COP30 – Religious Life Raises Its Voice for Climate Justice: Turning Hope into Action

12/11/2025

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The UISG, together with the USG and other ecclesial organizations, supports the campaign “Religious Life for Climate Justice: Turning Hope into Action”, an initiative that invites Superiors General to sign a joint statement for a sustainable and just future for all.

The COP30, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, is currently taking place in Belém, Brazil (10–21 November 2025). It is a decisive moment for the future of our planet and for our shared commitment to care for our common home.

As religious life, we join the voices of the Churches and peoples calling for a deep ecological conversion that places human dignity, solidarity, and justice at the center.

In our territories, we already see the dramatic effects of an economic system that exploits both the earth and its people: destroyed forests, polluted rivers, and displaced communities.

We reaffirm that without climate justice there is no peace, and without changing our models of development there is no possible future.

The Holy Father’s Message to COP30

In his message to COP30, read by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Pope Leo XIV strongly reminded us:

“If you want to cultivate peace, care for creation.
There is a clear link between peacebuilding and the stewardship for creation.”

The Holy Father calls us to overcome the “collective selfishness” that fuels both armed conflict and environmental degradation, reminding us that the ecological crisis is also a moral crisis.

He urges everyone — governments, communities, young people, and religious organizations — to transform words and reflections into concrete choices and actions grounded in responsibility, justice, and equity.

“Education in integral ecology,” the Pope affirms, “helps us understand that every personal, family, community, and political decision contributes to shaping our common future.”

These words deeply resonate with religious life, which has always sought to unite contemplation and action for the good of humanity and creation.

A Call to Act Together

The UISG invites all Congregations and Institutes of religious life to join this prophetic voice by signing the statement “Religious Life for Climate Justice: Turning Hope into Action” and sharing it with their members and partners.

Sign here:
Religious Life for Climate Justice – Statement Endorsement Form

19/11/2025

Viron

Unie aux travaux et hommes et femmes de bonne volonté.

19/11/2025

ARBIZU

Pour la Maison Commune et le respect des peuples autochtones.

19/11/2025

Clémence Moreau

Les efforts pour la crise climatique ont beaucoup diminués. Il ne faut pas baisser les bras.

17/11/2025

Teresa Pascual Rubio

Firmar la Declaración y actuar, desde lo pequeño hasta lo estructural, en consonancia con la Declaración

17/11/2025

bernice steele

I strongly support the statement "Religious Life for Climate Justice: Turning Hope Into Action".

17/11/2025

enaquinlan1@gmail.com

Excellent Keep reminding All of us. Thank you

16/11/2025

Jean-Pierre IBUCWA LIPANDA

Nous nous joignons à cette campagne pour guérir la terre agressée par les injustices climatiques ainsi que les hommes y habitent. TRAFFED -RDC Asbl traffed-rdc.org

16/11/2025

Jean-Pierre IBUCWA LIPANDA

Nous nous joignons à cette campagne pour guérir la terre agressée par les injustices climatiques ainsi que les hommes y habitent. TRAFFED -RDC Asbl traffed-rdc.org

16/11/2025

Kathleen Collinss

May our faith and hope join the world in saving our planet and its inhabitants

16/11/2025

Beatriz Eugenia Becerra Vega

Apoyo firmemente el cuidado del planeta por amor nos fue entregado

15/11/2025

Pointel Isabelle

merci pour cette entreprise nous appelant à tous participer

15/11/2025

Mukabugabo

Il est plus que temps d'arriver à une décision commune au niveau mondial pour la sauvegarde de notre terre, notre maison commune!

14/11/2025

María Dolores Serna Arias

Apoyo toda acción a favor del cuidado de la casa común

14/11/2025

Maria Lopez Otero

Faço minhas as palavras do Papa Leon ,"Se quisermos cultivar a paz, devemos cuidar da criação" "Existe uma ligação profunda entre construir a paz e cuidar da criação.”

14/11/2025

Br. Edgar Nicodem

Congratulations for this excellent initiative.

14/11/2025

Rachelle Watier

Prendre soin de l'environnement et du climat est certes une grande justice, mais c'est surtout un geste d'humanité et de legs pour l'avenir. Être responsable aujourd'hui est une façon de construire un monde meilleur pour les générations à venir

14/11/2025

Isabel Pereda

El mundo es Regalo de Dios para todos los Pueblos...su Cuidado y Riqueza debemos administrarlo con Justicia, Reverencia y Fraternidad.

14/11/2025

Isabel Pereda

El mundo es Regalo de Dios para todos los Pueblos...su Cuidado y Riqueza debemos administrarlo con Justicia, Reverencia y Fraternidad.

14/11/2025

PILAR Alonso Fernández

siempre a favor de la justicia, la vida yl la paz!!

14/11/2025

Anne-Marie Dhooghe

As Sisters of Charity of J.M. our Congregation endorses the campaign: Turning Hope into Action

13/11/2025

Elizabeth Nkansah Otchere

I strongly support the call to the care of the Environment which is our common home.

13/11/2025

Cleofe Belleza, ssj

I support this endeavor.

13/11/2025

Manuela Zorraquin Zwicky

Me parece muy importante y tenemos que cuidar nuestra casa común

13/11/2025

Monique BONNEFOY

Merci pour cette pétition.

13/11/2025

*Eugenia Rivas Polo

Es necesario que todos tomemos conciencia de que la tierra la tenemos que cuidar todos porque Dios nos la dio para todos. Nadie tiene más derecho que nadie.

13/11/2025

Sr.Judy Vergara,ssj

You have my support, Im one with you in this action

13/11/2025

Margaret Fielding

I call on all those attending COP 30 to turn hope into action, by working together to reach good decisions and by acting together to implement them and so ensure a sustainable and just future for all. This is yoiur responsibility as leaders of nations and people with influence great or small.

13/11/2025

Sister Mary Joseph Schultz, SCC

This burning issue of climate control embraces many social justice issues. I am fully in support of the efforts of the UISG and many other organizations to save the environment and care for our common home.

13/11/2025

Carolann Masone

Thank you. We have no choice.