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“We feel the concern expressed by Pope Francis in his latest exhortation, Laudate Deum (2023), that ‘the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point’ (LD 2), but we are not doing enough to care for our common home,” said NGO VIVAT International.
<p style="margin-bottom:13px">Catholic sisters are among thousands of activists raising concerns about the slow progress of COP27 United Nations climate talks, saying that negotiations on the financial aspect specifically a loss and damage fund risks the likelihood nations will deliver and build upon climate commitments made in <a href="https://www.ncronline.org/feature-series/cop26-glasgow/stories">Glasgow…; last year.</p>
Despite limitations imposed by the global pandemic, participants in two weeks of United Nations meetings that focused on women s participation in public life and the need to eliminate violence against women and girls praised the event as a necessary step in advancing gender equality.
Participants called the 65th session of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women a success, but they also noted a sense of impatience with the pace of progress and said the pandemic year has set back the cause of women s equality globally.
This is particularly noticeable in the shadow of the fall s commemoration of the anniversary of the U.N. s landmark 1995 world conference on women in Beijing.