The prelates said that the public has “a duty as stewards of all creation” and the “responsibility to protect the weak and the oppressed.”
Living Laudato Si’ Philippines will launch a 40-day prayer campaign on Monday, October 4, Feast of St. Francis
Among the key demands is the “meaningful participation” of youth professionals and advocates at the global, national, and local levels.
Non-Moro Indigenous Peoples continue to face these blocks of challenges relating to security and human rights, natural resources, and the tenurial land security particularly in the delineation of their ancestral domain.
He said the duty to protect the environment is both an individual and collective responsibility, adding that “when we speak only of rights, we think only of what is due to us.”
“The climate crisis is adding an additional layer of stress to humanitarian organizations that are already stretched thinner than ever before”
CEED said Malampaya Energy XP Pte. Ltd. “did not meet the standards set by the Department of Energy on its financial and technical capability”
The EcoWaste Coalition enjoins everyone “to leave nothing but flowers and prayers in the cemeteries”
The summit aims “to consolidate the community and the concerned sectors” in the movement against destructive extraction.
Activist groups in the Philippines have warned the Asia Development Bank (ABD) that it will “once again be missing” the 1.5 degree Celsius climate goal if it will adopt its proposed energy policy.