The Comparte network joins the global call of the campaign “Jesuits for Climate Justice,” promoted by the Social Justice and Ecology Secretariat (SJES) and the Ignatian network for Integral Ecology (GIAN), in the framework of the upcoming COP30, to be held from November 10 to 21 in Belém do Pará, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon. This location is deeply symbolic: the planet’s lungs, a sacred territory for Indigenous peoples, and the epicenter of a climate crisis that threatens the life and dignity of millions.
This campaign invites Jesuit communities, institutions, and works around the world to take action in the face of the climate crisis, transforming economic, energy, and food systems to place life at the center. It focuses on four key demands ahead of COP30:
- Debt cancellation for the poorest countries, so they are not forced to choose between paying interest and protecting their communities from the climate crisis.
- Strengthening the “loss and damage” fund, to compensate and support those already suffering the impacts of climate change.
- A just energy transition, that decisively reduces CO₂ emissions while respecting the rights of Indigenous peoples, peasants, women, and youth.
- Setting clear targets to transform the global food system, based on agroecology and food sovereignty.
Each of these demands has been developed in a position paper shared with other religious congregations. You can join the campaign by signing here: https://forms.gle/enARaMG3K7vatMj56
Comparte promotes climate justice through agroecology
At Comparte, we recognize that the climate crisis is a crisis of social and ecological justice, disproportionately affecting rural territories and communities, Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples, as well as people living in marginalized urban areas across Latin America. In many of these places, the impacts of climate change are manifested through droughts, soil loss, displacement, and human rights violations — but they are also places where hopeful local responses are blooming: agroecological initiatives, networks of responsible production, marketing, and consumption, and processes of food sovereignty that nurture life and strengthen community bonds.
The daily work of the organizations that make up Comparte demonstrates that another economy is both possible and necessary. Agroecology is not only a way to produce healthy and sustainable food, but also a path of resistance and care for our Common Home. Through the exchange of knowledge, regional collaboration, and community cooperation, we promote alternatives that regenerate ecosystems, strengthen local autonomy, and foster socio-environmental justice.
On the road to COP30, we seek to make these local experiences and voices visible as an essential part of the global transformation we are calling for. Climate justice will only be possible if international agreements recognize and support the efforts and alternatives already being cultivated in the territories.
Therefore, Comparte reaffirms its commitment to the “Jesuits for Climate Justice” campaign and to all the people and communities working every day for a just, sustainable, and solidarity-based future.
More information about the campaign: www.ecojesuit.com/cop30campaign
