice, especially in the Global South and the Amazon.

Galicha said civic participation is essential and warned against indifference or silence as climate threats escalate.

He added that the Holy See must take a more assertive role in climate diplomacy while Catholics worldwide carry the message into communities most affected by the crisis.

“The Holy See must lead the way as one of the strongest moral voices in the negotiations and the challenge remains for the 1.4 billion Catholics to take action in the peripheries, demand climate justice and rally with the communities we serve and ecosystems we protect,” he said.