A collection of prayers and reflections for the upcoming COP30 climate talks in Brazil has been published by a Jesuit campaign group.

The Jesuits for Climate Justice: Faith in Action at COP30 group – of which Jesuit Missions is a member – hopes the guide will help people engage spiritually with the conference.

COP (Conference of the Parties), which this year will be held in Belém from 10-21 November, is seen as the biggest and most important annual meeting on climate change.

The prayer guide, which was collated in collaboration with education movement Fe y Alegria and global Ignatian networks, features daily prayers and reflections to cover the conference, as well as auxiliary prayers on caring for our Common Home.

It also includes handmade drawings on the subject of climate change and environmental degradation from Fe y Alegria students from across Latin America.

*The guide includes students’ drawings with an environmental theme*

Contributors include Jesuits, lay collaborators, including Jesuit Missions’ Advocacy and Campaigns Officer Richard Solly and Community Engagement Manager Jules Gibson, and members of the Global Ignatian Advocacy Network.

The guide draws inspiration from the 10th anniversaries of Laudato Si’ and the Paris Agreement, and from the fourth Universal Apostolic Preference of the Society of Jesus: to care for our Common Home.

In keeping with the message of the Jesuits for Climate Justice group, it affirms that faith and action are inseparable in responding to the ecological crisis.

It aligns with the group’s four key calls for climate justice at COP30: debt cancellation for poor countries; strengthening the loss and damage fund to support those most affected by the climate crisis; a fair transition to clean energy; and the promotion of food sovereignty through nature and farming practices.

Click here for more information about the Jesuits for Climate Justice: Faith in Action at COP30.

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