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Catholic Sisters at COP29 Uplift Unequal Ways Climate Change Impacts Women
November 26, 2024
Throughout the nearly two weeks of the COP29 climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, religious sisters and women's organizations have worked to ensure decisions made on climate finances adequately address the unique needs of women and girls. Sister Jean Quinn, DW, Executive Director of UNANIMA International, is one of several sisters interviewed for this NCR EarthBeat article and coverage of COP29.
COP29 was scheduled to end November 22, but missed deadlines sent meetings into overtime. Catholic and other faith groups pressed world leaders in Baku to deliver a new climate finance target commensurate with what is needed to not only mitigate climate change to less dangerous temperatures, but adapt to its impacts and fund recovery from disasters that have already devastated communities. Read more here.
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