The Congo Basin remains one of the world’s most vital carbon sinks, yet it is consistently overlooked in global climate policy. Its forests shelter endangered species and sustain water systems that reach as far as the Sahel. Despite this, international funding for conservation and research in the region lags far behind the Amazon and Southeast…
The Ecclesial Network of the Congo Basin Forest (REBAC), alongside SECAM, CELAM, and other church alliances from the Global South, issues a strong call for climate justice and resistance to false solutions. 📍 Title: “A Call for Climate Justice and for Our Common Home” 📅 Location: Belém, Brazil – November 2025 🌍 A united voice…
En marge du deuxième Sommet africain sur le climat à Addis-Abeba (Éthiopie), Mgr Coffi Roger Anoumou, évêque de Lokossa (Bénin), chef de la délégation du Symposium des conférences épiscopales d’Afrique et de Madagascar (SCEAM), s’est entretenu avec le nonce apostolique en Éthiopie, Mgr Brian Ngozi Udaigwe, sur la position de l’Église. Le mardi 9 septembre…
SECAM’s Prophetic Call at the Second African Climate Summit STATEMENT From Ecological Debt to Ecological Conversion: SECAM’s Prophetic Call at the Second African Climate Summit Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 8th – 9th September 2025 This Summit falls providentially in the 2025 Jubilee Year, a sacred and special time for Catholics around the world, rooted in the…
Almost Final Draft for final consultation on the 7 September 2025 at Skylight HotelNote: This statement has been developed through an extensive consultative process with faith groups andorganizationsThe annual African Climate Week (ACW), convened under the United Nations Framework Convention on ClimateChange (UNFCCC), serves as one of the Regional Climate Weeks that prepare the ground…
Press release Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 7 September 2025 On the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, during the Season of Creation, the Church in Africa gathered in Addis Ababa for a historic Holy Mass for the Care of Creation held alongside the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2). Organised by the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of…
