Justice, Peace & Environment

With the global debt crisis high on the agenda at this week's G20 summit, actor Alex Macqueen is starring in a spoof television advert released in the UK on 19 November. Created by Richard Curtis' Project Everyone initiative in partnership with Catholic aid agency CAFOD, the satirical commercial Meet the World's Loan Sharks exposes the global debt crisis as tantamount to pay-day loans. Best known ... Read More

Green Christian has convened experts and concerned Christians to begin mobilising action to help local churches and communities build resilience to growing climate instability. At a Green Christian conference on 15 November some 80 delegates gathered to prepare a 'Call to Action' focusing on the unique role of churches in supporting their wider community to navigate the escalating impacts of the c... Read More

Medaille Trust - a leading provider of modern slavery survivor support services - is concerned that, ten years on from the passing of the Modern Slavery Act, the new government's asylum and returns policy continues to conflate the distinct challenges of modern slavery and asylum seeking. It says: Although the announcements express an intention to address modern slavery the policies, as set out, ri... Read More

Within the framework of COP30, the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA) is actively participating in the People's Summit, a space that, far from being a parallel event, has become the community and spiritual heart of the Amazonian cry for life. Cardinal Pedro Barreto, Archbishop Emeritus of Huancayo, Peru, and president of CEAMA, has highlighted the depth of the moment that is being lived in... Read More

There were 32 of us praying outside the Home Office in Marsham Street, London SW1 on 17 November. It was the monthly ecumenical vigil for those who lose their lives trying to reach a place of safety in Europe and it has, astonishingly, entered its fifth year. Astonishing - because five years ago, we thought the tragedies could not get any worse. Instead, they did, and the draconian policies used i... Read More

In one of the biggest divestment announcements to date, dozens of faith institutions have demonstrated climate leadership and accelerated the transition to a fossil free future. On 18 November 2025, 62 faith institutions announced their divestment from fossil fuel companies, sending a strong signal to negotiators at the UN climate summit in Brazil on the urgent need for fossil fuel phase out, give... Read More

Faith groups have joined political leaders, MPs, and Trade Union leaders to urge the Prime Minister to reverse the decision to purchase US nuclear-capable fighter jets. They say the purchase breaches international law, heightens nuclear risks and ties Britain closer to the Trump administration. The call comes as report show chaos and spiralling costs of fighter jet programme. On Monday, 17 Novembe... Read More

Britain's refugee policies have been uncaring, chaotic, and costly for too long. They aren't working for refugees, and they aren't working for communities across the country. The politically mismanaged and unnecessarily costly asylum system, along with unfounded narratives that refugees are a drain on public services and damage the economy, have led to febrile debates and violence. In reality, sho... Read More

With a deep desire to attend the special event on '10 years of Laudato Si and Paris Agreement,' at the Global Ethical Stocktake Pavilion on 14 November, I went to the COP blue zone entrance. But I was surprised to see a large number of participants standing outside, blocked by the army from entering. After about half an hour, we were allowed to enter. What I heard later was that around 90 indigeno... Read More

On Saturday, 70,000 people - including Jesuit representatives and others from the global Catholic Church - marched through Belem in Brazil demanding effective action on climate change. Government talks continued inside the 'Blue Zone'. At the end of the day, the COP30 Presidency reported that texts had been agreed on 15 substantive issues including adaptation finance, Just Transition and how to ma... Read More

"In this moment of global uncertainty, we refuse despair. Inspired by the Jubilee Year of Hope, we choose Hope not as sentiment, but as a discipline rooted in faith and lived in solidarity." In the wake of the World Gathering held in Florence from 5-9 November to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Movement's foundation, Pax Christi International has released its official commitment, which will ... Read More

The Laudato Si' Movement grew out of the Global Catholic Climate Movement, to further the aims of Pope Francis' groundbreaking Encyclical Laudato Si'. It aims to activate the world's 1.4 billion Catholics to tackle environmental crises. Laudato Si' Animators are people, mainly Catholics, who have graduated from the Laudato Si' Movement's Course, which is set up to educate and enable participants t... Read More

At the end of their autumn plenary meeting, the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales called on the UK government to support the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty campaign that will be presented during the COP30 negotiations taking place from 6-21 November in Belém, Brazil. COP30 offers an important opportunity for countries to recommit to the multilateral promise made through the Paris Agre... Read More

Richard Solly, Campaigns and Advocacy Adviser of Jesuit Missions writes: At the Opening Ceremony, COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev of Azerbaijan handed over to COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago. Babayev spoke of the finance deal made last year at COP29, which he said was inadequate but nonetheless a deal. Developing nations accepted a lower finance goal than they wanted so there is no excuse n... Read More