10 December 2015 - Today we celebrate Human Rights day! The right day to have the CIDSE workshop "Moving towards sustainable lifestyles". It was a really good experience, that in fact began early in the morning, walking together through Paris, trying to reach the place that welcomed us; step by step, metro station by metro station, it was the opportunity to know better each other, all so different, but all so similar in the same hope to reach climate justice. We are more than 100 participants from several countries, several of us came in pilgrimage from far far away. Some of us are experts in climate issues, others know something about...all of us feel deep in our heart this commitment with the Care of our Common Home and we feel real happy to have the possibility this time to have Pope Francis and the Church leading this big mobilization.
In the morning we had the opportunity to go deeper in the COP political framework, with the help of our colleagues that have been following the negotiations inside the COP. Today was the Human Rights day, but this was not a reality in the negotiations...it was easy to feel the disappointment with the draft of the Paris agreement, that is very weak on different crucial issues. In the afternoon, we could move forward, sharing 10 different alternatives that are already showing that change is possible! And it starts at the individual and local level. What will happen after Paris will need, more and more, this energy and our commitment as civil society.
The cry of the earth and the cry of the poor can be heard very strongly in different languages in Paris these days. Each of us try to take this opportunity to amplify so different realities and histories. The creativity of expressions has no limits and we can feel the strong power that we can have when we join together for the common good. Some of us pray, others paint, others spread deep poetry of change, several of us are trying to dialogue with key actors on this framework. In our case, FEC had the opportunity to present to the Portuguese and Angolan delegations a joint declaration already presented in the Ministry of Environment in Angola by the protestants and catholic churches, presenting our concerns with the most affected communities by climate change impacts.
Step by step...it's not easy, it's very complex...is it worth-it? In the Heart of God, all our efforts will be seeds of Good!
The cry of the earth and the cry of the poor can be heard very strongly in different languages in Paris these days. Each of us try to take this opportunity to amplify so different realities and histories. The creativity of expressions has no limits and we can feel the strong power that we can have when we join together for the common good. Some of us pray, others paint, others spread deep poetry of change, several of us are trying to dialogue with key actors on this framework. In our case, FEC had the opportunity to present to the Portuguese and Angolan delegations a joint declaration already presented in the Ministry of Environment in Angola by the protestants and catholic churches, presenting our concerns with the most affected communities by climate change impacts.
Step by step...it's not easy, it's very complex...is it worth-it? In the Heart of God, all our efforts will be seeds of Good!
Let's be Confident and Hopeful to continue this Mission!
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