On Sunday, November 6th, I was warmly greeted by Dr. Raffaella Bencivenga, a psychologist at Chaire Gynai. The peaceful green scenery and friendly welcome did justice to the project’s name, which means “Welcome, Woman” in [read…]
The VIVAT Spain Group, which has been present there since 2015 and fulfilling its programming, held, on October 22, 2022, a training day to raise awareness and make known the mission of VIVAT International and [read…]
From 11 to 12 October 2022, Father Andrzej Owca CSSp came from Geneva to give an interactive training workshop in French to five new members of the Belgian branch of VIVAT International. Two former members [read…]
Mitigation and adaptation are vital ways to address climate change, according to the Paris Climate Agreement. While mitigation aims to limit climate change by reducing emissions of greenhouse gasses or removing those gases from the [read…]
On July 28, 2022, the UN General Assembly declared “Access to a Clean and Healthy Environment” a Universal Human Right. States, international organizations, and business enterprises called upon to turn this resolution into reality have [read…]
As VIVAT delegates at COP27, we met and interacted with the delegation of Indigenous Peoples, one of nine non-Party Constituencies recognized by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Their presence and activities inspired [read…]
COP27 in Sharm-el-Sheikh was, in many ways, an African COP. There was broad participation from the Continent, including States, regional bodies, and vibrant civil society. Above all, it placed the issue of climate justice at [read…]
The delegation of VIVAT at COP27 in Sharm-el-Sheikh once again participated in the activities of the Interfaith Liaison Committee (ILC). The ILC was established as a special group under the United Nations Framework Convention on [read…]
As a religious woman, I attended a Conference of the Parties on Climate Change for the first time last November in Egypt. Back in September 2018, I had the chance to take part in some [read…]
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, is recorded as the biggest in COP history. COP27 brought together more than 45,000 participants, including indigenous peoples, local communities, cities, scientists, civil society, women, faith-based [read…]
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