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Catholic Church leaders in the country have urged global leaders to put an end to the proliferation of fossil fuels and help avert worse suffering for the poor and vulnerable people most impacted by climate change.
The move was made amid the Conference of Parties (COP) 28 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held in Dubai from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12, said Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of the Diocese of San Carlos in Negros Occidental.
“Thousands of us came to COP28 with the hope that it will deliver the climate action we all so desperately seek. Our young people and vulnerable communities bravely spoke up too. But the latest Global Stocktake is crushing that hope,” said Alminaza, chair of the National Laudato Si’ Program of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines.
