August 12, 2026: Record-breaking heat and extreme weather continue
https://wmo.int/media/news/record-breaking-heat-and-extreme-weather-continue
June 18, 2026: New clean water bill a step forward, but stronger protections needed, says First Nations leader
March 2, 2026: What treating Kashechewan evacuees reveals about Canada’s drinking water crisis: Policy failure is an Indigenous health issue
January 7, 2026: COP30: Between frustration and incarnation
https://devp.org/en/cop30-between-frustration-and-incarnation/
October 23, 2025: Toronto's Don River sends 500 billion microplastics into Lake Ontario each year: study
August 7, 2025: Extreme heat impacts millions of people
https://wmo.int/media/news/extreme-heat-impacts-millions-of-people
March 19, 2025: World Meteorological Organization report documents spiralling weather and climate impacts
https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-report-documents-spiralling-weather-and-climate-impacts
November 24, 2024: Catholic officials blast $300B COP29 climate finance goal as too little
April 30, 2024: Canadian environmental groups react to conclusion of Ottawa round of global plastics treaty negotiations
December 14, 2023: 'A lot of work is still ahead,' say Catholics in response to COP28 conclusion
November 30, 2023: 2023 shatters climate records, with major impacts
https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/2023-shatters-climate-records-major-impacts
March 20, 2023: A liveable future for all is possible, if we take urgent climate action: flagship UN report
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1134777
June 4, 2021: UN launches Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to counter ‘triple environmental emergency’
https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/06/1093362
March 30, 2021: Pope Francis: Human selfishness is creating millions of climate change refugees
Whether people admit it or not, climate change and environmental destruction are forcing millions from their homes, and Catholics have a responsibility to assist them, Pope Francis wrote in the preface to a new document.
January 21, 2021: Microplastics are toxic to fetal development—a reminder that the environment is a pro-life issue, too.
Scientists have, for the first time, discovered microplastics in human placentas—creating a kind of “Plasticenta,” as the title of the article puts it. The particles were identified as the residue of “paints, coatings, adhesives, plasters, polymers and cosmetics and personal care products.” A total of 12 particles were found in four placentas, out of six donated to Italian scientists.
May 6th, 2019 UN Report: Nature’s Dangerous Decline ‘Unprecedented’; Species Extinction Rates ‘Accelerating’.
The first ever intergovernmental Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services finds that around 1,000,000 species are threatened with extinction and that ‘transformative changes’ are needed to restore and protect nature. “Ecosystems, species, wild populations, local varieties and breeds of domesticated plants and animals are shrinking, deteriorating or vanishing. The essential, interconnected web of life on Earth is getting smaller and increasingly frayed. This loss is a direct result of human activity and constitutes a direct threat to human well-being in all regions of the world.” Prof. Josef Settele, Report co-chair.
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/05/nature-decline-unprecedented-report/
October 8th, 2018: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C.
“Every extra bit of warming matters, especially since warming of 1.5ºC or higher increases the risk associated with long-lasting or irreversible changes, such as the loss of some ecosystems.” Hans-Otto Pörtner, Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group II.
The report finds that limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require “rapid and far-reaching” transitions in land, energy, industry, buildings, transport, and cities. Global net human-caused emissions of carbon dioxide would need to fall around 45 percent below 2010 levels by 2030, reaching ‘net zero’ around 2050.