Conference Program
The two days of the conference are rich in diverse perspectives laboring to care for our common home
July 5
09.15-11.00
Opening Ceremony
- Opening Prayer:
- Group of Children
- Paolo Matterazzo, Prophetic Economy/Nomadelfia
- Words of Welcome
- H.E. Cardinal Peter K.A. Turkson, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (DSSUI)
- Opening Remarks: The Importance of Laudato Si’ Today
- H.E. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State
- Happy Anniversary Laudato Si’! Impact and Challenges of the Encyclical
- Chair: Delia Gallagher, CNN
- A Representative Panel of Young People from different continents:
- Africa: Mr. Allen Ottaro, Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa, Kenya
- Americas: Mr. Delio Siticonatzi, Pueblo Ashaninca, REPAM
- Asia: Mr. Macson Almeida, Don Bosco Green Alliance, India
- Europe: Ms. Laura Menendez, Manos Unidas
- Oceania: Ms. Jade Hameister, North Pole explorer, Australia
- The Urgency to Save Our One and Only Common Home: 1.5°C rise and no more
- Hon. John Gummer, Lord Deben, Chairman of Independent Committee on Climate Change, Great Britain
- Ms. Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Poet, Marshall Islands
PART I
Where Are We? Listening to the Cry of the Earth and Cry of the Poor
11.30-13.30
Plenary Session
- Chair: Marta Rodriguez, Responsible for Women’s Section, Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life
- Opening Remarks
- Msgr. Antoine Camilleri, Under-Secretary for Relations with States, Secretariat of State
- Presentation of the Conference Programme
- Fr. Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam, DSSUI
- Climate Change–A Last Call for the Planet
- Prof. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Director of the Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
- Global Stocktake–How is the Paris Agreement going?
- Dr. Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- Integral Ecology–How Ecological Degradation is Affecting the Poorest
- Mr. Naderev Saño, Greenpeace Southeast Asia
14.30-16.00
Parallel Sessions
- Group 1: Climate Change: Are We Hearing the Cry of the Poor and the Cry of the Earth?
- Group 2: OIKO-NOMIA: Serving Our Common Home?
- Group 3: Churches and Religions: On the Path to Ecological Conversion?
- Group 4: Indigenous and Young People: Are Their Voices Heard?
16.00
Inauguration of the Laudato Si’ Exhibition
- Brief Comments by Dr. Tebaldo Vinciguerra, DSSUI
- Blessing by H.E. Cardinal Peter K.A. Turkson
Part II
Where Do We Want to Go? Discerning the Crisis of Our Common Home
16.45-18.45
Plenary Session
- Chair & Opening Message
- Msgr. Bruno Marie Duffé, Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
- The Natural World as the Gospel (Good News) of Creation
- H.E. John Zizioulas, Metropolitan of Pergamon, Greece
- The Economic Reasons to Act and to Act Immediately
- Prof. Nicholas Stern, London School of Economics, Great Britain
- Integral Ecology for Integral Human Flourishing
- Prof. Celia Deane-Drummond, Professor in Theology and Director of the Center forTheology, Science and Human Flourishing at the University of Notre Dame, and SeniorResearch Fellow at Campion Hall, Oxford University
19:45
Cultural evening
July 6
09.30
Audience with Pope Francis
Part III
How to Inspire a Massive Movement for the Care of our Common Home: Acting Together to Save the Earth
11.30-13.00
Plenary Session
- Opening Prayer
- Opening Remarks
- Dr. Erik Solheim, Executive Director, UN Environment (presented by Mr. Charles McNeill)
- Chair: Kitty Van der Heijden, Director Africa and Europe, World Resources Institute
- Eco-justice: Responding to the Cry of the Earth and the Cry of the Poor in the Light of CST
- Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, Archbishop of Huancayo, Peru
- Global Ecological Conversion: Building a Massive Movement to Protect Our Common Home
- Mr. Bill McKibben, Founder of 350.org, USA
- Sustainable Economy: Time for a “Marshall Plan” for our Common Home
- Mr. Pierre Larrouturou, Spokesperson of Pacte Finance Climat pour l’Europe, France
- Concluding Remarks: Dr. Michał Kurtyka, President of COP24, Poland
14.00-15.45
Parallel Sessions
- Group 1: Climate Change: Raising ambition towards COP 24
- Group 2: OIKO-NOMIA – Moving towards a New Economy: A Message to Bali
- Group 3: Churches and Religions: Towards the Season of Creation
- Group 4: Indigenous and Young People: Towards the respective Synods of 2018 and 2019
16.15-17.15
Participatory Action Plans for the Care of Our Common Home
- Chair: Fr. Augusto Zampini, DSSUI and Ms. Chiara Martinelli, CIDSE
- Reports from the groups on lines of action for the following events:
- Season of Creation– Faith Communities
- IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings–Economics and Finance
- Synod on Youth and Synod on the Amazon–Youth and Intergenerational Justice, Indigenous Peoples and Forests
- Global Climate Action Summit–Climate Change and Civil Society
- COP24–Politics and Advocacy
17.15-18.00
Closing Session
- Acting-Together and Now!
- H.E. Cardinal Charles Bo, S.D.B., Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar
- TBC (will let you know asap)
- Presentation of Good Practices for the Care of Our Common Home
- Laudato Si’ and Education: Tarumitra, a movement of 2000 schools in North India
- Fr. Robert Athickal, S.J., Director of Tarumitra, India with two students
- Response: Monica Conmee, CAFOD
- Laudato Si’ and Finance: Ethical investments in an Era of Climate Change
- Rev. Henrik Grape, Climate Change Coordinator, World Council of Churches
- Response: Latin America
- Laudato Si’ and Advocacy: Taking Climate Change Seriously
- Mr. Joseph Sapati Moeono-Kolio, Pacific Climate Warriors
- Response: Fr. Rigobert Minani, S.J., Réseau ecclésial du Bassin du Congo (REBAC)
- Concluding Remarks
- H.E. Cardinal Peter K.A. Turkson