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[Laudato Si Dialogue] Critical opportunities in 2021 to create change: call for an integral path
17 May 2021 @ 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
Free
This webinar will highlight key political opportunities in 2021 to create change, with a focus on the UN climate conference (COP 26) and the UN biodiversity conference (COP 15) and the need for an integral approach. We will hear from the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, and from indigenous and youth leaders on the key role these conferences must play in building back better after the COVID 19 pandemic, achieving global goals, restoring harmony between humanity and nature, and building a culture of care and justice.
Register here!
Participants:
- Moderator: Christine Allen, CAFOD Director
- Representative from the Dicastery, Fr Augusto Zampini
- Representative from COICA (Amazonia), Gregorio Mirabal
- Global Youth movement representative, Ditebogo Lebea, Climate Activist and Youth Programmes Associate at South African Institute of International Affairs
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