A Climate Ambition Summit will be held on Saturday 12th December, date that coincides with the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement. According to the UK government the summit will: “provide a platform for leaders ready to come forward with announcements under the three pillars of the Paris Agreement; mitigation, adaptation and support”. In the context of the current pandemic, such a bold ambition voice for climate action is becoming more and more relevant especially looking at all efforts done to shape policies at national, regional, international level for a just and sustainable recovery.
The aim of this webinar is to urge governments to raise ambition through a faith and science voice. This is part of Pope Francis’ commission on the response to COVID-19 and building on faiths’ contributions to reach the Paris Agreement in 2015.
Speakers:
- Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, environmental activist and coordinator of the Association of Peul Women and Autochthonous Peoples of Chad (AFPAT)
- Prof. John Schellnhuber, Founding director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and member of the Integral Ecology task force of the Vatican Covid-19 Commission
- H.E. Cardinal Peter K.A Turkson, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and representing the Vatican Covid19 Commission
Time
Dec 9, 2020 02:00 PM in Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
